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**Directed by: Abner Pastoll**
**Starring: Sarah Bolger, Edward Hogg, Andrew Simpson**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Some Strong Bloody Violence and Gory Images)**
**Running Time: 1 h 37 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: Mild Pacing Issues, Coincidental Moments**

A Good Woman is Hard to Find (2019)

February 3, 2020

An impoverished, recently widowed mother of two gets sucked into the world of crime that dwells right outside her door, and must fight to protect her children.

MV5BMTAxNDA1ODc5MDleQTJeQWpwZ15BbWU4MDg2MDA4OTEx._V1_.jpg — The Birds (1963)

**Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock**
**Starring: Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Veronica Cartwright, Suzanne Pleshette**
**Rated: PG-13**
**Running Time: 1 h 59 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Writing, Characters, Story, Sound Mixing, Effects**
**WEAKNESSES: Slightly Schlocky, Some Character Choices**

The Birds (1963)

January 31, 2020

A wealthy woman from San Francisco takes a trip to a Northern Californian town where she and the residents are inexplicably attacked by flocks of birds.

MV5BMTlkMmVmYjktYTc2NC00ZGZjLWEyOWUtMjc2MDMwMjQwOTA5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNTI4MzE4MDU@._V1_SY1000_SX675_AL_.jpg — The Gentlemen (2019)

**Directed by: Guy Ritchie**
**Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Michelle Dockery, Hugh Grant, Jeremy Strong, Colin Ferrell, Henry Goulding, Eddie Marsan**
**Rated: R for Violence, Language Throughout, Sexual References and Drug Content**
**Running Time: 1 h 53 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Some Writing, Some Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Thinks It’s More Clever Than It Is, Pacing, Some Acting**

The Gentlemen (2019)

January 27, 2020

A drug lord tries to sell his empire to a billionaire, but things get complicated.

71T+hc-NRaL._RI_.jpg — Ride with the Devil (1999)

**Directed by: Ang Lee**
**Starring: Tobey McGuire, Jewel Kilcher, Skeet Ulrich, Jeffrey Wright, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Tom Wilkinson, Margo Martindale, Jim Caviezel, Mark Ruffalo**
**Rated: R for Graphic War Violence**
**Running Time: 2 h 28 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Production Design, Cinematography, Action**
**WEAKNESSES: Length, Pacing, Some Acting**

Ride with the Devil (1999)

January 24, 2020

During the American Civil War, two friends join a band of Confederate guerrilla fighters known as the Bushwackers.

Ford-v-Ferrari(109).jpg — Ford v Ferrari (2019)

**Directed by: James Mangold**
**Starring: Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Jon Bernthal, Caitriona Balfe, Josh Lucas, Noah Jupe, Tracy Letts**
**Rated: PG-13 for Some Language and Peril**
**Running Time: 2 h 32 m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Writing, Technicality, Extremely Entertaining**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Ford v Ferrari (2019)

January 23, 2020

Carroll Shelby and Ken Miles attempt to build a car that can outrace Ferrari at the La Mons race.

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**Directed by: Helene Cattet, Bruno Forzani**
**Starring: Elina Lowensohn, Stephane Ferrara, Bernie Bonvoisin, Michelangelo Marchese, Marc Barbe, Pierre Nisse**
**Rated: Unrated (Suggested R for Graphic Nudity and Strong Violence)**
**Running Time: 1 h 32 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Style, Cinematography, Pacing, Editing, Ennio Morricone, Sound Design**
**WEAKNESSES: Style Over Substance, Sometimes Difficult to Tell What’s Going On, Also Editing**

Let the Corpses Tan (2017)

January 22, 2020

Thieves with a trunkful of gold bullion hide out at an old mission where they encounter a bohemian artist and his muse. As cops arrive at the mission, bullets begin to fly.

Split Second (1992)

January 20, 2020

In 2008 dystopian London, global warming has caused flooding, and Detective Harley Stone must wade his way through the streets to find a vicious serial killer whom might not be human.

