Shame (2011)
Directed By: Steve McQueen
Starring: Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan, James Badge Dale
Rated: NC-17
Run Time: 1h 41m
TMM Score: 4 Stars
Strengths: Acting, Cinematography, Brevity
Weakness: NA
Sex addict and successful New Businessman, Brandon, has his life upended when his sister comes to stay with him and breaks his reserved and solitary lifestyle.
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Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
Directed By: Joel & Ethan Coen
Starring: Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Adam Driver, John Goodman, Justin Timberlake
Rated: R
Run Time: 1h 44m
TMM Score: 5 Stars
Strengths: Performances, Music, Cinematography
Weakness: None
Flopping couch to couch, getting underpaid to perform in bars, and hitchhiking to Chicago may seem like the romantic life of a legendary singer but it’s just a week in the life for LLewyn Davis in 1961, New York City.
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Drive (2011)
Directed by: Nicolas Winding Refn
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Ron Perlman, Oscar Isaac, Christina Hendricks, Albert Brooks
Rated: R
Running Time: 1h 40m
TMM Score: 4 Stars
STRENGTHS: Directorial Vision, Cinematography, Acting
WEAKNESSES: None
A stuntman, mechanic, and racecar driver is drawn into the life of his neighbor whose husband is in jail. When a job goes south for the husband, the driver is left to clean up the mess.
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