Seven Samurai (1954)

**Directed by: Akira Kurosawa**
**Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima**
**Running Time: 3h 27m**
**Rated: NR (best guess, R)**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Character Development, Cinematography**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing. Maybe.**

The Seven Samurai (1954)

May 15, 2018

Bandit raids have brought a dirt poor village of farmers to the point of starvation. Are there any Samurai of honor who will help because of principle rather than pay?

Silence (2017)

May 10, 2018

In the seventeenth century, two Jesuit priests from Portugal travel to Japan to find their mentor, who is rumored to have apostatized.

Deep Red (1975)

May 9, 2018

After witnessing the murder of a psychic, composer Marcus Daly teams up with reporter Gianna Brezzi to investigate the crimes of a serial killer.

Come and See (1985)

May 2, 2018

After finding an old rifle buried in the sand, a young boy named Florya is recruited by the Soviet resistance to help fight the Nazis.

You Were Never Really Here (2017)

May 1, 2018

A tortured soul of a fixer, is hired to rescue a senator’s 14 yr. old daughter from a “specialized” brothel. When the job goes sideways he has to decide whether to give in to his inner demons or face down the real ones who are trafficking in underage girls.

Jurassic Park (1993)

April 24, 2018

An accident at a new tourist attraction leads a group of scientists to investigate the wisdom of a theme park which showcases real-life dinosaurs.

A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

April 23, 2018

A robotic boy who’s programmed to love navigates a futuristic landscape trying to find a person who he believes can make him real.

Jaws (1975)

April 19, 2018

The Sheriff of Amity Island teams up with a marine biologist and a local captain to hunt down a shark that’s terrorizing the beaches.

Chappaquiddick

**Directed by: John Curan**
**Starring: Jason Clarke, Ed Helms, Jim Gaffigan, Kate Mara**
**Running Time: 1h 46m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Wrong Protagonist**

Chappaquiddick (2017)

April 11, 2018

In 1969, Ted Kennedy was involved in a scandal where a young woman was drowned. What would be the aftermath of this incident, for his family, political aspirations, and the country?

A Quiet Place (2018)

April 9, 2018

In a post-apocalyptic world, creatures that hunt by sound stalk a family that hides in farmhouse.

Ready Player One (2018)

April 2, 2018

Wade Watts, a teenager living in 2045, when the majority of life takes place inside the virtual world of Oasis, competes in a contest that could grant him untold riches and reshape the landscape of the digital world forever.

Tomb Raider

**Directed by: Roar Uthaug**
**Starring: Alicia Vikander, Dominic West, Walton Goggins**
**Rated: PG-13**
**Running Time: 1h 58m**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Humor?**
**WEAKNESSES: Dialogue, Script, VFX**

TOMB RAIDER (2018)

March 26, 2018

Her father, obsessed by his wife's death and a search for immortality, disappeared years ago. Now a young aimless drifter, Lara Croft discovers a clue to her father's whereabouts and seeks to recover him no matter who, whether international arms cartel or ancient sorceress queen, tries to stop her.

The Death of Stalin

March 22, 2018

After Stalin's death, the Soviet Union is thrust into disarray while the remaining leaders struggle to maintain some semblance of order.

The Outsider (2018)

March 19, 2018

An American living in post-war Japan joins the Yakuza and rises through their ranks.

Derren Brown: The Push

**Directed by: Jon Richards**
**Starring: Ben Adams, Darren Brown, Tom Carter**
**Rated: TV-MA**
**Running Time: 1h 8m**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Tension Building**
**WEAKNESSES: Underlying Moral, Drawn Out**

Derren Brown: The Push (2016)

March 15, 2018

In this special reality TV presentation, one man is put through an elaborate series of social pressures all designed to see if a normal, everyday guy can be pushed to kill.

Gringo (2018)

March 13, 2018

A law abiding citizen is pulled into dealing with the Mexican cartels after his sleazy business partners screw over a gangster named "The Black Panther."

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**Directed by: Cory Finley**
**Starring: Anya Taylor-Joy, Olivia Cooke, Anton Yelchin**
**Rated: R for Disturbing Behavior, Bloody Images, Sexual References and Some Drug Content**
**Running Time: 1 h 32 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Underlying Message**

Thoroughbreds (2017)

March 12, 2018

Lily and Amanda, two wealthy, troubled teenage girls living in suburban Connecticut, bond over the banality of their lives, their disdain Lily’s step dad, and toying with the idea of murder.

A Separation

**Directed by: Asghar Farhadi**
**Starring: Payman Maadi, Leila Hatami, Sareh Bayet**
**Rated: PG13**
**Running Time: 2h 3m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Mystery, Complicated Characters, Cultural Immersion, Acting, Deliberate Direction**
**WEAKNESSES: None**

A Separation (2011)

March 9, 2018

As an Iranian couple flirt with divorce they are accused of assault. As the mystery of what happened is revealed, so is who they truly are.

Cold in July

**Directed by: Jim Mickle**
**Starring: Michael C. Hall, Sam Shepard, Don Johnson**
**Rated: R for Disturbing Bloody Violence, Language and Some Sexuality/ Nudity**
**Running Time: 1 h 49 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Pacing**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Acting**

Cold in July (2014)

March 8, 2018

After killing a home invader, Richard Dane and his family are terrorized by the dead intruder’s father, a violent ex con. But everything changes when the two men discover something unexpected.

Red Sparrow

**Directed by: Francis Lawrence**
**Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Jeremy Irons**
**Rated: R for Strong Violence, Torture, Sexual Content, Language and Some Graphic Nudity**
**Running Time: 2 h 19 m**
**TMM Score: 2 Stars Out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Extravagant Sets and Locations**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Writing, Acting**

Red Sparrow (2018)

March 5, 2018

After a career ending accident, former ballerina Dominika Egorova is recruited into “sparrow school,” a specialized spy branch in Russia, where the agents are taught to use their powers of seduction as a tool.

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