MV5BOTdmNTFjNDEtNzg0My00ZjkxLTg1ZDAtZTdkMDc2ZmFiNWQ1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNTAzNzgwNTg@._V1_.jpg — 1917 (2019)

**Directed by: Sam Mendes**
**Starring: George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman, Colin Firth, Andrew Scott, Mark Strong, Benedict Cumberbatch**
**Rated: R for Violence, Some Disturbing Images, and Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 59 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Direction, Cinematography, Production Design, Experience, Characters, Soundtrack**
**WEAKNESSES: Thin Story**

1917 (2019)

January 13, 2020

Two British soldiers must deliver a message deep in enemy territory that will halt an attack and possibly save the lives of 1,600 of their fellow soldiers.

MV5BNzJlYmZhNTMtMWM2Yy00MDZiLWJlOGMtMTRkOTEzYmZlZWQ5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTQxNzMzNDI@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,656,1000_AL_.jpg — Gemini Man (2019)

**Directed by: Ang Lee**
**Starring: Will Smith, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Clive Owen, Benedict Wong**
**Rated: PG-13 for Violence and Action Throughout, and Brief Strong Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 57 m**
**TMM Score: 1 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Nothing**
**WEAKNESSES: Boring, Frame Rate, Acting, Dialogue**

Gemini Man (2019)

January 13, 2020

An aging hitman faces off against a younger clone of himself.

Brimstone (2016)

January 8, 2020

A young mute woman is tracked by a mysterious preacher.

Hero (2002)

January 8, 2020

One “Nameless” Hero Assassin is called before the great conqueror King to relay his account of defeating the three greatest assassins and threats to his Imperial Rule.

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Directed by: Riley Stearns
Starring: Jessie Eisenberg, Alessandro Nivola, Imogen Poots, Steve Terada, Phillip Andre Botello
Rated: R for Violence, Sexual Content, Graphic Nudity and Language
Running Time: 1 h 44 m
TMM Score: 4.5 Stars
STRENGTHS: Black Humor, Story, Acting
WEAKNESSES: -

The Art of Self Defense (2019)

January 7, 2020

After being brutally mugged, Casey Davies enrolls in a Karate course taught by an eccentric sensei.

Che: Part Two (2008)

January 3, 2020

In 1967, Che leads a small army against the Bolivian government.

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.

Uncut Gems (2019)

December 31, 2019

Howard Ratner, a New York City jeweler and compulsive gambling addict, makes a series of high stakes bets in an attempt to score a huge win, while simultaneously avoiding his bookies, and balancing his wife, kids and his mistress.

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.

ro 1.jpg — Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)

**Directed By: Gareth Edwards**
**Starring: Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen, Ben Mendelsohn,**
**Forest Whitaker, Riz Ahmed, Mads Mikkelsen**
**Rated: PG-13**
**Run Time: 2h 13m**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars**
**Strengths: Broad Story Strokes, Climax**
**Weakness: Muddled Plot, Main Characters**

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)

December 20, 2019

Jyn Erso has been living and surviving aimlessly since The Empire killed her mother and captured her father to help build the Death Star. When the rebellion asks her to join an effort to steal plans for the doomsday weapon

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.

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)

December 17, 2019

A Farmhand from a backwater planet is caught in the crossfire of an intergalactic battle between dark and light when he receives a distress call from a captured princess and decides to help.

MV5BNTc4MTc3NTQ5OF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwOTg0NjI4NA@@._V1_.jpg — Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)

**Directed by: George Lucas**
**Starring: Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman, Ewan McGregor, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L. Jackson, Frank Oz, Jimmy Smits, Christopher Lee**
**Rated: PG-13 for Sci-Fi Violence and Some Intense Images**
**Running Time: 2 h 20 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Darker Entry, Some Action, Production Design**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Battle Fatigue, Acting, Ubiquitous CGI, Dialogue, Cheesy Moments**

Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)

December 17, 2019

Three years after the start of the clone wars, Obi-Wan and Anakin find themselves lured into a plot that may offset the balance of the force, and set the Sith up for rule.

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