Dazed and Confused (1993)

October 3, 2018

The first day of summer. The jocks, cheerleaders, geeks, stoners and all the rest are turning out to show the incoming freshman what high school is all about. Hazing, partying, making friends, and discovering who you are.

Rabid Grannies (1988)

October 2, 2018

The greedy members of the Remington family gather together to celebrate the birthdays of their two elderly aunts that have an enormous fortune. But after opening a gift from their estranged nephew, things get a little out of control.

relaxer 1.jpg — Relaxer (2018)

**Directed by: Joel Potrykus**
**Starring: Joshua Burge, David Dastmalchian, Andre Hyland**
**Rated: NR**
**Running Time: 1h 31m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Storytelling Style, Compelling Performances, Bold Camera Work**
**WEAKNESSES: A Slight Pacing Drag in the Middle.**

Relaxer (2018)

September 28, 2018

Abbie is a quitter. He has quit every challenge his brother, Cam, has ever posed to him, but NO MORE. For once he’s going to complete the challenge, even if it means not moving from his seat on the couch till he beats level 256 of Pac Man. After all, with Y2K looming he only has 6 months to do it.

MV5BMjM3NjQxMzE3Nl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNzMzOTQ1MzE@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,707,1000_AL_.jpg — Divorce Italian Style (1961)

**Directed by: Pietro Germi**
**Starring: Marcello Mastroianni, Daniela Rocca, Stefania Sandrelli**
**Rated: NR (Suggested PG-13 for Suggestive Content)**
**Running Time: 1 h 45 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Acting, Directing, Cinematography**
**WEAKNESSES: Content (?)**

Divorce Italian Style (1961)

September 26, 2018

A married Sicilian man, unhappy in his marriage, falls in love with his younger cousin and vows to wed her. But, since divorce is illegal in Italy, he must devise a way to convince his wife to have an affair so he can commit a crime of passion.

MV5BMjA1NDk3MDE1NV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwOTY3ODkxMQ@@._V1_.jpg — A Taxing Woman (1987)

**Directed by: Juzo Itami**
**Starring: Nobuko Miyamoto, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Masahiko Tsugawa**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Some Sexual Content and Nudity)**
**Running Time: 2 h 7 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing**

A Taxing Woman (1987)

September 24, 2018

An ambitious young tax investigator rises through the ranks of the bureau she works at while forming a friendly relationship with Hideki Gondo, a rich middle-aged man she’s investigating for tax evasion.

MV5BMTQ1MDA5NjUxN15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNjAwMDg5MzE@._V1_.jpg — Buzzard (2014)

**Directed by: Joel Portykus**
**Starring: Joshua Burge, Joel Potrykus, Joe Anderson**
**Rated: NR (Suggest R for Some Language and a Scene of Mild Violence)**
**Running Time: 1 h 37 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Writing, Originality**
**WEAKNESSES: Last Scene (?), Some Makeup**

Buzzard (2014)

September 21, 2018

A slacker goes to extreme lengths to avoid doing any kind of work whatsoever.

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**Directed by: Stanley Kubrick**
**Starring: Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee**
**Rated: PG**
**Running Time: 3 h 5 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Mise-En-Scene, Cinematography, Writing, Acting, Directing**
**WEAKNESSES: Length, Pacing During Second Act**

Barry Lyndon (1975)

September 19, 2018

An Irish scrapper slowly rises through the ranks of English aristocracy.

dr s 1.jpeg — Dr. Strangelove (1964)

**Directed by: Stanley Kubrick**
**Starring: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Slim Pickens**
**Rated: PG**
**Running Time: 1h 35m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Script**
**WEAKNESSES: NA**

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

September 17, 2018

When a US General in the 1960s suffers a nervous breakdown, he orders an all out nuclear strike on Russia and the entire United States Military must try to stop him from starting World War III and the Apocalypse.

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**Directed by: Stanley Kubrick**
**Starring: James Mason, Shelley Winters, Sue Lyon**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Strong Thematic Material)**
**Running Time: 2 h 33 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Content**

Lolita (1962)

September 14, 2018

A middle-aged man marries a widow to be closer to her young daughter.

satb 1.jpg — Smokey and The Bandit (1977)

**Directed by: Hal Needham**
**Starring: Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jerry Reed, Jackie Gleason**
**Rated: PG**
**Running Time: 1h 36m**
**TMM Score: 2 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Burt Reynolds’ Charisma**
**WEAKNESSES: Everything else**

Smokey and The Bandit (1977)

September 13, 2018

The Bandit is the legend, the greatest trucker, smuggler, runner of them all, so when two rich southerners want to haul some beer across state lines in a record time, he’s the only one to call, but will the Bandit still be able to make his run on time when he picks up a runaway bride hitch-hiker?

