MV5BMTc1OTc5NzA4OF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwOTAzMzE2NjM@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,674,1000_AL_.jpg — The Mule (2018)

**Directed by: Clint Eastwood**
**Starring: Clint Eastwood, Bradley Cooper, Michael Pena, Taissa Farminga, Laurence Fishburne, Andy Garcia, Dianne Wiest**
**Rated: R for Language Throughout and Brief Sexuality/Nudity**
**Running Time: 1 h 56 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Some Acting, Story**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Acting, Themes**

The Mule (2018)

April 1, 2019

A 90-year-old Korean War vet is roped into being a drug mule for a Mexican cartel.

No Country for Old Men (2007)

March 29, 2019

After a man stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong, he seizes the two million dollars left behind and runs, only to be pursued by a ruthless psychopath.

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Directed by: Ethan & Joel Coen
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, John Goodman
Rated: PG-13
Running Time: 1h 34m
TMM Score: 4.5 out of 5
STRENGTHS: Acting, Characters, Story, Aesthetic
WEAKNESSES: Pacing

Raising Arizona (1987)

March 28, 2019

An “against-the-odds” couple kidnap one of the Arizona Quintet babies when they learn they are unable to conceive a child themselves.

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**Directed by: Peter Berg**
**Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Lauren Cohan, Iko Uwais, Ronda Rousey, John Malkovich**
**Rated: R for Strong Violence and Language Throughout**
**Running Time: 1 h 34 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Iko Uwais, Action, Ending**
**WEAKNESSES: Writing, Acting, Length**

Mile 22 (2019)

March 28, 2019

An elite intelligence team tries to smuggle a mysterious police officer out of Indonesia.

O Brother, Where Art Thou (2000)

March 28, 2019

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.

qv 1.jpg — Quo Vadis (1951)

Directed By: Mervyn LeRoy
Starring: Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Peter Ustinov, Leo Gann
Rated: NR
Run Time: 2h 51m
TMM Score: 4 Stars
Strengths: Acting, Special Effects
Weakness: Some Acting, Dated Style

Quo Vadis (1951)

March 20, 2019

A young commander in the Roman Empire, under the mad poet/emperor Nero, has returned home and fallen fora beautiful Christian slave girl. When she rejects him, he chooses to conquer her through force but wavers as he sees what power does to a man.

dt 1.jpg — The Dark Tower (2017)

**Directed by: Nikolaj Arcel**
**Starring: Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Taylor**
**Rated: PG-13**
**Running Time: 1h 35m**
**TMM Score: 1.5 out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Idris Elba**
**WEAKNESSES: Everything Else**

The Dark Tower (2017)

March 14, 2019

When an evil force threatens the safety of all worlds, a young boy, who dreams of monsters and men, travels to a mysterious world where, with the help of a gunslinger, decides to take matters into his own hands.

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**Directed by: David Yates**
**Starring: Eddie Redmanyne, Johnny Depp, Zoe Krzvitz,Ezra Miller, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Jude Law, Brontis Jodorowsky**
**Rated: PG-13 for Some Sequences of Fantasy Action**
**Running Time: 2 h 14 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Production Design, Special Effects, Some Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Jumbled Story, Fan Service Over Substance**

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)

March 11, 2019

Wizard Newt Scamander finds himself wrapped up in an adventure that pits him and his friends against the evil Grindelwald.

Mortal Engines (2018)

March 11, 2019

In a post apocalyptic steampunk world where cities are mobile and consume smaller cities to survive, two people try to stop a conspiracy.

bb 1.jpg — The Blues Brothers (1980)

Directed By: John Landis
Starring: John Belushi, Dan Akroyd, Carrie Fisher, Aretha Franklin, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles, James Brown
Rated: R
Run Time: 2h 13m
TMM Score: 5 Stars
Strengths: Performances
Weakness: Nothing

The Blues Brothers (1980)

March 6, 2019

When Jake Blues is released from prison, he and his brother Elwood are set on a mission from God, to save the orphanage they grew up in without tainting any of the money through illicit means.

