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**Directed by: Wolfgang Reitherman**
**Starring: Brian Bedford, Monica Evans, Phil Harris, Andy Devine, Peter Ustinov, Roger Miller**
**Rated: G**
**Running Time: 1 h 23 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Some Fun Scenes, Likeable Characters**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Reuses Animation**

Robin Hood (1973)

May 6, 2019

A retelling of the story of Robin Hood and his struggle against the Sherriff of Nottingham starring humanoid animals.

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**Directed by: Fernando Meirelles**
**Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Danny Huston, Bill Nighy, Donald Sumpter, Pete Postlethwaite**
**Rated: R for Language, Some Violent Images and Sexual Content/Nudity**
**Running Time: 2 h 9 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Acting, Editing**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing During First Half of Second Act**

The Constant Gardener (2005)

May 6, 2019

After his wife is murdered, a British Diplomat living in Africa embarks on a quest to find out why, along the way uncovering a conspiracy that could have deadly impact.

Chocolat (2000)

May 3, 2019

A single mother opens a chocolate shop in a conservative village in France, challenging the morals of the town.

dq 1.jpg — The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018)

**Directed By: Terry Gilliam**
**Starring: Adam Driver, Jonathon Pryce, Joana Ribeiro, Stellan Skarsgard, Olga Kurylenko**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 2h 12m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Acting, Production Design, Grand Concept**
**Weakness: Length**

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018)

May 2, 2019

Toby, a disillusioned director, recalls his younger days wherein he made a short film as a student, starring a peasant cobbler as Don Quixote. As he flees his current project he and the cobbler are reunited only to discover the cobbler believes he really is Don Quixote still, and Toby begins to slip into insanity himself.

Shadow (2018)

April 30, 2019

Two rival kingdoms plot and fight for ultimate victory.

Uncommon Valor (1983)

April 29, 2019

Ten years after his son went MIA in Vietnam, a retired Colonel assembles a private rescue team to storm a POW camp in Laos, where he believes his son is being kept.

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**Directed by: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo**
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Josh Brolin, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, Paul Rudd, Brie Larson, Karen Gillian, Tessa Thompson, Bradley Cooper
**Rated: PG-13 for Sequences of Science-Fi Violence and Action, and Some Language**
**Running Time: 3 h 1 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Subversion of Expectations, Character Development, Humor, Special Effects**
**WEAKNESSES: Length, Pacing, Fan Service**

Avengers: Endgame (2019)

April 26, 2019

The remaining Avengers fight to undo the events at the end of “Avengers: Infinity War”.

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**Directed by: Frank Pavich**
**Starring: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Brontis Jodorowsky, Nicolas Winding Refn**
**Rated: PG-13 for Some Violent and Sexual Images and Drug References**
**Running Time: 1 h 30 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story**
**WEAKNESSES: Narrow Target Audience**

Jodorowsky's Dune (2013)

April 26, 2019

An exploration of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s failed attempt to bring Frank Herbert’s Dune to screen.

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**Directed by: Alan Smithee (David Lynch)**
**Starring: Kyle MacLachlan, Virginia Madsen, Francesca Annis, Sting, Patrick Stewart, Max Von Sydow, Kenneth McMillan, Jurgen Prochow**
**Rated: PG-13**
**Running Time: 2 h 57 m**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: A Valiant Effort**
**WEAKNESSES: Practically Everything**

Dune (Extended Cut) (1984)

April 26, 2019

After a Duke takes over a rich desert planet, forces around the galaxy descend in attempt to dethrone him. Meanwhile, a mysterious prophecy concerns the Duke’s son.

Cat o' Nine Tails (1971)

April 25, 2019

A reporter and a retired blind crossword puzzle writer collaborate to solve a slew of murders.

bu+1.jpg — Blow-Up (1966)

**Directed By: Michelangelo Antonioni**
**Starring: David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave**
**Rated: NR**
**Run Time: 1h 51m**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars**
**Strengths: Visual Storytelling, Themes**
**Weakness: Character and Emotional Connections**

Blow-Up (1966)

April 24, 2019

Thomas is a London photographer worshipped by and bored of models and actresses. When tired, he roams the city and parks for new photographic subjects and ends up accidentally photographing a murder and being spotted by the killer.

Observe and Report (2009)

April 23, 2019

A bi-polar mall cop decides to be a police officer to take down a streaking menace.

the Passenger.jpg — The Passenger (1975)

**Directed by: Michelangelo Antonioni**
**Starring: Jack Nicholson, Maria Schneider, Jenny Runacre, Ian Hendry**
**Rated: PG-13 for Some Violence, Nudity and Language**
**Running Time: 2 h 6 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Direction, Writing, Acting, Cinematography**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing**

The Passenger (1975)

April 23, 2019

A war correspondent, frustrated with his work and unable to find the war he’s supposed to cover, takes up the identity of a dead man who looks similar to him, only to find his plan may have many flaws.

L'Avventura (1960)

April 23, 2019

After a woman goes missing, her boyfriend and best friend form a search party to try to find her.

Fellini Satyricon (1969)

April 22, 2019

A series of bizarre events surround a young man’s journey through the hedonistic landscape of first century Rome.

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**Directed by: Warren Beatty**
**Starring: Warren Beatty, Charlie Korsmo, Glenne Headly, Al Pacino, Madonna, Dustin Hoffman, Mandy Patinkin, Kathy Bates, Dick Van Dyke, James Caan**
**Rated: PG**
**Running Time: 1 h 45 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Style, Direction, Makeup and Production Design, Acting, Fun**
**WEAKNESSES: Not For Everyone**

Dick Tracy (1990)

April 22, 2019

A comic strip detective finds his life increasingly complicated as he investigates the notorious Big Boy Caprice’s mob.

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**Directed by: Bjorn Runge**
**Starring: Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, Max Irons**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1h 39m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Glenn Close, Acting, Writing**
**WEAKNESSES: Cinematography, Weak Scenes**

The Wife (2017)

April 19, 2019

A writer wins the Nobel prize, but in doing so it threatens to rip apart his family and expose embarrassing truths about him and his family.

PotC 1.jpg — The Passion of The Christ (2004)

**Directed By: Mel Gibson**
**Starring: Jim Caviezel, Monica Bellucci, Maia Morgenstern**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 2h 7m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Visual Storytelling,**
**Weakness: Certain Shots, The Marketing**

The Passion of The Christ (2004)

April 19, 2019

The story of Jesus of Nazareth’s 12-Hour Passion modeled after the 12 Stations of the Cross.

f 1.jpg — Fargo (1996)

**Directed By: Joel & Ethan Coen**
**Starring: William H. Macey, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare, Frances McDormand, John Caroll Lynch, Larry Brandenberg**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 38m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Acting, Themes, Cinematography, Unique Setting**
**Weakness: None**

Fargo (1996)

April 17, 2019

When Jerry Lundegaard, tired of scrounging for scraps and grinding as a failed car/undercoat salesman, decides to stage a kidnap and ransom of his wife to gain access to his father-in-law’s money and the mild mannered mid-westerner ends ends up in league with a violently pragmatic criminal cohort.

A History of Violence (2005)

April 16, 2019

Tom Stall had the perfect life, until he became a hero.

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