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**Directed by: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen**
**Starring: Tim Blake Nelson, Clancy Brown, James Franco, Liam Neeson, Zoe Kazan, Brendan Gleeson, Tom Waits**
**Rated: R for Some Strong Violence**
**Running Time: 2 h 12 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Coen Bros Flair, Irreverence and Poignancy, Clever Writing**
**WEAKNESSES: Some CGI and Sets Look A Little Cheap**

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)

November 20, 2018

Six stories set in the Coen Brothers’ Wild West.

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**Directed by: David Yates**
**Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Colin Ferrell, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Samantha Morton, Ezra Miller**
**Rated: PG-13 for Some Fantasy Action**
**Running Time: 2 h 13 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: World-Building, Characters, Production Design, Effects**
**WEAKNESSES: Scatterbrained Story, Pacing**

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

November 16, 2018

A wizard named Newt Scamander journeys to New York in the 1926, only to accidentally become involved with a group of Wizards. Meanwhile, the evil Grindelwald wrecks havoc around the wizarding and muggle worlds alike.

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**Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock**
**Starring: Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, Judith Anderson, George Sanders**
**Rated: Nr (Suggested PG for some Thematic Material)**
**Running Time: 2 h 10 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Cinematography, Production Design, Some Acting, Old Hollywood Charm**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Pacing, Some Melodramatic Moments**

Rebecca (1940)

November 6, 2018

A young woman marries a rich troubled widower and is constantly reminded of her husband’s deceased wife.

dz 5.jpg — Doctor Zhivago (1965)

**Directed by: David Lean**
**Starring: Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin**
**Rated: PG-13**
**Running Time: 3h 17m**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Production**
**WEAKNESSES: Personal Connection**

Doctor Zhivago (1965)

November 6, 2018

Sprawling across the Russian landscape, this epic film follows Yuri, a doctor and poet, and Lara, a young woman with a scandalous past. As the turmoil which gripped Russia before and after WW1 tears Yuri and Lara apart, they continue to serendipitously cross paths over and over, harboring a secret love for each other.

tcat 1.jpg — To Catch A Thief (1955)

**Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock**
**Starring: Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Jessie Royce Landis**
**Rated: PG**
**Running Time: 1h 46m**
**TMM Score: 2 Stars (didn’t like it)**
**STRENGTHS: Production**
**WEAKNESSES: Lack of Suspense**

To Catch A Thief (1955)

November 6, 2018

A retired jewel thief is suspected by the authorities, and everyone else, of committing a new string of burglaries. The only solution to his problem seems to be using his expertise to catch the real thief.

Brazil (1985)

November 5, 2018

An everyman of an oppressively bureaucratic future becomes entangled in a conspiracy after a clerical error.

fishking 1.jpg — The Fisher King (1991)

**Directed by: Terry Gilliam**
**Starring: Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams, Mercedes Ruehl**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 2h 18m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Cinematography**
**WEAKNESSES: Length**

The Fisher King (1991)

November 5, 2018

When a disc jockey on the verge of blowing up causes a tragedy by giving some bad on-air advice, his entire life is thrown into chaos as he copes with being the cause of suffering and seeks redemption by helping a homeless man who is suffering from his own dementia fueled disfunction.

The Love Witch (2016)

November 1, 2018

Elaine is anything but a modern girl. Using magic to lure and keep men, however, she is left with a host of unexpected and frustrating emotions. Not to mention the ever growing stack of bodies she can claim to her name.

The Invisible Man (1933)

October 31, 2018

A scientist is driven to insanity after he becomes invisible, and he spends his days terrorizing a town.

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**Directed by: Tod Browning**
**Starring: Bela Lugosi, Helen Chandler, David Manners, Dwight Frye**
**Rated: NR (Suggested PG for Some Scary Images)**
**Running Time: 1 h 15 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Old Hollywood Charm, Production Design, Story**
**WEAKNESSES: It's Kind of Boring, Lack of Soundtrack/Atmosphere, Acting**

Dracula (1931)

October 31, 2018

Count Dracula leaves his castle in Transylvania to prey on a woman who lives in London.

