MV5BYzFjNzIxMmEtMzY5NS00YTgzLTkwYWEtN2FjMmY0NmNkZWY3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTQxNzMzNDI@._V1_.jpg — Face/Off (1997)

**Directed by: John Woo**
**Starring: John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Alessandro Nivola, Joan Allen**
**Rated: R for Intense Sequences of Strong Violence, and For Strong Language**
**Running Time: 2 h 18 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Practical Effects and Stunts, Ridiculous Performances, Bizarre Story**
**WEAKNESSES: Logic, Hokey 90s Moments**

Face/Off (1997)

August 21, 2019

An FBI agent undergoes a facial transplant surgery to work his way into a terrorist sect, but the plan goes awry when the terrorist whose face he stole impersonates the FBI agent.

MV5BMzc3MjYxNzg2N15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNzQyMTkwNA@@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,675,1000_AL_.jpg — Season of the Witch (2011)

**Directed by: Dominic Sena**
**Starring: Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman, Claire Foy, Stephen Graham, Robert Sheehan, Christopher Lee**
**Rated: PG-13 for Thematic Elements, Violence and Disturbing Content**
**Running Time: 1 h 35 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Production Design, Claire Foy, Pacing, Fun**
**WEAKNESSES: Paint-By-Numbers Plot, Pointless Action Scenes, Character and Story Logic**

Season of the Witch (2011)

August 20, 2019

Crusader deserters are charged with bringing a suspected witch to an isolated monastery, where the monks that reside there will use a book to judge her.

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**Directed by: David Yarovesky**
**Starring: Elizabeth Banks, David Denman, Jackson A. Dunn**
**Rated: R for Horror Violence/Bloody Images, and Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 30 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Concept, Fun, Pacing**
**WEAKNESSES: Tone, Acting, Plot Holes, Stupid Characters, Melodrama**

Brightburn (2019)

August 20, 2019

A retelling of the Superman origin story wherein the Superman figure decides to be evil.

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**Directed by: Neil Burger**
**Starring: Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Abbie Cornish**
**Rated: PG-13 for Thematic Material Involving a Drug, Violence Including Disturbing Images, Sexuality and Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 45 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Fun Concept, Some Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: It Thinks It’s Smarter Than It Is, Some Acting**

Limitless (2011)

August 19, 2019

A struggling writer takes an experimental drug and suddenly becomes a genius.

h+1.jpg — Hook (1991)

**Directed By: Steven Spielberg**
**Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams, Julia Roberts, Maggie Smith, Bob Hoskins**
**Rated: PG**
**Run Time: 2h 22m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Acting, Production Design**
**Weakness: Tinker Bell, Length**

Hook (1991)

August 16, 2019

Peter Banning is a your classic workaholic father. When he travels to England with his family to visit the woman who adopted him so many years ago his children are kidnapped by a magical pirate and Peter must face his past and destiny as the real Peter Pan the story-books were based upon.

tb 1.jpeg — Time Bandits (1981)

**Directed By: Terry Gilliam**
**Starring: John Cleese, Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall, Ian Holm, Michael Palin, David Warner, David Rappaport, Kenny Baker, Malcom Dixon, Jack Purvis, Craig Warnock**
**Rated: PG**
**Run Time: 1h 50m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Imagination, Fun**
**Weakness: Child Acting**

Time Bandits (1981)

August 1, 2019

Kevin’s parents barely notice him between their TV watching and wishing for every new invention being offered to them on TV so when a gang of diminutive, bickering, time-traveling robbers accidentally end up in his room one night he is only too eager to go with.

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**Directed by: Alfonso Cuaron**
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Gary Oldman, David Thewlis, Warwick Davis, Bonnie Wright, Maggie Smith, Alan Rickman, Michael Gambon, David Bradley, Tom Felton, Emma Thompson, Robbie Coltrane
**Rated: PG for Frightening Moments, Creature Violence and Mild Language**
**Running Time: 2 h 22 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Cinematography, Use of Magic, Production Design, Acting, Writing, Story**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Acting**

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)

July 31, 2019

Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to attend classes, only this year an escaped murderous lunatic stalks him.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)

July 31, 2019

The boy wizard Harry Potter continues his education and misadventures at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

July 31, 2019

The fourth entry in the Harry Potter series pits him up against his greatest challenge yet: The Triwizard Tournament.

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**Directed by: Quentin Tarantino**
**Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Al Pacino**
**Rated: R for Language Throughout, Some Strong Graphic Violence, Drug Use, and Sexual References**
**Running Time: 2 h 41 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Characters, Acting, Story, Homage, Cameos, Soundtrack, Humor**
**WEAKNESSES: Absolutely Nothing**

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)

July 27, 2019

An aging TV star and his stunt double try to achieve fame and fortune in the last years of Hollywood’s Golden Age.

kb2+1.jpg — Kill Bill Vol 2 (2004)

**Directed By: Quentin Tarantino**
**Starring: Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Daryl Hannah, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, Julie Dreyfus, Chiaki Kuriyama, Shin'ichi Chiba, Michael Madsen**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 51m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Editing, Choreography, Characters, Dialogue, Soundtrack**
**Weakness: None**

Kill Bill Vol 2 (2004)

July 25, 2019

The Bride was murdered by Bill on her wedding day, or so he thought. Now, the former assassin has woken from her coma and is out for revenge against the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad who ruined her life and then, finally, she is going to kill Bill.

kb 2.jpg — Kill Bill Vol 1 (2003)

**Directed By: Quentin Tarantino**
**Starring: Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Daryl Hannah, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, Julie Dreyfus, Chiaki Kuriyama, Shin'ichi Chiba, Michael Madsen**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 51m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Editing, Choreography, Action Sequences, Dialogue, Soundtrack**
**Weakness: None**

Kill Bill vol 1 (2003)

July 25, 2019

MV5BZGExNmNkZWQtYTk3ZC00MWY4LWFlMDAtOGRkODVmYjY0YWFlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzgzODI1OTE@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,752,1000_AL_.jpg — Threads (1984)

**Directed by: Mick Jackson**
**Starring: Karen Meagher, Reece Dinsdale, David Brierly**
**Rated: NR (Suggested PG-13 for Disturbing Content and Images)**
**Running Time: 1 h 52 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Realism, Story, Structure**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Dated Moments**

Threads (1984)

July 22, 2019

A mockumentary about the long-term effects of a nuclear holocaust on the occupants of Sheffield, England.

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**Directed by: David Lynch**
**Starring: Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux, Robert Forster, Patrick Fischler**
**Rated: R for Violence, Language and Some Strong Sexuality**
**Running Time: 2 h 27 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Cinematography, Themes, Symbolism**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Mulholland Drive (2001)

July 19, 2019

After a car wreck leaves a woman without memory, she and cheerful aspiring actress embark on a trip across Hollywood searching for clues.

John Carter (2012)

July 15, 2019

A civil war vet is transported to Mars where he discovers factions on the edge of war.

bg 1.jpg — The Brothers Grimm (2005)

**Directed By: Terry Gilliam**
**Starring: Matt Damon, Heath Ledger, Lena Headey, Peter Stormare, Jonathan Pryce**
**Rated: PG13**
**Run Time: 1h 58m**
**TMM Score: 3**
**Strengths: Unique High Concept, Some Laughs**
**Weakness: Dialogue, CGI**

The Brothers Grimm (2005)

July 11, 2019

Brothers Jake and Will Grimm are con-men grifting money from German villages in order to rid them of ‘supernatural entities,’ but when a French General forces them to uncover who is behind the disappearance of almost a dozen children, they discover that the supernatural isn’t just a figment of their imagination.