Ω.jpg — The Disaster Artist (2017)

**Directed by: James Franco**
**Starring: James Franco, Dave Franco, Alison Brie, Jacki Weaver, Paul Scheer, Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, Josh Hutcherson, Ari Graynor, Megan Mullally, Jason Mantzoukas**
**Rated: R for Language Throughout and Some Sexuality/Nudity**
**Running Time: 1 h 44 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Writing, Story**
**WEAKNESSES: Weak Ending, Narrow Audience for Some Jokes**

The Disaster Artist (2017)

June 14, 2019

The true story of Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero, the team behind the infamously bad movie The Room.

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**Directed by: David Gordon Green**
**Starring: Danny McBride, James Franco, Rasmus Hardiker, Natalie Portman, Toby Jones, Justin Theroux, Zooey Deschanel, Charles Dance, Damian Lewis**
**Rated: R for Strong Crude and Sexual Content, Pervasive Language, Nudity, Violence and Some Drug Use**
**Running Time: 1 h 42 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Some Humor, Some Writing, Production Design**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Humor, Some Writing, Narrow Target Audience**

Your Highness (2011)

June 7, 2019

After Prince Fabious’s Bride is kidnapped, he goes on a quest to rescue her, accompanied by his lazy useless brother Thadeous.

kin 1.jpg — Kin(2018)

**Directed by: Jonathan Baker, Josh Baker**
**Starring: Myles Truit, Jack Reynor, Zoe Kravitz, Dennis Quaid**
**Rated: PG13**
**Running Time: 1h 42m**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Style, and Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: A Terrible Ending**

Kin (2018)

November 20, 2018

When his older brother gets out of jail with a heavy debt on his head, Eli hits the road with him, not knowing that Jimmy has some huge secrets he’s keeping. Eli has his own secret though; a devastating high tech weapon of mysterious origin.

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**Directed by: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen**
**Starring: Tim Blake Nelson, Clancy Brown, James Franco, Liam Neeson, Zoe Kazan, Brendan Gleeson, Tom Waits**
**Rated: R for Some Strong Violence**
**Running Time: 2 h 12 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Coen Bros Flair, Irreverence and Poignancy, Clever Writing**
**WEAKNESSES: Some CGI and Sets Look A Little Cheap**

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)

November 20, 2018

Six stories set in the Coen Brothers’ Wild West.

spring breakers 4.jpg — Spring Breakers (2012)

**Directed by: Harmony Korine**
**Starring: Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez, James Franco, Ashley Benson, Rachel Korine**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1h 34m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Editing, Lighting, Energy**
**WEAKNESSES: Extreme Content**

Spring Breakers (2012)

August 1, 2018

When four high schoolers run away from their conservative homes to live it up over spring break, the idea of returning to their him drum lives pushes them to party harder and harder, rather than go home.

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