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**Directed by: Arthur Lubin**
**Starring: Nelson Eddy, Susanna Foster, Claude Rains, Edgar Barrier**
**Rated: Approved**
**Running Time: 1 h 32 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Production Design, Music, Directing, Cinematography, Excitement**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Lengthy Songs**

The Phantom of the Opera (1943)

October 31, 2018

A disfigured violinist stalks a young operetta.

Frankenstein (1931)

October 31, 2018

An obsessive scientist recreates life using the corpses of dead men.

MV5BMjMwMjA5NDkyMl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMzYyMTY2MTE@._V1_.jpg — Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)

**Directed by: Jack Arnold**
**Starring: Richard Carlson, Whit Bissell, Julie Adams, Richard Denning, Ricou Browning, Ben Chapman, Antonio Moreno**
**Rated: G**
**Running Time: 1 h 19 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Cinematography, Creature Design, Old Hollywood Charm**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Melodramatic Moments**

Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)

October 31, 2018

A group of scientists travel to the Amazon in search of a missing link in evolution, only to be terrorized by a fearsome beast that dwells there.

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)

October 30, 2018

Kenneth Branagh’s adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.

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**Directed by: Joachim Trier**
**Starring: Eili Harboe, Kaya Wilkins, Henrik Rafaelsen, Elle Dorrit Petersen**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Some Sexuality and Violence, and Disturbing Content)**
**Running Time: 1 h 56 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Cinematography, Writing, Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Themes, Familiar Story**

Thelma (2017)

October 24, 2018

While away at college, a girl with oppressive religious parents falls in love with a female friend and tries to suppress the urges, only to arouse dormant telekentic powers.

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**Directed by: Joel Schumacher**
**Starring: Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Edward Herrmann, Kiefer Sutherland, Corey Feldman, Dianne Wiest, Jamison Newlander**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 37 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Some Humor, Some Action**
**WEAKNESSES: It’s Silly but Thinks Its Cool, Doesn’t Follow its Own Rules**

The Lost Boys (1987)

October 23, 2018

After moving to a new town, two brothers find out the area is infested with vampires.

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**Directed by: Robert Bierman**
**Starring: Nicolas Cage, Maria Conchita Alonso, Jennifer Beals, Elizabeth Ashley**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 43 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Unique Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Story, Characters**

Vampire's Kiss (1988)

October 23, 2018

A publishing executive believes he’s turning into a vampire.

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**Directed by: Jaume Balaguero**
**Starring: Luis Tosar, Marta Etura, Alberto San Juan**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Disturbing Behavior, Some Sexuality/Nudity and A Scene of Violence)**
**Running Time: 1 h 42 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Content**

Sleep Tight (2011)

October 22, 2018

A depressed concierge at an apartment complex in Spain makes it his life’s work to make his tenant’s lives as miserable as his, but one tenant in particular is incredibly jovial.

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**Directed by: Andrzej Zulawski**
**Starring: Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neil, Heinz Bennent**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 2 h 4 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Practical Effects, Atmosphere, Writing, Directing**
**WEAKNESSES: Content, Some Acting**

Possession (1981)

October 21, 2018

A married man suspects his wife is having an affair, only to find that something far more disturbing is taking place.

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**Directed by: Frank Oz**
**Starring: Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia, Levi Stubbs, Steve Martin, Jim Belushi, John Candy, Bill Murray, Christopher Guest**
**Rated: PG-13 for Mature Thematic Material Including Comic Horror Violence, Substance Abuse, Language and Sex References**
**Running Time: 1 h 34 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Music, Fun, Satire, Story, Ridiculousness**
**WEAKNESSES: Target Audience (?)**

The Little Shop of Horrors (1986)

October 19, 2018

A flower shop worker comes across an unusual species of plant that brings him great fortune, but at a great cost.

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