71T+hc-NRaL._RI_.jpg — Ride with the Devil (1999)

**Directed by: Ang Lee**
**Starring: Tobey McGuire, Jewel Kilcher, Skeet Ulrich, Jeffrey Wright, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Tom Wilkinson, Margo Martindale, Jim Caviezel, Mark Ruffalo**
**Rated: R for Graphic War Violence**
**Running Time: 2 h 28 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Production Design, Cinematography, Action**
**WEAKNESSES: Length, Pacing, Some Acting**

Ride with the Devil (1999)

January 24, 2020

During the American Civil War, two friends join a band of Confederate guerrilla fighters known as the Bushwackers.

MV5BMTU3NjMxNTYwOV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMzM5NzAzNjM@._V1_.jpg — Hold the Dark (2018)

**Directed by: Jeremy Saulnier**
**Starring: Jeffrey Wright, Alexander Skarsgard, Riley Keough, Macon Blair**
**Rated: TV-MA**
**Running Time: 2 h 5 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Cinematography, Atmosphere, Practical Effects**
**WEAKNESSES: Themes, Meaning (?)**

Hold the Dark (2018)

October 5, 2018

After wolves take three children from an isolated village, writer Russell Core is recruited by one of the parents to track down a boy in the Alaskan wilderness.

litw 5.jpeg — Lady In The Water (2006)

**Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan**
**Starring: Paul Giamatti, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jeffrey Wright**
**Rated: PG-13**
**Running Time: 1h 50m**
**TMM Score: 1 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Paul Giamatti's Acting,**
**WEAKNESSES: Slight Characters, No Magic**

Lady In The Water (2006)

July 11, 2018

Cleveland Heap (Paul Giamatti), the manager/janitor of an apartment building, must aid a nymph (Bryce Dallas Howard), which he has found living in the building’s swimming pool, in attempt to bestow a gift upon a chosen person and then return home, to her own realm.

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