MV5BYTJlNjlkZTktNjEwOS00NzI5LTlkNDAtZmEwZDFmYmM2MjU2XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjg2NjQwMDQ@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,674,1000_AL_.jpg — It: Chapter Two (2019)

**Directed by: Andy Muschietti**
**Starring: Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Bill Skarsgard, Finn Wolfhard, Bill Hader, Isaiah Mustafa, Jay Ryan, James Ransone**
**Rated: R for Disturbing Violent Content and Bloody Images Throughout, Pervasive Language, and Some Crude Sexual Material**
**Running Time: 2 h 49 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: First Act, Some Special Effects, Some Atmosphere**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Length, Character Chemistry, Ending**

It Chapter Two (2019)

September 9, 2019

The conclusion of Stephen King’s It.

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.

A Matter of Life and Death (1946)

September 6, 2019

After a British pilot miraculously survives jumping from his plane without a parachute, all the powers of heaven convene for a court case to see if he should be allowed to live.

ttf 1.jpg — Them that Follow (2019)

**Directed By: Britt Poulton, Dan Madison Savage**
**Starring: Olivia Colman, Walton Goggins, Kaitlyn Dever, Jim Gaffigan**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 38m**
**TMM Score: 2 Stars**
**Strengths: Acting, Practical Effects**
**Weakness: Story, Characters**

Them That Follow (2019)

September 4, 2019

Dilly is a young woman struggling with an unplanned pregnancy in a small rural mountain community which is bound together in their faith, a rare Christian sect that handles poisonous snakes to prove their faith.

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.

id 1.jpg — In Darkness (2011)

**Directed By: Agnieszka Holland**
**Starring: Robert Wieckiewicz, Benno Fürmann, Agnieszka Grochowska**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 2h 25m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Point of View, Character Relationships**
**Weakness: Pacing**

In Darkness (2011)

August 30, 2019

When the Germans occupying Poland round up the Jews into the ghettos, a Polish sewer inspector decides to help hide some of them from the Germans, for a price.

Three Colors: White (1994)

August 30, 2019

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

Three Colors: Blue (1993)

August 30, 2019

A woman must find a way to carry on after the death of her husband and child.

MV5BMTg1ODg4NjUzNF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwOTU5NDc3MTE@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,674,1000_AL_.jpg — Rage (2014)

**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.

MV5BYTg1MmNiMjItMmY4Yy00ZDQ3LThjMzYtZGQ0ZTQzNTdkMGQ1L2ltYWdlL2ltYWdlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTQxNzMzNDI@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,666,1000_AL_.jpg — Three Colors: Red (1995)

**Directed by: Krysztof Kieslowski**
**Starring: Irene Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Frederique Feder**
**Rated: R for a Brief but Strong Sex Scene**
**Running Time: 1 h 39 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Cinematography, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Three Colors: Red (1995)

August 30, 2019

A model forms a relationship with a retired judge that has a hobby of invading on people’s privacy.

dl 1.jpg — The Double Life of Veronique (1991)

**Directed By: Krzysztof Kieslowski**
**Starring: Irène Jacob, Wladyslaw Kowalski, Halina Gryglaszewska**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 38m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Acting, Music, Cinematography**
**Weakness: -**

The Double Life of Veronique (1991)

August 29, 2019

Two women, one in France, the other Poland, are inexplicably linked in spirit.

d 1.jpg — Danton (1983)

**Directed By: Andrzej Wajda**
**Starring: Gérard Depardieu, Wojciech Pszoniak, Anne Alvaro**
**Rated: PG**
**Run Time: 2h 16m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Acting, Production Design**
**Weakness: Length**

Danton (1983)

August 28, 2019

In France, under the reign of Terror, one of the most prominent leaders of the revolution, Georges Danton, attempts to lay bare the corruption of the Committee for Public Safety and its chair, Maximillian Robespierre.

91430xto51L._SL1500_.jpg — The Saragossa Manuscript (1965)

**Directed by: Wojciech Has**
**Starring: Zbigniew Cybulski, Iga Cembrzynska, Elzbieta Czyzewksa**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Some Nudity and Thematic Elements)**
**Running Time: 3 h 2 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Unexpected Humor, Production Design, Cinematography**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Length**

The Saragossa Manuscript (1965)

August 28, 2019

A soldier in a war finds a book that recounts a tale of a soldier traveling through Spain and meeting a variety of characters, many of who have stories of their own to tell.

Ida (2013)

August 27, 2019

A young novice nun on the verge of taking her vows discovers a family secret dating back to German occupation.

MV5BMzM5NjUxOTEyMl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNjEyMDM0MDE@._V1_SY1000_SX675_AL_.jpg — The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

**Directed by: Wes Anderson**
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Matthiew Amalric, Adrein Brody, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Harvey Keitel, Jude Law, Billy Murray, Edward Norton, Saoirse Ronan, Jason Schwartzman, Lea Seydoux, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson
**Rated: R for Language, Some Sexual Content and Violence**
**Running Time: 1 h 39 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Mis-En-Scene, Writing, Production Design, Characters, Story, Fun**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

August 26, 2019

The adventures of the legendary concierge Gustave H at the famous Grand Budapest Hotel between the first and second World Wars.

MV5BMjE2NTU2ODI0MV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNTIwODU2NA@@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,666,1000_AL_.jpg — Rob Roy (1995)

**Directed by: Michael Caton-Jones**
**Starring: Liam Neeson, Jessica Lange, John Hurt, Tim Roth, Brian Cox**
**Rated: R for Violence and Sexuality**
**Running Time: 2 h 19 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Cinematography, Production Design, Some Acting, Some Writing**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Acting, Pacing, Length, Some Writing**

Rob Roy (1995)

August 23, 2019

A Scottish man seeks a loan from a British nobleman, and after his honor is wronged he seeks vengeance.

81gu6PWvlKL._RI_.jpg — Leaving Las Vegas (1995)

**Directed by: Mike Figgis**
**Starring: Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue, Julian Sands, Richard Lewis**
**Rated: R for Strong Sexuality and Language, Violence and Pervasive Alcohol Abuse**
**Running Time: 1 h 51 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Writing, Directing**
**WEAKNESSES: Slightly Melodramatic**

Leaving Las Vegas (1995)

August 23, 2019

An alcoholic ex-screenwriter moves to Las Vegas to drink himself to death, where he encounters a prostitute with whom he forms a unique relationship.

a 1.jpg — Adaptation (2002)

**Directed By: Spike Jonze**
**Starring: Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Tilda Swinton, Brian Cox**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 55m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Story, Acting**
**Weakness: None**

Adaptation (2002)

August 23, 2019

A writer struggles to complete a screenplay which is based on a book which was based on an article which was based on an incident which had transcendental effect on the author.

betweenworlds__08738.1547876225.jpg — Between Worlds (2018)

**Directed by: Maria Pulera**
**Starring: Nicolas Cage, Penelope Mitchell, Franka Potente**
**Rated: R for Strong Sexual Content, Language Throughout, Some Violence**
**Running Time: 1h 30m**
**TMM Score: 2 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Nicolas Cage**
**WEAKNESSES: Just About Everything Else**

Between Worlds (2018)

August 22, 2019

Grieving truck driver Joe finds himself in a steamy story of spirits.

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