MV5BMTY5NzY5NTY2NF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNTg3NzIxNA@@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,672,1000_AL_.jpg — Another Year (2010)

**Directed by: Mike Leigh**
**Starring: Jim Broadbent, Ruth Sheen, Lesley Manville, Oliver Manville, David Bradley, Karina Fernandez, Imelda Stauton**
**Rated: PG-13 for Some Language**
**Running Time: 2 h 9 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Acting, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing (?)**

Another Year (2010)

November 14, 2018

A year in the life of a happy couple and their surrounding family and friends.

MV5BMjA3Y2I4NjAtMDQyZS00ZGJhLWEwMzgtODBiNzE5Zjc1Nzk1L2ltYWdlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNTc2MDU0NDE@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,666,1000_AL_.jpg — Naked (1993)

**Directed by: Mike Leigh**
**Starring: David Thewlis, Lesley Sharp, Katrin Cartlidge, Greg Cruttwell, Ewen Bremner, Peter Wight**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Strong Sexual Content Including Rape and Pervasive Language)**
**Running Time: 2 h 12 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Content, Themes (?)**

Naked (1993)

November 9, 2018

After committing a crime, a nihilistic man flees Manchester to go stay in London with his ex-girlfriend while he revaluates his life and philosophies.

agony 1.jpg — The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)

**Directed by: Carol Reed**
**Starring: Charlton Heston, Rex Harrison**
**Rated: NR (PG best guess)**
**Running Time: 2h 18m**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Production Design**
**WEAKNESSES: Acting**

The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)

November 9, 2018

When master marble sculptor Michelangelo is hired/forced by Pope Julius II to paint the Sistine Chapel he struggles to find meaning in the work and to get a long with the Pope, who seems to antagonize him at every turn.

glad 1.jpg — Gladiator (2000)

**Directed by: Ridley Scott**
**Starring: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Richard Harris, Connie Nielson**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 2h 35m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars (Loved It)**
**STRENGTHS: Production, Acting, Spectacle**
**WEAKNESSES: Final Speech/Ending**

Gladiator (2000)

November 8, 2018

When Maximus, a Roman General, is betrayed by Commodus, the Roman Emperor, His family is killed and he narrowly escapes into the life of a slave. As a Gladiator, will he ever realize vengeance upon the man who ruined his life?

A Passage to India (1984)

November 7, 2018

A commentary on cultural mistrust and British colonialism. A high-class English woman travels to India for adventure (and possibly love), but things go awry when she takes an expedition to the Marabar caves with a local named Aziz.

tcat 1.jpg — To Catch A Thief (1955)

**Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock**
**Starring: Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Jessie Royce Landis**
**Rated: PG**
**Running Time: 1h 46m**
**TMM Score: 2 Stars (didn’t like it)**
**STRENGTHS: Production**
**WEAKNESSES: Lack of Suspense**

To Catch A Thief (1955)

November 6, 2018

A retired jewel thief is suspected by the authorities, and everyone else, of committing a new string of burglaries. The only solution to his problem seems to be using his expertise to catch the real thief.

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