h 1.jpg — Harriet (2019)

**Directed By: Kasi Lemmons**
**Starring: Cynthia Erivo, Leslie Odom Jr., Joe Alwyn, Clarke Peters, Janelle Monáe**
**Rated: PG-13**
**Run Time: 2h 5m**
**TMM Score: 2 Stars**
**Strengths: Star Power, High Production Value**
**Weakness: Simplistic, Writing**

Harriet (2019)

February 4, 2020

Minty is a married slave who runs away when she suspects her master is going to sell her down south from where slaves don’t ever return. When she manages to make her escape to the Free North she changes her name to Harriet Tubman and dedicates herself to freeing as many slaves as possible.

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**Directed by: Steve McQueen**
**Starring: Viola Davis, Liam Neeson, Daniel Kaluuya, Brian Tyree Henry, Colin Farrell, Robert Duvall, Elizabeth Debicki, Jacki Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez, Jon Bernthal, Cynthia Erivo, Lukas Haas**
**Rated: R for Violence, Language Throughout, and Some Sexual Content/Nudity**
**Running Time: 2 h 9 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Editing, Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Widows (2018)

December 19, 2018

Four women with nothing in common except a debt left by their dead husbands’ criminal activities take fate into their own hands.

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**Directed by: Drew Goddard**
**Starring: Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson, John Hamm, Chris Hemsworth, Cailee Spaeny, Shea Whigham, Nick Offerman, Lewis Pullman**
**Rated: R for Strong Violence, Language, Some Drug Content and Brief Nudity**
**Running Time: 2 h 21 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Characters, Story, Setting**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Length**

Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)

October 18, 2018

Seven strangers all harboring secrets meet at El Royale, a mysterious hotel on the border of California and Nevada.

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