5c3d240942cd15273059929d_Che - Part One (The Argentine) (2008).jpg — Che: Part One (2008)

**Directed by: Steven Soderbergh**
**Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Demian Bichir, Julia Ormond, Oscar Isaac, Edgar Ramirez**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Violence and Language)**
**Running Time: 2 h 14 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Directing, Acting, Perspective**
**WEAKNESSES: Depiction of a Controversial Figure**

Che: Part One (2008)

January 2, 2020

Ernesto Che Guevara and a band of Fidel Castro-led Cubans mobilize to topple the regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista.

ros 1.jpg — Star Wars: Episode IX - Rise of Skywalker (2019)

**Directed By: J.J. Abrams**
**Starring: Mark Hamill, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Anthony Daniels, Naomi Ackie, Domhnall Gleeson, Richard E. Grant, Keri Russell, Joonas Suotamo, Ian McDiarmid**
**Rated: PG-13**
**Run Time: 2h 21m**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars**
**Strengths: Humor, Broad Story Strokes**
**Weakness: CGI, Scene Execution, Predictability**

Star Wars: Episode IX - Rise of Skywalker (2019)

December 20, 2019

With Emperor Palpatine’s presence now looming, Kylo Ren is hunting him down in a power mad frenzy, Rey is drawn to attempting to save Ren, and the entire resistance must band together to defeat an ancient foe, one last time.

fa 1.jpg — Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)

**Directed By: J.J. Abrams**
Starring: Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Lupita Nyong'o, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Max von Sydow, Peter Mayhew, Gwendoline Christie
**Rated: PG-13**
**Run Time: 2h 18m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Feels Like Star Wars**
**Weakness: Some Characterizations**

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)

December 19, 2019

When an abandoned young woman and a runaway storm trooper befriend a droid which contains a map to Luke Skywalker’s hiding place, they are thrown into the midst of a galactic conflict between good and evil.

em 1.jpg — Ex Machina (2014)

**Directed By: Alex Garland**
**Starring: Alicia Vikander, Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 48m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Acting, VFX**
**Weakness: Domhnall Gleeson’s Character**

Ex Machina (2014)

September 18, 2019

When a gifted programmer wins a week long visit with a tech multi-biliionaire, he becomes a part of one of the greatest discoveries mankind has ever achieved. A. I.

Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)

March 25, 2019

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.

Drive (2011)

February 13, 2019

A stuntman, mechanic, and racecar driver is drawn into the life of his neighbor whose husband is in jail. When a job goes south for the husband, the driver is left to clean up the mess.

MV5BOTRmZGJiZjUtMGJjYi00MzZhLTkzYjUtODE1Yjk5ZDRiODhlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyODAzODU1NDQ@._V1_SY1000_SX675_AL_.jpg — At Eternity’s Gate

**Directed by: Julian Schnabel**
**Starring: Willem Dafoe, Mads Mikkelsen, Oscar Isaac, Rupert Friend, Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Rupert Friend**
**Rated: PG-13 for Soem Thematic Elements**
**Running Time: 1 h 51 m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Performances, Cinematography, Writing**
**WEAKNESSES: Overly Ambitious**

At Eternity's Gate (2018)

February 13, 2019

A portrait of Vincent Van Gogh in his final, spiraling years.

Annihilation

**Directed by: Alex Garland**
**Starring: Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Oscar Isaac**
**Rated: R for Violence, Bloody Images, Language and Some Sexuality**
**Running Time: 1 h 55 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Visual Effects**
**WEAKNESSES: Themes (?)**

Annihilation (2018)

March 1, 2018

A biologist with a military background is recruited by a mysterious agency to enter Area X, a location unlike anywhere else on earth, where she hopes to find a cure for her husband’s sudden and inexplicable sickness.

Star Wars: Episode VIII: The Last Jedi

**Directed by: Rian Johnson**
**Starring: Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Mark Hamill**
**Rated: PG-13 for Sequences of Sci-fi Action and Violence**
**Running Time: 2 H 32 M**
**TMM: 5 out of 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Everything**
**Weaknesses: -**

Star Wars: Episode VIII: The Last Jedi (2017)

January 1, 2018

The seventh entry in the Star Wars saga.

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