MV5BZmI1ODg4MjYtY2U4NS00NTRlLWJlMDEtYjY2YzJkNWVhMDdiXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTQxNzMzNDI@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,641,1000_AL_.jpg — Prince of Darkness (1987)

**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.

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**Directed By: Shane Carruth**
**Starring: Amy Seimetz, Frank Mosley, Shane Carruth**
**Rated: NR**
**Run Time: 1h 36m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Directorial Authorship, Themes**
**Weakness: -**

Upstream Color (2013)

September 27, 2019

Two people become victims of an organism, which draws the two of them together, forcing them to try and make sense of the ruins of their lives.

br 1.jpg — Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

**Directed By: Denis Villeneuve**
**Starring: Harrison Ford, Ryan Gosling, Ana de Armas, Robin Wright**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 2h 44m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Cinematography, Atmosphere**
**Weakness: Certain Characters, On The Nose Dialogue, Action Sequence**

Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

September 25, 2019

Years have passed since the events of “Blade Runner” and K, a replicant blade runner, is on the trail of a replicant who may hold the key to replicants becoming a true race.

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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.

The Guilty (2018)

September 17, 2019

A police officer assigned to dispatch receives a phone call from a kidnapped woman and does everything in his power to try to save her.

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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.

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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.

3 Women (1977)

September 2, 2019

Two roommates and an artist share a bizarre relationship after a series of emotional traumas.

Three Colors: Blue (1993)

August 30, 2019

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

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**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.

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**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.

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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.

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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.

Bad Lieutenant (1992)

August 19, 2019

A police lieutenant with serious gambling and drug addictions reevaluates the way he chooses to live his life during his investigation into the rape of a nun.

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**Directed by: Werner Herzog**
**Starring: Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Val Kilmer, Xzibit, Fairuza Balk, Jennifer Coolidge, Tom Bower, Brad Dourif, Shea Whigham, Michael Shannnon**
**Rated: R for Drug Use and Language Throughout, Some Violence and Sexuality**
**Running Time: 2 h 2 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Some Acting, Story**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Acting, Cheesy Ending, Uneven Quality**

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)

August 19, 2019

A drug and gambling addicted detective working in post-Katrina New Orleans investigates the brutal killings of five Senegalese immigrants.

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**Directed by: King Hu**
**Starring: Feng Hsu, Chun Shih, Ying Bai**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Sustain Sequences of Martial Arts Action Violence)**
**Running Time: 3 h**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Unconventional Storytelling, Characters, Action, Excitement, Worldbuilding, Empowerment**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

A Touch of Zen (1971)

August 16, 2019

An unambitious small town painter and monks from a Buddhist monastery aid a lady fugitive in her run from corrupt government officials.

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**Directed by: Michael Curtiz**
**Starring: Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Ann Blyth, Bruce Bennett**
**Rated: Passed (TMM Suggested PG-13 for Thematic Material and Brief Violence)**
**Running Time: 1 h 51 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Writing, Acting, Directing**
**WEAKNESSES: Mild Pacing Issues in Second Act**

Mildred Pierce (1945)

August 8, 2019

A hard-working mother divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to keep her spoiled daughter’s rich-tastes satisfied, but her lust for wealth seems unquenchable, and the pair hurdle towards disaster.

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