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**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.

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**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: Sam Raimi**
**Starring: Liam Neeson, Frances McDormand, Colin Friels, Larry Drake, Bruce Campbell**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 36 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Tone, Writing, Original Character**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Weaker Story Elements**

Darkman (1990)

August 9, 2019

A brilliant scientist left for dead returns to exact vengeance on the people who tried to kill him.

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**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: Ruben Fleischer**
**Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin**
**Rated: R for Horror Violence/Gore and Language**
**Running Time: 1h 28m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Performances, Action, Hilarious**
**WEAKNESSES: Awful Character Decisions, Lazy Writing**

Zombieland (2009)

July 16, 2019

Four people surviving the zombie apocalypse.

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**Directed by: Neil Marshall**
**Starring: David Harbour, Milla Jovovich, Ian McShane, Sasha Lane, Daniel Dae Kim**
**Rated: R for Strong Bloody Violence and Gore Throughout, and Language**
**Running Time: 2 h**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Some Acting, Creature Design, Some Action**
**WEAKNESSES: Jumbled Storyline, Needless Characters, Ridiculous Climax**

Hellboy (2019)

July 8, 2019

Hellboy battles an ancient sorceress bent on destroying the human race.

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**Directed by: Ari Aster**
**Starring: Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, William Jackson Harper, Will Poulter, Anders Back, Ellora Torchia**
**Rated: R for Disturbing Ritualistic Violence and Grisly Images, Strong Sexual Content, Graphic Nudity, Drug Use and Language**
**Running Time: 2 h 27 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, World Building, Themes, Cinematography, Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Pacing**

Midsommar (2019)

July 4, 2019

A couple whose relationship is on the fritz travels to Sweden for a midsummer festival which, they soon learn, finds its roots in pagan ritual.

if 1.jpg — It Follows (2014)

**Directed By: David Robert Mitchell**
**Starring: Maika Monroe, Keir Gilchrist, Olivia Luccardi**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 40m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Music, Concept, Theme**
**Weakness: The Ending**

It Follows (2014)

July 4, 2019

When J, a young college student, is passed the curse of a stalker from a date, she must find a way to kill the stalker whom only she can see.

The Dead Don't Die (2019)

June 24, 2019

Centerville is just what it sounds like; an average small town. When two of its citizens are found dead and half eaten, it can only be one thing. Some sort of animal. Or several. Or maybe, ZOMBIES!!!

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**Directed by: Claire Denis**
**Starring: Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, Mia Goth**
**Rated: R for Disturbing Sexual and Violent Content Including Sexual Assault, Graphic Nudity, and For Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 53 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Story Structure, Acting, Cinematography, Unique Story, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Some Production Design**

High Life (2018)

June 17, 2019

A father and daughter struggle to survive in deep space.

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**Directed by: Roman Polanski**
**Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry, John Fraser, Yvonne Furneaux**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Violence, and Disturbing/Sexual Content)**
**Running Time: 1 h 45 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Writing, Production Design, Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Repulsion (1965)

June 11, 2019

A sex-repulsed young woman slowly sinks into madness.

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**Directed By: David Cronenberg**
**Starring: Stephen Lack, Jeniffer O’Neill, Patrick McGoohan, Michael Ironside**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 43m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Special Effects, Surreal Atmosphere**
**Weakness: Confusing Plot Thread**

Scanners (1981)

June 5, 2019

A man discovers he possesses psychic powers and soon finds he might be the only one who can stop a rogue psychic who keeps killing people with his powers.

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**Directed by: David Robert Mitchell**
**Starring: Andrew Garfield, Riley Keough, Topher Grace, Riki Lindhome, Callie Hernandez**
**Rated: R for Strong Sexual Content, Graphic Nudity, Violence, Language Throughout and Some Drug Use**
**Running Time: 2 h 19 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Themes, Cinematography**
**WEAKNESSES: A Few Chintzy Sets and Effects**

Under the Silver Lake (2018)

May 27, 2019

A directionless young man living in LA meets a girl whom then mysteriously vanishes overnight, prompting him to embark on a quest to find her. As he quests, he finds himself wrapped up in a bizarre conspiracy.