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**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.

mi3 1.jpg — In Bruges (2008)

**Directed by: Martin McDonagh**
**Starring: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleason, Ciaran Hinds, Ralph Fiennes**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1h 47m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Story**
**WEAKNESSES: Darker Theme than is Readily Apparent**

In Bruges (2008)

September 6, 2018

A young hitman for the mob is sent to Bruges, a quaint touristy medieval town, after a hit doesn’t go as planned. With nothing interesting to distract him, he is left alone with his thoughts, and his guilt over past actions.

MV5BMTc2MTQ3MDA1Nl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwODA3OTI4NjE@._V1_.jpg — The Martian (2015)

**Directed by: Ridley Scott**
**Starring: Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Jeff Daniels, Michael Pena, Kate Mara, Sebastian Stan, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Benedict Wong, Kristen Wiig, Sean Bean, Mackenzie Davis, Donald Glover, Aksel Hennie**
**Rated: PG-13 or Some Strong Language, Injury Images, and Brief Nudity**
**Running Time: 2 h 24 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Visual Effects, Story Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Farfetched Cheesy Moments**

The Martian (2015)

September 5, 2018

After an accident, an astronaut is stranded on Mars and has to figure out a way to survive.

MV5BNTQ0Njc3ODkyMl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwODQxOTE4MjE@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,676,1000_AL_.jpg — Why Don't You Play in Hell? (2013)

**Directed by: Sion Sono**
**Starring: Jun Kunimura, Fumi Nikaido, Hiroki Hasegawa**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Frenetic Bloody Violence and Strong Language)**
**Running Time: 2 h 9 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Practical Effects, Crazy Story, Unique Chracters**
**WEAKNESSES: CGI Effects, Pacing**

Why Don't You Play in Hell? (2013)

September 3, 2018

An independent film crew becomes entangled in a yakuza war.

Sid & Nancy (1986)

August 30, 2018

The true story of Sid Vicious, bassist for The Sex Pistols, and his girlfriend, Nancy Spungen.

MV5BNmM1YmM1NjAtNTlhMC00YjJiLTlkNjctZmVjYjIyMTRiMzBlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjM0ODk5MDU@._V1_.jpg — Return to Oz (1985)

**Directed by: Walter Murch**
**Starring: Fairuza Balk, Nicol Williamson, Jean Marsh**
**Rated: PG**
**Running Time: 1 h 53 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Production Design, Atmosphere**
**WEAKNESSES: Trouble Finding Target Audience**

Return to Oz (1985)

August 27, 2018

Six months after the tornado took Dorothy to Oz, she must return to help lift the curse that a witch and the Nome king have placed across the land.

MV5BMTdjNWYyMGUtNzQ4Yy00Mzg1LWI1MmUtMWZiYTAyYThiYTlmL2ltYWdlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTQxNzMzNDI@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,638,1000_AL_.jpg — Desperate Living (1977)

**Directed by: John Waters**
**Starring: Liz Renay, Mink Stole, Susan Lowe, Jean Hill, Edith Massey**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 30 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Unique Story, Bizarre Production Design**
**WEAKNESSES: Content**

Desperate Living (1977)

August 24, 2018

After a neurotic woman murders her husband with the help of her maid, they flee to a strange town called Mortville, which is ruled over by a fascist queen.

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**Directed by: John Waters**
**Starring: Kathleen Turner, Sam Waterston, Ricki Lake**
**Rated: R for Satirical Presentation of Strong Violence, Vulgar Language, and Sexual Episodes**
**Running Time: 1 h 35 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Uniqueness, Dripping With Satire, Hilarity**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Joke Feels Played Out**

Serial Mom (1994)

August 24, 2018

Little annoyances drive a happy suburban mother to murder.

MV5BMTY5NzgyMjUwOV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNjc2NjQzMTE@._V1_.jpg — Female Trouble (1974)

**Directed by: John Waters**
**Starring: Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Mink Stole, Edith Massey**
**Rated: NC-17**
**Running Time: 1 h 29 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Eccentricity**
**WEAKNESSES: Content, Acting(?), Cinematography**

Female Trouble (1974)

August 24, 2018

A spoiled high school girl runs away from home and has to turn to a life of crime to support herself.

MV5BZDJjOTE0N2EtMmRlZS00NzU0LWE0ZWQtM2Q3MWMxNjcwZjBhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNDk3NzU2MTQ@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,675,1000_AL_.jpg — The Rock (1996)

**Directed by: Michael Bay**
**Starring: Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris**
**Rated: R for Strong Violence, Language and a Sex Scene**
**Running Time: 2 h 16 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, No Holds Barred Action, Ridiculous Premise, Humorous Writing**
**WEAKNESSES: Ridiculous Premise, Directing**

The Rock (1996)

August 23, 2018

An ex-con and a chemist team up to stop a general who has taken control of Alcatraz Island and plans to release nerve gas on San Francisco.

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