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**Directed by: Richard W. Haines, Lloyd Kaufman**
**Starring: Janelle Brady, Gil Brenton, Robert Prichard**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 25 m**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Practical Effects**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Boring**

Class of Nuke 'Em High (1986)

October 4, 2019

The students at a high school near a nuclear power plant start behaving strangely after smoking irradiated marijuana.

Joy Ride (2001)

October 3, 2019

A psychotic trucker harasses three young people after they play a cruel joke on him.

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**Directed by: Lenny Abrahamson**
**Starring: Domhnall Gleeson, Ruth Wilson, Will Poulter, Charlotte Rampling**
**Rated: R for Some Disturbing Bloody Images**
**Running Time: 1 h 51 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Some Acting, Some Directing, Twist**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Uneven Writing, Some Acting, How Twist Was Handled**

The Little Stranger (2018)

October 2, 2019

After a doctor is called to a crumbling manor, strange things begin to happen to him and the family that lives there.

MV5BMTYzMDY5ODU1Ml5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNjkwNzkwNjM@._V1_.jpg — Lizzie (2018)

**Directed by: Craig William Macneill**
**Starring: Chloe Sevigny, Kristen Stewart, Fiona Shaw, Jamey Sheridan, Denis O’Hare**
**Rated: R for Violence and Grisly Images, Nudity, a Scene of Sexuality, and Some Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 45 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Writing, Directing**
**WEAKNESSES: A Few Shaky Scenes**

Lizzie (2018)

October 2, 2019

A retelling of the infamous Borden murders of 1892.

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**Directed by: John Carpenter**
**Starring: Sam Neill, Jurgen Prochnow, Julie Carmen, Charlton Heston**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 35 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Concept, Some Genuinely Creepy Sequences**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Acting, Some Execution**

In the Mouth of Madness (1994)

October 1, 2019

An insurance investigator searches for a missing best selling horror novelist, only to find that the books have an increasing sway on his fans’ lives.

MV5BNjA4MTE4NTQzN15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMjM5MzkwMzE@._V1_.jpg — The Fanatic (2019)

**Directed by: Fred Durst**
**Starring: John Travolta, Devon Sawa, Ana Golja**
**Rated: R for Some Strong Violence, and Language Throughout**
**Running Time: 1 h 28 m**
**TMM Score: 1.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: John Travolta’s Unique Performance**
**WEAKNESSES: Story, Dialogue, Characters**

The Fanatic (2019)

September 30, 2019

An obsessive fan stalks his favorite movie star.

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)

September 30, 2019

After getting scammed out of their royalties, Jay and Silent Bob travel to Hollywood to stop a “Bluntman and Chronic” film.

br 1.jpg — Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

**Directed By: Denis Villeneuve**
**Starring: Harrison Ford, Ryan Gosling, Ana de Armas, Robin Wright**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 2h 44m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Cinematography, Atmosphere**
**Weakness: Certain Characters, On The Nose Dialogue, Action Sequence**

Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

September 25, 2019

Years have passed since the events of “Blade Runner” and K, a replicant blade runner, is on the trail of a replicant who may hold the key to replicants becoming a true race.

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**Directed by: Billy Bob Thornton**
**Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam, Lucas Black, John Ritter, James Hampton**
**Rated: R for Strong Language, Including Descriptions of Violent and Sexual Behavior**
**Running Time: 2 h 15 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Acting, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: Mild Pacing and Predictability Problems**

Sling Blade (1996)

September 23, 2019

After twenty-five years in captivity, Karl Childers, a mentally challenged man, is released from the hospital where he was put after he murdered his mother and her lover.

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**Directed by: Michael Radford**
**Starring: John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 53 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Themes, Story, Cinematography, Directing**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Some Acting**

1984 (1984)

September 20, 2019

In an oppressive security state, a man tries to rebel by falling in love.

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**Directed by: Jennifer Kent**
**Starring: Aisling Franciosi, Sam Claflin, Baykali Ganambarr, Damon Herriman**
**Rated: R for Strong Violent and Disturbing Content Including Rape, Language Throughout, and Brief Sexuality**
**Running Time: 2 h 16 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: Mild Pacing Issues**

The Nightingale (2018)

September 19, 2019

An Irish woman serving a prison sentence on Tasmania in the 1820s survives a horrific tragedy and then sets out for vengeance with the help of an Aboriginal man.

The Guilty (2018)

September 17, 2019

A police officer assigned to dispatch receives a phone call from a kidnapped woman and does everything in his power to try to save her.

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**Directed by: Robert Altman**
**Starring: Keith Carradine, Karen Black, Ronee Blakley, Shelley Duvall, Robert DoQui, Ned Beatty, Lily Tomlin, Barbara Harris, Jeff Goldblum**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 2 h 40 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting, Satire**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Nashville (1975)

September 13, 2019

An ensemble film that satires American culture and politics in the 1970s.

Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)

September 9, 2019

A young girl whom lives in a surreal and fantastical world, finds herself being quested after, influenced, and tricked by vampires, bishops, men and women alike as she approaches womanhood.

ka 1.jpg — Kick Ass (2010)

**Directed By: Matthew Vaughn**
**Starring: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Nicolas Cage, Chloë Grace Moretz, Mark Strong, Christopher Mintz-Plasse**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 57m**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars (I liked it)**
**Strengths: High Concept, Nicolas Cage, Fun**
**Weakness: Acting**

Kick Ass (2010)

September 6, 2019

Dave, a comic book nerd high school outcast, is tired of the petty crimes surrounding him and decides to fight back. Inspired by his love of comic heroes, he becomes Kick Ass the crime fighter. If only he had powers.

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**Directed by: F. Gary Gray**
**Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson, Rebecca Ferguson, Emma Thompson, Liam Neeson, Kumail Nanjiani**
**Rated: PG-13 for Sci-Fi Action, Some Language and Suggestive Material**
**Running Time: 1 h 54 m**
**TMM Score: 1.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Tessa Thompson**
**WEAKNESSES: Story Structure, Directing, Pacing**

Men in Black: International (2019)

September 3, 2019

The Men in Black search for a mole amongst their ranks.

MV5BMTA2MjA3ODU0NjBeQTJeQWpwZ15BbWU4MDE3NTQxNDcz._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,631,1000_AL_.jpg — Ma (2019)

**Directed by: Tate Taylor**
**Starring: Octavia Spencer, Diana Silvers, Juliette Lewis, Tate Taylor, Luke Evans, Allison Janney**
**Rated: R for Violent/Disturbing Material, Language Throughout, Sexual Content, and for Teen Drug and Alcohol Use**
**Running Time: 1 h 39 m**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Octavia Spencer**
**WEAKNESSES: Finding Target Audience, Some Acting**

Ma (2019)

September 3, 2019

A lonely, middle-aged woman befriends a group of teenagers and lets them party in her house, but after a while, the middle-aged woman starts acting strangely possessive.

3 Women (1977)

September 2, 2019

Two roommates and an artist share a bizarre relationship after a series of emotional traumas.

Three Colors: White (1994)

August 30, 2019

After his wife divorces him, a Polish immigrant plots to get even with her.

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**Directed by: Paco Cabezas**
**Starring: Nicolas Cage, Peter Stormare, Danny Glover, Aubrey Peeples**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Violence and Language)**
**Running Time: 1 h 38 m**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Ending, Some Unintentionally Funny Action Scenes**
**WEAKNESSES: Writing, Directing, Unlikeable Characters, Acting, Pacing**

Rage (2014)

August 30, 2019

After his daughter is murdered, an ex-criminal gets his old crew together to find the people that killed her.

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