Would You Rather (2013)
Directed by: David Guy Levy
Starring: Brittany Snow, Sasha Grey, Jeffrey Combs, June Squibb, Robb Wells
Rated: R for Strong Sadistic Brutal Graphic Violence, and Language
Running Time: 1h 33m
TMM Score: 3 Stars
STRENGTHS: Sick, Twisted Fun
WEAKNESSES: Writing, Directing Plot Details, Could Have Been So Much Better
A harmless game for money turns sinister…
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In the Tall Grass
Directed by: Vincenzo Natali
Starring: Patrick Wilson, Laysla De Oliveira, Harrison Gilbertson, Avery Whitted, Rachel Wilson
Rated: Suggested R for Violence, Disturbing Images, and Language
Running Time: 1h 46m
TMM Score: 3 Stars
STRENGTHS: Patrick Wilson, Good Ideas
WEAKNESSES: Poor Execution, Too Long
Strange things happen to those who enter the tall grass…
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Fallen (1998)
Directed by: Gregory Hoblit
Starring: Denzel Washington, John Goodman, Donald Sutherland
Rated: R
Running Time: 2h 4m
TMM Score: 3 Stars
STRENGTHS: Great Ideas, Good Atmosphere
WEAKNESSES: Weak Direction/Writing
A detective and his partner track down a supernatural killer.
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Cold Pursuit (2019)
Directed by: Hans Peter Molland
Starring: Liam Neeson, Emmy Rossum, Tom Bateman, Laura Dern
Rated: R for Strong Violence, Drug Material, and Some Language Including Sexual References
Running Time: 1h 38m
TMM Score: 3 Stars
STRENGTHS: Liam Neeson, Some Humor, Good Action
WEAKNESSES: Writing, Tom Bateman, Not Nearly As Good as the Original
A lonely snow truck driver seeks revenger after the murder of his son.
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Captain Marvel (2019)
Directed By: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck
Starring: Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Jude Law, Annette Bening, Djimoun Hounsou
Rated: PG-13
Run Time: 2h 3m
TMM Score: 3 Stars
Strengths: Some of the Effects, Some Story Elements
Weakness: Main Character
Vers is an elite alien warrior in training for the Kree who are at war with the Skrulls, a shapeshifting alien species. When she is tasked with destroying a Skrull cell on Earth, she discovers that she is both more and less that who she thought she was.
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Observe and Report (2009)
Directed by: Jody Hill
Starring: Seth Rogen, Anna Faris, Ray Liota, Michael Pena, Jesse Plemmons
Rated: R for Pervasive Language, Graphic Nudity, Drug Use, Sexual Content and Violence
Running Time: 1h 26m
TMM Score: 3 Stars
STRENGTHS: Pitch Black Humor, Seth Rogen
WEAKNESSES: Weak Story, One Joke Goes Too Far, Anna Faris, Too Silly
A bi-polar mall cop decides to be a police officer to take down a streaking menace.
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The Book of Eli (2010)
Directed by: The Hughes Brothers
Starring: Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis
Rated: R
Running Time: 1h 58m
TMM Score: 3 Stars
STRENGTHS: Themes, Story
WEAKNESSES: Writing, Directorial Choices
Through a ravaged post-apocalyptic wasteland, Eli must travel and protect a book he claims is of untold value. Whether or not it is, there's a mad man water baron after it and the promise of what it hold in its pages.
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Conan the Destroyer (1984)
Directed by: Richard Fleischer
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Grace Jones, Olivia d'Abo
Rated: PG
Running Time: 1 h 43 m
TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Production Design, Effects, Story
WEAKNESSES: Acting, Dialogue, Some Effects
A queen asks Conan to help her daughter princess retrieve a ceremonial horn from a dungeon so they resurrect a god named Dagoth.
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Solomon Kane (2009)
Directed by: M.J. Bassett
Starring: James Purefoy, Max von Sydow, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Pete Postlethwaite
Rated: R for Violence Throughout
Running Time: 1 h 44 m
TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Cool Concepts, Grimdark Storyline
WEAKNESSES: Tepid Execution, Wooden Lead, Tropes
After an encounter with a demon that tells him his soul is bound for hell, a mercenary renounces his ways of violence for a life of peace, but when he’s forced to travel back to his homeland, his vow of peace is tested.
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