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Directed by: The Wachowskis
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie Anne-Moss, Jada Pinkett-Smith
Rated: R for Sci Fi Violence and Brief Sexual Content
Running Time: 2h 9m
TMM Score: 2 Stars
STRENGTHS: Some Okay Action, Looks Good
WEAKNESSES: Lazy Writing, Bland Conclusion

The Matrix Revolutions (2003)

June 6, 2019

The third and final chapter of The Matrix trilogy

The Matrix Reloaded (2003)

June 5, 2019

The sequel to The Matrix

s 1.jpg — Scanners (1981)

**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.

The Silence (2019)

June 4, 2019

A family must survive in silence after apocalyptic monsters are unleashed.

m 1.jpg — The Matrix (1999)

**Directed By: The Wachowskis**
**Starring: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Joe Pantoliano**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 2h 16m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Effects, Story, Action Sequences**
**Weakness: Unimpressive Acting**

The Matrix (1999)

June 4, 2019

Thomas Anderson is a hacker, obsessed with something called The Matrix, which even he doesn’t know what it is. When another hacker named Trinity introduces him to a cyber-terrorist terrorist named Morpheus, he finds out that nothing about the world he thought he knew is true.

1995 1.3.jpg — Ghost in the Shell (1995)

Directed By: Mamoru Oshii
Starring: Atsuko Tanaka, Iemasa Kayumi, Akio Ôtsuka
Rated: NR
Run Time: 1h 23m
TMM Score: 5 Stars
Strengths: Animation, Philosophical Discussions
Weakness: Doesn’t Always Explain Difficult Concepts

Ghost in the Shell (1995)

May 28, 2019

Major Motoko Kusanagi of Section 9 is the most advanced cybernetically modified human ever, her entire body being replaced with robotic parts. When a cyber terrorist hacker, The Puppetmaster, eludes section 9’s grasp, Major is faced with a mystery which tangles the state’s actions, the future of humanity, and her own identity.

MV5BYjY0NTA5MGItNDU1Yy00ZmE3LWI5NGItZDY5OGUxZjYzZGQ5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTMxODk2OTU@._V1_SY1000_SX675_AL_.jpg — Under the Silver Lake (2018)

**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.

Akira (1988)

May 27, 2019

In the distant future of 2019, warring biker gangs in Tokyo get mixed up in powers far beyond their understanding.

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**Directed by: Jordan Vogt-Roberts**
**Starring: Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, Brie Larson, John C Reilly, John Goodman, Shea Whigham, Thomas Mann, Tian Jing, Jason Mitchell, Richard Jenkins**
**Rated: PG-13 for Intense Sequences of Sci-Fi Violence and Action, and for Brief Strong Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 58 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: It’s Dumb B-Movie Fun, Surprising Amount of Humor, Production Design, World Building**
**WEAKNESSES: It’s Dumb B-Movie Fun**

Kong: Skull Island (2017)

May 24, 2019

Assisted by a military escort, a team of scientists travels to an uncharted island in the pacific in search of monsters.

MV5BMTQ4MTg1MTE5Nl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMDY4MzU4MzE@._V1_.jpg — Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)

**Directed by: Ryuhei Kitamura**
**Starring: Masahiro Matsuoka, Rei Kikukawa, Don Frye, Kazuki Kitamura**
**Rated: PG-13 for Intense Sequences of Violence**
**Running Time: 2 h 5 m**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Scenes With Kaiju**
**WEAKNESSES: Scenes With People**

Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)

May 23, 2019

Godzilla, whom has been imprisoned for years in ice in Antarctica, might be humans’ only hope against a wave of angry kaiju bent on destroying the earth. Also, some aliens show up.

Shin Godzilla (2016)

May 22, 2019

When an immense mysterious evolutionarily advanced creature emerges from the sea and begins walking to Tokyo, the government and people of Japan must band together to save their country and the world.

g 1.jpg — Godzilla (1954)

**Directed By: Ishiro Honda**
**Starring: Takashi Shimura, Ahihiko Hirata, Akira Takarada, Takashi Shimura**
**Rated: NR**
**Run Time: 1h 36m**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars**
**Strengths: Theme, Legacy, Soundtrack**
**Weakness: Pacing, Some Poor Effects Shots**

Godzilla (1954)

May 21, 2019

Ships off the coast of one of Japan’s islands are being mysteriously destroyed. When the cause turns out to be an immense fire breathing lizard, all of Japan seems doomed.

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**Directed by: Roland Emmerich**
**Starring: Matthew Broderick,Jean Reno, Maria Pitillo, Hank Azaria, Kevin Dunn, Michael Lerner**
**Rated: PG-13 for Sci-Fi Monster Action/Violence**
**Running Time: 2 h 19 m**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Dumb Fun**
**WEAKNESSES: Pointless Scenes and Characters, Length, Dated CGI, Writing, Directing**

Godzilla (1998)

May 20, 2019

Godzilla attacks New York and an earthworm scientist tries to stop him.