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**Directed by: Josie Rourke**
**Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie, Jack Lowden, Guy Pearce**
**Rated: R for Some Violence and Sexuality**
**Running Time: 2 h 4 m**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Costumes**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Writing, Directing, Out of Place Themes**

Mary Queen of Scots (2018)

March 1, 2019

An account of Mary Stuart’s relationship with Elizabeth I, Queen of England.

MV5BOTkxN2NkMjEtNjdlMC00OWFlLTlmNDctOTUwOTM1ZDNjOTc4XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNTExNjk5Mzc@._V1_.jpg — Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956)

Directed by: Hiroshi Inagaki
Starring: Toshirô Mifune, Kōji Tsuruta, Kaoru Yachigusa, Mariko Okada
Rated: NR
Running Time: 1h 45m
TMM Score: 4.5 out of 5
STRENGTHS: Characters, Story, Themes
WEAKNESSES: Mellow Drama

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956)

February 28, 2019

Samurai Musashi, by now an accomplished swordfighter, finds himself at odds with Sasaki Jokiro, a ronin swordsman, when they are both considered for employment with the Shogun.

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**Directed by: Peter Farrelly**
**Starring: Viggo Mortnesen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cadellini**
**Rated: PG-13 for Thematic Content, Including Racial Epithets, Smoking, Some Violence and Suggestive Material**
**Running Time: 2 h 10 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Writing**
**WEAKNESSES: Familiar Themes, Familiar Storyline, Familiar Character Arcs, White Savior Ending**

Green Book (2018)

February 26, 2019

An Italian-American bouncer becomes a driver for an African American classical pianist through the 1960s American South.

Alita: Battle Angel (2019)

February 15, 2019

A cyborg without memory searches for herself and her place in a violent and chaotic world.

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Directed by: Hiroshi Inagaki
Starring: Toshirô Mifune, Kōji Tsuruta, Mariko Okada, Kaoru Yachigusa
Rated: NR
Running Time: 1h 43m
TMM Score: 4 out of 5
STRENGTHS: Characters, Story, Themes
WEAKNESSES:

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijuji Temple (1955)

February 14, 2019

Musashi, ever the wanderer, continues his journey, dueling and gathering knowledge to become a respectable samurai.

MV5BMTUyMjQ1MTY5OV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNzY5NjExMw@@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,711,1000_AL_.jpg — A Prophet (2009)

**Directed by: Jacques Audiard**
**Starring: Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif, Leila Bekhti**
**Rated: R for Strong Violence, Sexual Content, Nudity, Language and Drug Material**
**Running Time: 2 h 35 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Story, Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

A Prophet (2009)

February 11, 2019

A directionless young Franco-Arab man is sent to a French prison where he is taken under the wing of a Corsican Mafioso.

There Will Be Blood (2007)

February 5, 2019

A game of power between a millionaire oil man and a small town priest.

MV5BNzA2NmYxMWUtNzBlMC00MWM2LTkwNmQtYTFlZjQwODNhOWE0XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNTIzOTk5ODM@._V1_.jpg — The Great Escape (1963)

**Directed by: John Sturges**
**Starring: Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence**
**Rated: NR (Suggested PG-13 for Some War Violence)**
**Running Time: 2 h 52 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Characters, Writing, Directing, Story, Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

The Great Escape (1963)

January 21, 2019

Allied prisoners of war plan an escape from a German camp during World War II.

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**Directed by: Ted Kotcheff**
**Starring: Gary Bond, Donald Pleasence, Sylvia Kay**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 49 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Setting, Writing, Directing**
**WEAKNESSES: Extended Sequence of Animal Cruelty**

Wake in Fright (1971)

January 18, 2019

A schoolteacher in the remote reaches of the Australian Outback tries to escape the wilderness during his holiday, but the outback has other plans for him.

91aPxJCgZzL._RI_.jpg — Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954)

Directed by: Hiroshi Inagaki
Starring: Toshirô Mifune, Mariko Okada, Rentarô Mikuni
Rated: NR
Running Time: 1h 33m
TMM Score: 3.5 out of 5
STRENGTHS: Characters, Story, Themes, Color, Japan
WEAKNESSES: Action, Blocking

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954)

January 17, 2019

An aspiring warrior joins the losing side of a feudal war, sending him on a downward spiral as he finds himself a wanted fugitive in the land he once called home.

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