71yUIAE3-LL._SL1444_.jpg — Demon Seed (1977)

**Directed by: Donald Cammell**
**Starring: Julie Christie, Fritz Weaver, Gerrit Graham**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 34 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Themes, Acting, Some Creepy Moments**
**WEAKNESSES: Schmaltzy/Dated Effects and Ideas**

Demon Seed (1977)

October 14, 2020

A scientist creates Proteus- a type of artificial intelligence that can learn on its own. Proteus soon becomes obsessed with the scientist’s wife.

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**Directed by: Brad Anderson**
**Starring: David Caruso, Peter Mullan, Stephen Gevedon, Josh Lucas, Brendan Sexton III**
**Rated: R for Language and Brief Strong Violence**
**Running Time: 1 h 37 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Atmosphere**
**WEAKNESSES: A Bit Slight**

Session 9 (2001)

October 6, 2020

An asbestos cleaning crew working in an abandoned mental hospital with a dark past starts to experience unusual phenomenon.

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**Directed by: Vincente Aranda**
**Starring: Simon Andreu, Maribel Martin, Alexandra Bastedo**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 22 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Dream Sequence, Atmosphere, Production Design, Weird Twist**
**WEAKNESSES: Mild Pacing, Thin Story and Characters**

The Blood Spattered Bride (1972)

October 4, 2020

Newlywed Susan is haunted by visions of a centuries-old woman who murdered her husband on her wedding night.

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (Extended Edition) (2014)

April 15, 2020

The concluding chapter in The Hobbit Trilogy.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Extended Cut) (2012)

April 13, 2020

Bilbo Baggins is recruited for an adventure that will send him galivanting across Middle Earth.

Nostalgia (1983)

March 13, 2020

A Russian writer, doing research in Italy, suffers an extreme bout of homesickness for Russia.

71X7eSTLYVL._SL1394_.jpg — Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000)

**Directed by: Bong Joon Ho**
**Starring: Sung-Jae Lee, Doona Bae, Ho-Jung Kim, Hee-Bong Byun**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R)**
**Running Time: 1 h 50 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Unique Premise, Direction**
**WEAKNESSES: Unlikeable Characters, Pacing**

Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000)

March 6, 2020

A part-time college professor finds himself annoyed by a perpetually yapping dog and decides to take action.

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**Directed by: David Lynch**
**Starring: Sheryl Lee, Ray Wise, Madchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook, David Bowie, Heather Graham, David Lynch, Peggy Lipton, Kyle Maclachan**
**Rated: R for Strong Violence, Sex, and Drug Content, and for Language**
**Running Time: 2 h 14 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Good Companion Piece to Frist Two Seasons of Twin Peaks**
**WEAKNESSES: No Reason to Watch Unless You’ve Seen Twin Peaks**

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)

February 25, 2020

As FBI agents investigate strange murders that might be connected, Laura Palmer goes about her daily routine, unaware that tragedy will soon befall her.

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**Directed by: Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz**
**Starring: Riley Keough, Richard Armitage, Alicia Silverstone, Jaeden Martel, Lia McHugh**
**Rated: R for Disturbing Violence, Some Bloody Images and Brief Nudity**
**Running Time: 1 h 48 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Some Atmosphere, Acting, Final Act**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Predictable**

The Lodge (2019)

February 21, 2020

A soon-to-be stepmother takes her fiancé’s children to a remote lodge to get to know them, but soon unusual events start to plague them.

d 1.jpg — Dogtooth (2009)

**Directed By: Yorgos Lanthimos**
**Starring: Christos Stergioglou, Michele Valley, Angeliki Papoulia**
**Rated: NR**
**Run Time: 1h 37m**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars**
**Strengths: Tone, Creativity, Acting**
**Weakness: Slow**

Dogtooth (2009)

February 20, 2020

An insular family’s strange yet serene life is upset as the children come of age and want more than their sheltered existence.

tmwktm 1.jpg — The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)

**Directed By: Alfred Hitchcock**
**Starring: Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Peter Lorre**
**Rated: NR**
**Run Time: 1h 15m**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars**
**Strengths: Clever Plot, Brevity**
**Weakness: Slight**

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)

January 31, 2020

When an American Family, vacationing abroad, gets mixed up in an assassination plot, the couple must choose between stopping an international coup or saving their kidnapped daughter.

fc 1.jpg — Foreign Correspondent (1940)

**Directed By: Alfred Hitchcock**
**Starring: Joel McCrea, Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall**
**Rated: NR**
**Run Time: 2h**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars**
**Strengths: Cinematography, Execution of Some Sequences.**
**Weakness: Seems Slight, Dated Sentimentality, Weak Love Story**

Foreign Correspondent (1940)

January 31, 2020

John Jones is tasked with drumming up the news of what is going on in Europe during the lead up to WW2. As he probes for information he witnesses an assassination, falls in love with the daughter of a peace broker, and even avoids assassination himself. Whatever it takes to get the scoop.

mf 1.jpg — Midnight Family (2019)

**Directed By: Luke Lorentzen**
**Starring: Fer Ochoa, Josue Ochoa, Juan Ochoa**
**Rated: NR**
**Run Time: 1h 20m**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars**
**Strengths: Immersion, Cinematography**
**Weakness: Lack of Subtextual Themes**

Midnight Family (2019)

January 23, 2020

The Ochoa family operates a private ambulance in corrupt, poor, and under-serviced Mexico City districts.

