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**Directed by: Oliver Stone**
**Starring: Sean Penn, Nick Nolte, Jennifer Lopez, Billy Bob Thornton, Powers Boothe, Claire Danes, Jon Voight, Joaquin Phoenix, Liv Tyler**
**Rated: R for Strong Violence, Sexuality and Language**
**Running Time: 2 h 5 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Some Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Acting, Directing, Editing**

U Turn (1997)

February 5, 2020

A man heading to Vegas to pay off his gambling debt is waylaid in a strange Arizona town where everything goes wrong.

Her (2013)

November 14, 2019

A writer, heartbroken over an old breakup, installs an OS with such advanced AI that it becomes actually sentient and, to him at least, an actual relationship.

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**Directed by: Todd Phillips**
**Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz,Shea Whigham, Frances Conroy, Marc Maron, Glenn Fleshler**
**Rated: R for Strong Bloody Violence, Disturbing Behavior, Language and Brief Sexual Images**
**Running Time: 2 h 1 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Joaquin Phoenix, Themes, Writing**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Heavy-Handedness, Mild Pacing**

Joker (2019)

October 4, 2019

A character study of Arthur Fleck, a man widely ignored and beat down by society.

sb 2.jpg — The Sisters Brothers (2018)

**Directed by: Jaques Audiard**
**Starring: John C. Reilly, Joaquin Phoenix, Jake Gyllenhaal, Riz Ahmed**
**Rated: R Rated**
**Running Time: 2h 1m**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Unfocused Story and Tone**

The Sisters Brothers (2018)

February 6, 2019

The Gold Rush is one but for famous bounty hunter brothers, Charlie and Eli Sisters, that means less prospecting and more tracking down a chemist with a gold revealing formula.

glad 1.jpg — Gladiator (2000)

**Directed by: Ridley Scott**
**Starring: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Richard Harris, Connie Nielson**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 2h 35m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars (Loved It)**
**STRENGTHS: Production, Acting, Spectacle**
**WEAKNESSES: Final Speech/Ending**

Gladiator (2000)

November 8, 2018

When Maximus, a Roman General, is betrayed by Commodus, the Roman Emperor, His family is killed and he narrowly escapes into the life of a slave. As a Gladiator, will he ever realize vengeance upon the man who ruined his life?

Signs (2002)

July 5, 2018

Graham (Mel Gibson), an ex-reverend, and his family, still reeling after his wife’s death, are faced with the unexplained as crop circles and shadowy figures start frequenting their farm. As fears rise, will Graham's faith begin to regrow or die for good.

You Were Never Really Here (2017)

May 1, 2018

A tortured soul of a fixer, is hired to rescue a senator’s 14 yr. old daughter from a “specialized” brothel. When the job goes sideways he has to decide whether to give in to his inner demons or face down the real ones who are trafficking in underage girls.

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