Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)

October 30, 2018

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

Van Helsing (2004)

October 28, 2018

A monster hunter travels to Transylvania to stop Count Dracula from hatching an evil plan.

Underworld (2003)

October 28, 2018

A vampire warrior becomes infatuated with a human that is sought after by her archenemies: the lycan.

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**Directed by: David Cronenberg**
**Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 36 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Practical Effects, Makeup, Story**
**WEAKNESSES: Content Will Deter Some Viewers**

The Fly (1986)

October 25, 2018

An eccentric scientist has an accident in his lab that changes his life forever.

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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.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

October 19, 2018

A newly engaged couple get a flat tire near a castle where the mad Dr. Frank-N-Furter is having a party.

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**Directed by: Stephen Chiodo**
**Starring: Grant Cramer, Suzanne Snyder, John Allen Nelson**
**Rated: PG-13**
**Running Time: 1 h 28 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Effects, Creature and Production Design, Comedy, Originality**
**WEAKNESSES: Tone (?), Some Jokes Didn't Land (?)**

Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)

October 18, 2018

Aliens that look like clowns attack a small town.

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**Directed by: Paul Verhoeven**
**Starring: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Kurtwood Smith**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 42 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Effects, Writing, Story, B-Movie Gold**
**WEAKNESSES: Not For Everyone**

RoboCop (1987)

October 8, 2018

Set in future in a crime-ridden Detroit. A mortally wounded cop returns to the force as a cyborg, but is haunted by memories of his past.

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**Directed by: Ruben Fleischer**
**Starring: Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed**
**Rated: PG-13 for Intense Sequences of Science-Fi Violence and Action, and For Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 52 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: It’s Hilarious, Some Action**
**WEAKNESSES: Acting, Writing, Directing, Logic, Story, Plot Holes**

Venom (2018)

October 5, 2018

While journalist Eddie Brock is working on a story he encounters a powerful symbiote and becomes an anti-hero.

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**Directed by:Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead**
**Starring: Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead, Callie Hernandez, Tate Ellington**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Language, Violence and Some Disturbing Material)**
**Running Time: 1 h 51 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Pacing, Atmosphere**
**WEAKNESSES: Climax, Special Effects**

The Endless (2017)

October 5, 2018

Two brothers return to a cult they left when they were teenagers, only to discover the cult might not be as crazy as they once seemed.

eXistenZ (1999)

October 2, 2018

Allegra Geller, a world famous game designer and Ted Pikul, a marketing trainee, go on the run after reality-enthusiast assassins try to kill Allegra.

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**Directed by: David Cronenberg**
**Starring: Marilyn Chambers, Frank Moore, Joe Silver**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 31 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Practical Effects, Pacing, Directing**
**WEAKNESSES: Overreaches, Plot Holes**

Rabid (1977)

October 2, 2018

After a motorcycle accident and then subsequent experimental plastic surgery, a woman develops a strange disease, which makes her thirst for blood.

relaxer 1.jpg — Relaxer (2018)

**Directed by: Joel Potrykus**
**Starring: Joshua Burge, David Dastmalchian, Andre Hyland**
**Rated: NR**
**Running Time: 1h 31m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Storytelling Style, Compelling Performances, Bold Camera Work**
**WEAKNESSES: A Slight Pacing Drag in the Middle.**

Relaxer (2018)

September 28, 2018

Abbie is a quitter. He has quit every challenge his brother, Cam, has ever posed to him, but NO MORE. For once he’s going to complete the challenge, even if it means not moving from his seat on the couch till he beats level 256 of Pac Man. After all, with Y2K looming he only has 6 months to do it.

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

September 17, 2018

From the age of prehistoric man to the future space age, man and technology have coexisted, but when an incredibly powerful supercomputer on a manned mission to Jupiter goes haywire, man must evolve beyond.

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**Directed by: Shane Black**
**Starring: Boyd Holbrook, Trevante Rhodes, Keegan-Michael Key, Olivia Munn, Sterling K Brown, Thomas Jane, Alfie Allen, Yvonne Strahovski**
**Rated: R for Strong Bloody Violence, Language Throughout, and Crude Sexual References**
**Running Time: 1 h 47 m**
**TMM Score: 1.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Some Dialogue, Some Action**
**WEAKNESSES: Direction, Lack of Story, Characters, Writing**

The Predator (2018)

September 14, 2018

A young boy accidentally calls Predator to earth and soldiers have to fight off the alien.

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**Directed by: Ridley Scott**
**Starring: Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Jeff Daniels, Michael Pena, Kate Mara, Sebastian Stan, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Benedict Wong, Kristen Wiig, Sean Bean, Mackenzie Davis, Donald Glover, Aksel Hennie**
**Rated: PG-13 or Some Strong Language, Injury Images, and Brief Nudity**
**Running Time: 2 h 24 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Visual Effects, Story Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Farfetched Cheesy Moments**

The Martian (2015)

September 5, 2018

After an accident, an astronaut is stranded on Mars and has to figure out a way to survive.

stalker 5.jpg — Stalker (1979)

**Directed by: Andrei Tarkovsky**
**Starring: Alisa Freyndlikh, Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy, Anatoliy Solonitsyn**
**Rated: NR**
**Running Time: 2h 42m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Cinematography, Acting, Directorial Vision**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing if you don't have an patience**

Stalker (1979)

September 5, 2018

The Zone. Dangerous. Alien. Restricted. So why would a Writer and Professor follow a guide called a Stalker to take them into the heart of the Zone? The Room found at the Zone’s center grants ones deepest desires.

Interstellar (2014)

August 28, 2018

A team of astronauts travels through a wormhole in search of a planet that might support mankind.

Repo Man (1984)

July 31, 2018

In an alternate version of LA, a young punk named Otto gets wrapped up in the world of repo men. When there’s a large reward put out for a certain Chevy Malibu his world gets even crazier.

Jurassic Park III (2001)

July 20, 2018

Dr. Alan Grant is recruited as a tour guide for a plane that will circle Isla Sorna, the second site for the Jurassic Park Theme Park, but when the plane lands, things get predictably complicated.

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