MV5BYzUyZjE4OGEtZjAwYi00Y2Q2LWI2M2MtYWY3YWM5YmQzNTcwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzkwMjQ5NzM@._V1_.jpg — Dog Soldiers (2002)

**Directed by: Neil Marshall**
**Starring: Sean Pertwee, Kevin McKidd, Emma Cleasby, Liam Cunningham**
**Rated: R for Strong Violence/ Gore and Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 45 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Story**
**WEAKNESSES: Budgetary Restraints**

Dog Soldiers (2002)

October 7, 2019

A group of military recruits runs into werewolves while training in Scotland.

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**Directed by: David Cronenberg**
**Starring: Paul Hampton, Joe Silver, Lynn Lowry, Allan Kolman**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 27 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Practical Effects**
**WEAKNESSES: Content Will Deter Viewers, A Little Sloppy**

Shivers (1975)

October 6, 2019

A strain of parasites infects a high-rise apartment complex and turns the residents into sex-crazed fiends.

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**Directed by: Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman**
**Starring: Andree Maranda, Mitch Cohen, Melvin Junko, Gary Schneider**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 22 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Practical Effects, Humor**
**WEAKNESSES: Not For Everyone, Writing, Content**

The Toxic Avenger (1984)

October 4, 2019

A 98 lbs nerdy janitor is turned into a monster-superhero after falling into a vat of toxic waste.

MV5BY2QyYTQ1NzktMzc3NC00ZTcwLTgwZjAtYmU0NjQ1MDFmNDQ2XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTQxNzMzNDI@._V1_.jpg — Class of Nuke ‘Em High (1986)

**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.

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**Directed by: John Carpenter**
**Starring: Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh, John Houseman, Tom Atkins, Hal Holbrook**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 29 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Special and Visual Effects, Creepy Atmosphere and Images, POV**
**WEAKNESSES: Thin and Predictable Story**

The Fog (1980)

October 1, 2019

A mysterious fog rolls in over a small coastal town on the centennial anniversary of a shipwreck which occurred just off the shore.

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**Directed by: John Carpenter**
**Starring: Donald Pleasence, Lisa Blount, Jameson Parker, Victor Wong, Susan Blanchard, Dennis Dunn**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 42 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Concept, Some Creepy and Surreal Moments, Last Ten Minutes**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Some Characters, Acting**

Prince of Darkness (1987)

October 1, 2019

A research team studies a strange cylinder left in a deserted church and mysterious occurrences begin happening in the surrounding area.

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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.

MV5BMjc4OTc0ODgwNV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNjM1ODE0MQ@@._V1_SY1000_SX675_AL_.jpg — 300 (2006)

**Directed by: Zack Snyder**
**Starring: Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, David Wenham, Michael Fassbender, Vincent Regan, Dominic West, Rodrigo Santoro**
**Rated: R for Graphic Battle Sequences Throughout, Some Sexuality and Nudity**
**Running Time: 1 h 57 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Style, Action**
**WEAKNESSES: Writing, Style Over Substance**

300 (2006)

September 27, 2019

King Leonidas leads three hundred Spartans in a fight against King Xerxes and his massive army.

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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.

lah 1.jpg — Last Action Hero (1993)

**Directed By: John McTiernan**
**Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, F. Murray Abraham, Art Carney, Charles Dance, Austin O'Brien**
**Rated: PG-13**
**Run Time: 2h 10m**
**TMM Score: 5**
**Strengths: Arnold, Nostalgia, Meta**
**Weakness: Length, Kid Acting**

Last Action Hero (1993)

September 20, 2019

When a movie obsessed kid gets magically transported into his favorite action series of films, he finds out the difference between a movie world hero and a real life one.

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**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.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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**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.

aoo 1.jpg — Army of One (2016)

**Directed By: Larry Charles**
**Starring: Nicolas Cage, Russell Brand, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Paul Scheer, Will Sasso, Rainn Wilson**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 32m**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars**
**Strengths: Nic Cage**
**Weakness: Uninspired Directing, Pacing**

Army of One (2016)

August 22, 2019

When Gary Faulkner is told by God to go get Osama Bin Laden he struggles with his Holy Quest/Life balance.

gr 1.jpg — Ghost Rider (2007)

**Directed By: Mark Steven Johnson**
**Starring: Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Sam Elliott, Peter Fonda, Wes Bentley**
**Rated: PG-13**
**Run Time: 1h 54m**
**TMM Score: 2 Stars**
**Strengths: Ummm… I got nothing.**
**Weakness: CG, Acting, Story, Logic, Everything**

Ghost Rider (2007)

August 21, 2019

When the son of a motorcycle daredevil makes a deal with the real devil he becomes a spectral flaming skeletal bounty hunter for him, collecting any souls the devil desires.

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