81VGrHnBddL._RI_.jpg — Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)

**Directed by: Tom Tykwer**
**Starring: Ben Winshaw, Dustin Hoffman, Alan Rickman**
**Rated: R for Aberrant Behavior Involving Nudity, Violence, Sexuality, and Disturbing Images**
**Running Time: 2 h 27 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Direction, Acting, Production Design, Story, Concept**
**WEAKNESSES: Length, Ending**

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)

January 10, 2020

A perfumer with an incredible sense of smell has a deadly obsession with his pursuit of trying capture the scent of women.

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**Directed by: Jay Roach**
**Starring: Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie, John Lithgow, Kate McKinnon, Connie Britton, Malcolm McDowell, Allison Janney, Mark Duplass, Liv Hewson**
**Rated: R for Sexual Material and Language Throughout**
**Running Time: 1 h 49 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Themes, Story, Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Heavy-Handedness, Overall Execution**

Bombshell (2019)

December 30, 2019

Fox News, and in particular executive Roger Ailes, faces scrutiny after a group of women come forward with sexual harassment allegations.

ros 1.jpg — Star Wars: Episode IX - Rise of Skywalker (2019)

**Directed By: J.J. Abrams**
**Starring: Mark Hamill, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Anthony Daniels, Naomi Ackie, Domhnall Gleeson, Richard E. Grant, Keri Russell, Joonas Suotamo, Ian McDiarmid**
**Rated: PG-13**
**Run Time: 2h 21m**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars**
**Strengths: Humor, Broad Story Strokes**
**Weakness: CGI, Scene Execution, Predictability**

Star Wars: Episode IX - Rise of Skywalker (2019)

December 20, 2019

With Emperor Palpatine’s presence now looming, Kylo Ren is hunting him down in a power mad frenzy, Rey is drawn to attempting to save Ren, and the entire resistance must band together to defeat an ancient foe, one last time.

ro 1.jpg — Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)

**Directed By: Gareth Edwards**
**Starring: Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen, Ben Mendelsohn,**
**Forest Whitaker, Riz Ahmed, Mads Mikkelsen**
**Rated: PG-13**
**Run Time: 2h 13m**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars**
**Strengths: Broad Story Strokes, Climax**
**Weakness: Muddled Plot, Main Characters**

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)

December 20, 2019

Jyn Erso has been living and surviving aimlessly since The Empire killed her mother and captured her father to help build the Death Star. When the rebellion asks her to join an effort to steal plans for the doomsday weapon

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**Directed by: George Lucas**
**Starring: Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Lee, Samuel L Jackson, Frank Oz, Ian McDiarmid, Rose Byrne**
**Rated: PG for Sustained Sequences of Sci-Fi Action/Violence**
**Running Time: 2 h 22 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Some Action, Ewan McGregor, Production Design, World Building**
**WEAKNESSES: Dialogue, Ubiquitous CGI, Hayden Christensen**

Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002)

December 16, 2019

Ten years after their initial meeting, Anakin Skywalker and Padme Amidala begin a forbidden romance, while Obi-Wan Kenobi investigates an assassination attempt on Amidala’s life.

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**Directed by: George Lucas**
**Starring: Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd, Keira Knightley, Ian McDiarmid, Frank Oz, Terence Stamp, Ahmed Best, Warwick Davis, Samuel L. Jackson**
**Rated: PG**
**Running Time: 2 h 16 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Ideas, World Building, Production Design, Action, Darth Maul, John Williams’ Score**
**WEAKNESSES: Dialogue, Cinematography, Pacing, Plot Holes, Acting, Jar Jar Binks**

Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)

December 16, 2019

Two Jedi caught up in a violent trade dispute between the Federation and Naboo discover a boy that may bring balance to the force.

hb 1.jpg — Honey Boy (2019)

**Directed By: Alma Har’el**
**Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Lucas Hedges, Noah Jupe, Byron Bowers, Laura San Giacomo, FKA Twigs, Natasha Lyonne, Martin Starr**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 34m**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars**
**Strengths: Personal Meaning**
**Weakness: Certain Connections are Weak**

Honey Boy (2019)

December 12, 2019

A child actor struggles with his relationship with his father and the pressures that fame, money, and a dad who hasn’t figured out his own life yet can bring to a child before he is ready to cope.

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