MV5BMjIyNTQ5NjQ1OV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwODg1MDU4OA@@._V1_.jpg — Django Unchained (2012)

**Directed by: Quentin Tarantino**
**Starring: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, Walton Goggins, Don Johnson, Quentin Tarantino, Jonah Hill, Bruce Dern**
**Rated: R for Strong Graphic Violence Throughout, A Vicious Fight, Language and Some Nudity**
**Running Time: 2 h 45 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting, Cinematography, Tone, Story Structure**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Django Unchained (2012)

July 22, 2019

With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal plantation owner.

PS 1.jpg — Police Story (1985)

**Directed By: Jackie Chan, Chi-Hwa Chen**
**Starring: Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Brigitte Lin, Kwok-Hung Lam, Bill Tung, Yuen Chor**
**Rated: PG-13**
**Run Time: 1h 40m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Martial Arts, Comedy, Set Pieces**
**Weakness: Emotional Connection**

Police Story (1985)

July 18, 2019

When a Hong Kong Hero Police Officer is tasked with protecting a witness and girlfriend of a powerful gangster he must navigate the dicey waters of his own personal relationship, the police precinct’s bureaucracy, and clear his name from being framed for killing a fellow cop.

John Carter (2012)

July 15, 2019

A civil war vet is transported to Mars where he discovers factions on the edge of war.

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**Directed by: Roman Polanski**
**Starring: Jon Finch, Francesca Annis, Martin Shaw, Terence Bayler, Nicholas Selby, Stephan Chase**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 2 h 20 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Direction, Cinematography, Production Design**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Pacing**

Macbeth (1971)

July 10, 2019

With the help of his wife, a Scottish lord murders his king and ascends to the throne, only to be driven mad by his guilt.

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**Directed by: Neil Marshall**
**Starring: David Harbour, Milla Jovovich, Ian McShane, Sasha Lane, Daniel Dae Kim**
**Rated: R for Strong Bloody Violence and Gore Throughout, and Language**
**Running Time: 2 h**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Some Acting, Creature Design, Some Action**
**WEAKNESSES: Jumbled Storyline, Needless Characters, Ridiculous Climax**

Hellboy (2019)

July 8, 2019

Hellboy battles an ancient sorceress bent on destroying the human race.

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**Directed by: Jon Watts**
**Starring: Tom Holland, Samuel L Jackson, Jake Gyllenhaal, Marisa Tomei, Jon Favreau, Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Tony Revolori, Martin Starr, J.B. Smoove, Cobie Smulders**
**Rated: PG-13 for Sci-Fi Action Violence, Some Language and Brief Suggestive Comments**
**Running Time: 2 h 9 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Fun, Characters, Themes, Pacing, Peter Parker Stuff**
**WEAKNESSES: Villain, Spider-Man Stuff**

Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)

July 3, 2019

After the events of “Avengers: Endgame”, Spider-Man must rise to face a new world of challengers.

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**Directed by: Wolfgang Petersen**
**Starring: Jurgen Prochnow, Herbert Gronemeyer, Klaus Wennemann**
**Rated: R for Some War Violence and Brief Language**
**Running Time: 3 h 28 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Direction, Story, Cinematography, Atmosphere**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Das Boot- Director's Cut (1981)

June 26, 2019

A German U-boat is tasked to destroy British naval and supply ships during WWII.

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)

June 25, 2019

A British warship plays a game of cat and mouse with a French warship in the Napoleonic times.

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**Directed by: Jean-Jacques Annaud**
**Starring: Jude Law, Ed Harris, Rachel Weisz, Joseph Fiennes, Ron Pearlman**
**Rated: R for Strong Graphic War Violence and Some Sexuality**
**Running Time: 2 h 11 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Production Design, Some Action, Some Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Writing, Some Acting, Emotionally Distant, Pacing**

Enemy at the Gates (2001)

June 24, 2019

A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat and mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad. Inspired by the true story of Vasily Zaitsev.

MV5BMTY5OTU0OTc2NV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMzU4MDcyMQ@@._V1_.jpg — The Incredibles (2004)

**Directed by: Brad Bird**
**Starring: Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Samuel L. Jackson, Jason Lee, Spencer Fox, Sarah Vowell, Wallace Shwan, Brad Bird**
**Rated: PG for Action Violence**
**Running Time: 1 h 55 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Animation, Humor, Soundtrack, Excitement**
**WEAKNESSES: A Few Small Plot Holes**

The Incredibles (2004)

June 21, 2019

A family of superheroes, while trying to live quietly in suburban life, are forced to save the world.

