t 1.jpg — Trainwreck (2015)

**Directed By: Judd Apatow**
**Starring: Amy Schumer, Bill Hader, Brie Larson, John Cena, Lebron James, Colin Quinn, Tilda Swinton**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 2h 5m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Humor, Use of Cameos, Strong Supporting Cast**
**Weakness: Length, a Couple Over Drawn Scenes**

Trainwreck (2015)

February 25, 2020

Amy is a writer for a New York magazine who doesn’t believe in happily-ever-after but when she begins to have feelings for the subject of an article she is writing, she is confronted with her ideas about relationships and individualism.

dj 1.jpg — Don Jon (2013)

**Directed By: Joseph Gordon-Levitt**
**Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore, Tony Danza, Brie Larson**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 30m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Realistic Depictions of Subject Matter**
**Weakness: Uninspired Cinematography**

Don Jon (2013)

January 21, 2020

Jon is a New Jersey dream son and friend. He values work, family, and church, but, unbeknownst to his new girlfriend Barbara, pornography has shaped much of how he views relationships and women and he’s only beginning to realize what those effects are.

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**Directed by: Jordan Vogt-Roberts**
**Starring: Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, Brie Larson, John C Reilly, John Goodman, Shea Whigham, Thomas Mann, Tian Jing, Jason Mitchell, Richard Jenkins**
**Rated: PG-13 for Intense Sequences of Sci-Fi Violence and Action, and for Brief Strong Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 58 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: It’s Dumb B-Movie Fun, Surprising Amount of Humor, Production Design, World Building**
**WEAKNESSES: It’s Dumb B-Movie Fun**

Kong: Skull Island (2017)

May 24, 2019

Assisted by a military escort, a team of scientists travels to an uncharted island in the pacific in search of monsters.

cm 1.jpg — 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**

Captain Marvel (2019)

April 30, 2019

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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**Directed by: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo**
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Josh Brolin, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, Paul Rudd, Brie Larson, Karen Gillian, Tessa Thompson, Bradley Cooper
**Rated: PG-13 for Sequences of Science-Fi Violence and Action, and Some Language**
**Running Time: 3 h 1 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Subversion of Expectations, Character Development, Humor, Special Effects**
**WEAKNESSES: Length, Pacing, Fan Service**

Avengers: Endgame (2019)

April 26, 2019

The remaining Avengers fight to undo the events at the end of “Avengers: Infinity War”.

MV5BMTY2Nzk0MDE3Nl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwOTI0ODc0MjI@._V1_.jpg — The Glass Castle (2017)

**Directed by: Destin Daniel Cretton**
**Starring: Woody Harrelson, Brie Larson, Naomi Watts, Ella Anderson, Sarah Snook, Max Greenfield**
**Rated: PG-13 for Mature Thematic Content Involving Family Dysfunction, and For Some Language and Smoking**
**Running Time: 2 h 7 m**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Overly Sentimental, Betrays the Spirit of the Memoir**

The Glass Castle (2017)

April 15, 2019

Based on the memoirs of Jeanette Walls, The Glass Castle tells the story of a family living in poverty and dysfunction.

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