s+1.jpg — Solaris (1972)

**Directed By: Andrei Tarkovsky**
**Starring: Natalya Bondarchuk, Donatas Banionis, Jüri Järvet**
**Rated: PG**
**Run Time: 2h 47m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Directorial Vision, Concept**
**Weakness: Some Special Effects**

Solaris (1972)

October 2, 2019

Dr. Kelvin is sent to a space station orbiting the planet Solaris to discover why everyone on board went insane.

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**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: 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.

uts 1.jpg — Under the Skin (2013)

**Directed By: Jonathan Glazer**
**Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy McWilliams, Lynsey Taylor Mackay**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 48m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Cinematography, Directorial Integrity**
**Weakness: -**

Under the Skin (2013)

September 19, 2019

A visitor from another planet observes human individuals, groups, patterns, and behaviour from a detached alien point of view.

em 1.jpg — Ex Machina (2014)

**Directed By: Alex Garland**
**Starring: Alicia Vikander, Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 48m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Acting, VFX**
**Weakness: Domhnall Gleeson’s Character**

Ex Machina (2014)

September 18, 2019

When a gifted programmer wins a week long visit with a tech multi-biliionaire, he becomes a part of one of the greatest discoveries mankind has ever achieved. A. I.

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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.

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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.

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**Directed by: John Woo**
**Starring: John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Alessandro Nivola, Joan Allen**
**Rated: R for Intense Sequences of Strong Violence, and For Strong Language**
**Running Time: 2 h 18 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Practical Effects and Stunts, Ridiculous Performances, Bizarre Story**
**WEAKNESSES: Logic, Hokey 90s Moments**

Face/Off (1997)

August 21, 2019

An FBI agent undergoes a facial transplant surgery to work his way into a terrorist sect, but the plan goes awry when the terrorist whose face he stole impersonates the FBI agent.

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**Directed by: David Yarovesky**
**Starring: Elizabeth Banks, David Denman, Jackson A. Dunn**
**Rated: R for Horror Violence/Bloody Images, and Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 30 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Concept, Fun, Pacing**
**WEAKNESSES: Tone, Acting, Plot Holes, Stupid Characters, Melodrama**

Brightburn (2019)

August 20, 2019

A retelling of the Superman origin story wherein the Superman figure decides to be evil.

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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.

John Carter (2012)

July 15, 2019

A civil war vet is transported to Mars where he discovers factions on the edge of war.

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**Directed by: Rainer Werner Fassbinder**
**Starring: Klaus Lowitsch, Barbara Valentin, Mascha Rabben**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Some Nudity)**
**Running Time: 3 h 32 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, World Building, Cinematography, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Acting, Some Pacing**

World on a Wire (1973)

July 12, 2019

Set in the near future. After one of his colleagues dies mysteriously, a scientist named Fred Stiller decides to investigate further. He uncovers a conspiracy that could alter the fabric of reality as he knows it.

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**Directed by: Neil Marshall**
**Starring: David Harbour, Milla Jovovich, Ian McShane, Sasha Lane, Daniel Dae Kim**
**Rated: R for Strong Bloody Violence and Gore Throughout, and Language**
**Running Time: 2 h**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Some Acting, Creature Design, Some Action**
**WEAKNESSES: Jumbled Storyline, Needless Characters, Ridiculous Climax**

Hellboy (2019)

July 8, 2019

Hellboy battles an ancient sorceress bent on destroying the human race.

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**Directed by: Jon Watts**
**Starring: Tom Holland, Samuel L Jackson, Jake Gyllenhaal, Marisa Tomei, Jon Favreau, Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Tony Revolori, Martin Starr, J.B. Smoove, Cobie Smulders**
**Rated: PG-13 for Sci-Fi Action Violence, Some Language and Brief Suggestive Comments**
**Running Time: 2 h 9 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Fun, Characters, Themes, Pacing, Peter Parker Stuff**
**WEAKNESSES: Villain, Spider-Man Stuff**

Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)

July 3, 2019

After the events of “Avengers: Endgame”, Spider-Man must rise to face a new world of challengers.

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**Directed by: Brad Bird**
**Starring: Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Samuel L. Jackson, Jason Lee, Spencer Fox, Sarah Vowell, Wallace Shwan, Brad Bird**
**Rated: PG for Action Violence**
**Running Time: 1 h 55 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Animation, Humor, Soundtrack, Excitement**
**WEAKNESSES: A Few Small Plot Holes**

The Incredibles (2004)

June 21, 2019

A family of superheroes, while trying to live quietly in suburban life, are forced to save the world.

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**Directed by: Paul Verhoeven**
**Starring: Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, Dina Meyer, Jake Busey, Neil Patrick Harris, Clancy Brown, Patrick Muldoon, Michael Ironside**
**Rated: R for Graphic Sci-Fi Violence and Gore, and For Some Language and Nudity**
**Running Time: 2 h 9 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, World Building, Directing, Satire, Fun**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing During First Half**

Starship Troopers (1997)

June 21, 2019

A satire on fascism where humans wage war against giant alien bugs.

w 1.jpg — Wall-E (2008)

**Directed By: Andrew Stanton**
**Starring: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, John Ratzenberger, Fred Willard**
**Rated: G**
**Run Time: 1h 38m**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars**
**Strengths: First Act**
**Weakness: The Rest**

Wall-E (2008)

June 19, 2019

A lone robot cleaning up the garbage congested surface of Earth has his world turned upside down when he gets a visit from another functioning robot from off world.

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**Directed by: Claire Denis**
**Starring: Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, Mia Goth**
**Rated: R for Disturbing Sexual and Violent Content Including Sexual Assault, Graphic Nudity, and For Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 53 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Story Structure, Acting, Cinematography, Unique Story, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Some Production Design**

High Life (2018)

June 17, 2019

A father and daughter struggle to survive in deep space.

12 M 1.jpg — 12 Monkeys (1999)

**Directed By: Terry Gilliam**
**Starring: Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 2h 9m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Story, Directorial Vision**
**Weakness: Some Acting**

12 Monkeys (1995)

June 12, 2019

A man, possibly insane, is experiencing schizophrenic visions or possibly time travel. It’s hard for him to tell or know which version of reality is true as he attempts to track down the perpetrators of a world wide terrorist strike.

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