dj 1.jpg — Don Jon (2013)

**Directed By: Joseph Gordon-Levitt**
**Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore, Tony Danza, Brie Larson**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 30m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Realistic Depictions of Subject Matter**
**Weakness: Uninspired Cinematography**

Don Jon (2013)

January 21, 2020

Jon is a New Jersey dream son and friend. He values work, family, and church, but, unbeknownst to his new girlfriend Barbara, pornography has shaped much of how he views relationships and women and he’s only beginning to realize what those effects are.

MV5BMGNmYWM1MDAtNjU1NS00YzA1LTgzZDQtMzIyMTNiNzkyNzBhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNTI4MjkwNjA@._V1_SY1000_SX652_AL_.jpg — Short Cuts (1993)

**Directed by: Robert Altman**
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Julianne Moore, Mathew Modine, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Chris Penn, Robert Downey Jr., Madeleine Stowe, Tim Robins, Lily Tomlin, Tom Waits, Frances McDormand, Peter Gallagher, Annie Ross, Lori Singer, Huey Lewis
**Rated: R for Graphic Sexual Language, and for Nudity**
**Running Time: 3 h 8 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting, Story, World Building**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Length**

Short Cuts (1993)

July 17, 2019

An anthology film concerning the interconnecting lives of Los Angeles residents.

The Big Lebowski (1998)

March 25, 2019

Slacker ‘The Dude’ navigates LA trying to untangle a mess of a conspiracy.

MV5BMjMzNzkwNjEyOF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwOTY3Njc3NjE@._V1_.jpg — Boogie Nights (1997)

**Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson**
**Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Heather Graham, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore, John C. Reilly, Don Cheadle, William H. Macy, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Thomas Jane, Alfred Molina**
**Rated: R for Strong Sex Scenes with Explicit Dialogue, Nudity, Drug Use, Language and Violence**
**Running Time: 2 h 35 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting, Story**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Pacing Issues Towards the End**

Boogie Nights (1997)

September 12, 2018

Eddie Adams AKA Dirk Diggler, a teenager living in California in the late seventies and early eighties, gets wrapped up in the porn industry, for better or worse.

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