MV5BZTliNWJhM2YtNDc1MC00YTk1LWE2MGYtZmE4M2Y5ODdlNzQzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMzY0MTE3NzU@._V1_.jpg — Avengers: Endgame (2019)

**Directed by: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo**
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Josh Brolin, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, Paul Rudd, Brie Larson, Karen Gillian, Tessa Thompson, Bradley Cooper
**Rated: PG-13 for Sequences of Science-Fi Violence and Action, and Some Language**
**Running Time: 3 h 1 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Subversion of Expectations, Character Development, Humor, Special Effects**
**WEAKNESSES: Length, Pacing, Fan Service**

Avengers: Endgame (2019)

April 26, 2019

The remaining Avengers fight to undo the events at the end of “Avengers: Infinity War”.

MV5BMTU0MzcxMTAxMl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwODMyMTIxMTE@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,674,1000_AL_.jpg — Jodorowsky’s Dune (2013)

**Directed by: Frank Pavich**
**Starring: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Brontis Jodorowsky, Nicolas Winding Refn**
**Rated: PG-13 for Some Violent and Sexual Images and Drug References**
**Running Time: 1 h 30 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story**
**WEAKNESSES: Narrow Target Audience**

Jodorowsky's Dune (2013)

April 26, 2019

An exploration of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s failed attempt to bring Frank Herbert’s Dune to screen.

MV5BYTAzYzNlMDMtMGRjYS00M2UxLTk0MmEtYmE4YWZiYmEwOTIwL2ltYWdlL2ltYWdlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzc5MjA3OA@@._V1_.jpg — Dune (Extended Cut) (1984)

**Directed by: Alan Smithee (David Lynch)**
**Starring: Kyle MacLachlan, Virginia Madsen, Francesca Annis, Sting, Patrick Stewart, Max Von Sydow, Kenneth McMillan, Jurgen Prochow**
**Rated: PG-13**
**Running Time: 2 h 57 m**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: A Valiant Effort**
**WEAKNESSES: Practically Everything**

Dune (Extended Cut) (1984)

April 26, 2019

After a Duke takes over a rich desert planet, forces around the galaxy descend in attempt to dethrone him. Meanwhile, a mysterious prophecy concerns the Duke’s son.

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**Directed by: Guillermo Del Toro**
**Starring: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, John Alexander, Seth MacFarlane, Anna Walton, Jeffrey Tambor, Luke Goss, John Hurt**
**Rated: PG-13 for Sequences of Sci-Fi Action and Violence, and Some Language**
**Running Time: 2 h**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Characters, Writing, Production Design, Expanded World**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Coincidental Moments**

Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

April 18, 2019

The continuing adventures of Hellboy and his paranormal friends.

ap 1.jpg — The Apple (1980)

**Directed By: Menahem Golan**
**Starring: Catherine Mary Stewart, Geourge Gilmour, Grace Kennedy**
**Rated: PG**
**Run Time: 1h 30m**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars**
**Strengths: Campy, Weird, and Just How Poorly Done It Is**
**Weakness: Everything**

The Apple (1980)

April 10, 2019

In the future of 1994, the world is dominated by celebrity, rock status, and the winner of an American Idol style battle of the bands where Mr. Boogaloo, the producer of the show and agent/manager for the winning band tugs the strings of everyone except Alphie, a folk singer who sees through his lies. Oh, it’s also a retelling of the story of Adam & Eve.

MV5BMTY1OTA2MjI5OV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNzkxMjU4NjM@._V1_.jpg — Glass (2019)

**Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan**
**Starring: James McAvoy, Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Anya Taylor-joy, Sarah Paulson, Spencer Treat Clark**
**Rated: PG-13 for Violence and Some Bloody Images, Thematic Elements, and Language**
**Running Time: 2 h 9 m**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Some Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Writing, Directing, Themes**

Glass (2019)

April 8, 2019

Security guard David Dunn uses his super powers to track a psychotic man with multiple personalities who calls himself “The Horde.” Simultaneously, criminal mastermind Elijah Price aka Mr. Glass hatches a new plan.

MV5BN2ZiMjkwNWYtZWRjNy00YTYxLWI1ZWYtODI0NTA5YTg4ZDIxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNDA5ODIzMDk@._V1_.jpg — The Rocketeer (1991)

**Directed by: Joe Johnston**
**Starring: Billy Campbell, Jennifer Connelly, Alan Arkin,Timothy Dalton, Paul Sorvino, Terry O’Quinn**
**Rated: PG**
**Running Time: 1 h 48 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Nostalgic Tone, Story, Some Acting, Ending**
**WEAKNESSES: Billy Campbell**

The Rocketeer (1991)

April 5, 2019

A young pilot finds a jetpack that allows him to be a masked hero.

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