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**Directed by: Paul Verhoeven**
**Starring: Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, Dina Meyer, Jake Busey, Neil Patrick Harris, Clancy Brown, Patrick Muldoon, Michael Ironside**
**Rated: R for Graphic Sci-Fi Violence and Gore, and For Some Language and Nudity**
**Running Time: 2 h 9 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, World Building, Directing, Satire, Fun**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing During First Half**

Starship Troopers (1997)

June 21, 2019

A satire on fascism where humans wage war against giant alien bugs.

A Bug's Life (1998)

June 19, 2019

A misfit ant travels to the bug city to find warrior bugs, but mistakenly hires a failing circus crew instead.

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**Directed by: Michael Winner**
**Starring: Charles Bronson, Jeff Goldblum, Hope Lang, Kathleen Tolan, Vincent Gardenia, Steven Keats**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 23 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Some Writing**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Execution**

Death Wish (1974)

June 17, 2019

After his wife and daughter are brutally assaulted, a bleeding-heart liberal becomes a gun-totting vigilante.

Hotel Mumbai (2018)

June 17, 2019

The true story of the Taj Hotel terrorist attack in Mumbai.

MV5BMTY2MDgwODIyMV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwODc1NDQ0NA@@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,675,1000_AL_.jpg — Your Highness (2011)

**Directed by: David Gordon Green**
**Starring: Danny McBride, James Franco, Rasmus Hardiker, Natalie Portman, Toby Jones, Justin Theroux, Zooey Deschanel, Charles Dance, Damian Lewis**
**Rated: R for Strong Crude and Sexual Content, Pervasive Language, Nudity, Violence and Some Drug Use**
**Running Time: 1 h 42 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Some Humor, Some Writing, Production Design**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Humor, Some Writing, Narrow Target Audience**

Your Highness (2011)

June 7, 2019

After Prince Fabious’s Bride is kidnapped, he goes on a quest to rescue her, accompanied by his lazy useless brother Thadeous.

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Directed by: The Wachowskis
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie Anne-Moss, Jada Pinkett-Smith
Rated: R for Sci Fi Violence and Brief Sexual Content
Running Time: 2h 9m
TMM Score: 2 Stars
STRENGTHS: Some Okay Action, Looks Good
WEAKNESSES: Lazy Writing, Bland Conclusion

The Matrix Revolutions (2003)

June 6, 2019

The third and final chapter of The Matrix trilogy

The Matrix Reloaded (2003)

June 5, 2019

The sequel to The Matrix

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**Directed by: Michael Dougherty**
**Starring: Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga, Millie Bobby Brown, Ken Watanabe, Ziyi Zhang, Bradley Whitford, Charles Dance, Thomas Middleditch, Sally Hawkins, O’Shea Jackson Jr.**
**Rated: PG-13 for Sequences of Monster Action Violence and Destruction, and For Some Language**
**Running Time: 2 h 11 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Kaiju Stuff, Special Effects, Fun**
**WEAKNESSES: People Stuff, Story, Plot Holes Galore, Harebrained Schemes and Ideas, Dialogue**

Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)

June 4, 2019

Godzilla faces off against a wave of monsters as humans from Monarch try to figure out a way to communicate with the beasts.

m 1.jpg — The Matrix (1999)

**Directed By: The Wachowskis**
**Starring: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Joe Pantoliano**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 2h 16m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Effects, Story, Action Sequences**
**Weakness: Unimpressive Acting**

The Matrix (1999)

June 4, 2019

Thomas Anderson is a hacker, obsessed with something called The Matrix, which even he doesn’t know what it is. When another hacker named Trinity introduces him to a cyber-terrorist terrorist named Morpheus, he finds out that nothing about the world he thought he knew is true.

91r6ErURNeL._SL1500_.jpg — Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)

Directed by: Hayao Miyazaki
Starring: Christian Bale, Emily Mortimer, Billy Crystal
Rated: PG for Frightening Images, And Brief Mild Language
Running Time: 1h 59m
TMM Score: 4.5 Stars
STRENGTHS: Animation, Themes, Characters, Lots of Fun
WEAKNESSES: Ending

Howl's Moving Castle (2004)

May 29, 2019

A woman must break a curse with the help of demigod, Howl.

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