Monster’s Inc. (2001)
Directed by: Pete Doctor
Starring: John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Steve Buscemi
Rated: G
Running Time: 1h 32m
TMM Score: 4.5 Stars
STRENGTHS: Animation, Characters, Fun
WEAKNESSES: Glaring Plot Hole
A monster city is kept alive by the screams of children, until one child escapes.
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Fallen (1998)
Directed by: Gregory Hoblit
Starring: Denzel Washington, John Goodman, Donald Sutherland
Rated: R
Running Time: 2h 4m
TMM Score: 3 Stars
STRENGTHS: Great Ideas, Good Atmosphere
WEAKNESSES: Weak Direction/Writing
A detective and his partner track down a supernatural killer.
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Kong: Skull Island (2017)
Directed by: Jordan Vogt-Roberts
Starring: Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, Brie Larson, John C Reilly, John Goodman, Shea Whigham, Thomas Mann, Tian Jing, Jason Mitchell, Richard Jenkins
Rated: PG-13 for Intense Sequences of Sci-Fi Violence and Action, and for Brief Strong Language
Running Time: 1 h 58 m
TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: It’s Dumb B-Movie Fun, Surprising Amount of Humor, Production Design, World Building
WEAKNESSES: It’s Dumb B-Movie Fun
Assisted by a military escort, a team of scientists travels to an uncharted island in the pacific in search of monsters.
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O Brother, Where Art Thou (2000)
Directed By: Joel & Ethan Coen
Starring: George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman, Holly Hunter, Charles Durning
Rated: PG-13
Run Time: 1h 47m
TMM Score: 5 Stars
Strengths: Acting, Writing, Music
Weakness: None
Everett, Pete, and Delmar aren’t just down on their luck during the Great Depression. They are chained together in a chain gang, till they break free in an attempt to find buried treasure that is.
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Barton Fink (1991)
Directed by: Joel Coen
Starring: John Turturro, John Goodman, Judy Davis
Rated: R for Language, and Some Scenes of Violence
Running Time: 1 h 56 m
TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Writing, Acting, Dark Humor, Mysterious
WEAKNESSES: None
Barton has hit the big time after his hit play lands him a big Hollywood writing contract but is the Hollywood dream everything an artist could ever hope for?
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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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The Big Lebowski (1998)
Directed by: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Starring: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tara Reid, David Huddleston, Peter Stormare, Flea, John Turturro, David Thewlis
Rated: R for Pervasive Strong Language, Drug Content, Sexuality, and Brief Violence
Running Time: 1 h 57 m
TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: This is a Perfect Film
WEAKNESSES: -
Slacker ‘The Dude’ navigates LA trying to untangle a mess of a conspiracy.
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