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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.

Joy Ride (2001)

October 3, 2019

A psychotic trucker harasses three young people after they play a cruel joke on him.

MV5BMTgzMjM1NDY5MV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNTkxNDk2NTM@._V1_.jpg — The Little Stranger (2018)

**Directed by: Lenny Abrahamson**
**Starring: Domhnall Gleeson, Ruth Wilson, Will Poulter, Charlotte Rampling**
**Rated: R for Some Disturbing Bloody Images**
**Running Time: 1 h 51 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Some Acting, Some Directing, Twist**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Uneven Writing, Some Acting, How Twist Was Handled**

The Little Stranger (2018)

October 2, 2019

After a doctor is called to a crumbling manor, strange things begin to happen to him and the family that lives there.

MV5BMTYzMDY5ODU1Ml5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNjkwNzkwNjM@._V1_.jpg — Lizzie (2018)

**Directed by: Craig William Macneill**
**Starring: Chloe Sevigny, Kristen Stewart, Fiona Shaw, Jamey Sheridan, Denis O’Hare**
**Rated: R for Violence and Grisly Images, Nudity, a Scene of Sexuality, and Some Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 45 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Writing, Directing**
**WEAKNESSES: A Few Shaky Scenes**

Lizzie (2018)

October 2, 2019

A retelling of the infamous Borden murders of 1892.

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.

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)

September 30, 2019

After getting scammed out of their royalties, Jay and Silent Bob travel to Hollywood to stop a “Bluntman and Chronic” film.

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**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.

Broadcast News (1987)

September 16, 2019

A behind the scenes look at the lives of two male television reporters and one female producer, all of whom are incredibly driven.

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**Directed by: Robert Altman**
**Starring: Keith Carradine, Karen Black, Ronee Blakley, Shelley Duvall, Robert DoQui, Ned Beatty, Lily Tomlin, Barbara Harris, Jeff Goldblum**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 2 h 40 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting, Satire**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Nashville (1975)

September 13, 2019

An ensemble film that satires American culture and politics in the 1970s.

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**Directed by: Kelly Fremon Craig**
**Starring: Hailee Steinfeld, Haley Lu Richardson, Blake Jenner, Kyra Sedgwick, Woody Harrelson, Hayden Szeto**
**Rated: R for Sexual Content, Language and Some Drinking- All Involving Teens**
**Running Time: 1 h 44 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Acting, Humor**
**WEAKNESSES: A Few Cheesy Moments**

The Edge of Seventeen (2016)

September 10, 2019

Life gets more complicated for a high school student after her best friend starts dating her brother.

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.

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.

Three Colors: White (1994)

August 30, 2019

After his wife divorces him, a Polish immigrant plots to get even with her.

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: 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.