MV5BOGMwYmY5ZmEtMzY1Yi00OWJiLTk1Y2MtMzI2MjBhYmZkNTQ0XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzkwMjQ5NzM@._V1_SX669_CR0,0,669,999_AL_.jpg — Chinatown (1974)

**Directed by: Roman Polanski**
**Starring: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 2 h 10 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting, Story, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Chinatown (1974)

May 13, 2019

A private eye in 1930s Los Angeles finds himself caught up in a web of deceit after being hired by a woman who is not who she seems.

MV5BMTI3NzMwMzkyNV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwODk4NjQxMw@@._V1_.jpg — The Ghost Writer (2010)

**Directed by: Roman Polanski**
**Starring: Ewan McGregor, John Bernthal, Pierce Brosnan, Olivia Williams, Tom Wilkinson, Jim Belushi**
**Rated: PG-13 for Language, Brief Nudity/Sexuality, Some Violence**
**Running Time: 2 h 8 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Coincidental Moments**

The Ghost Writer (2010)

May 10, 2019

A ghostwriter finds his life in danger when he begins work on the memoirs of a controversial former British Prime Minister.

91egUI3OMML._RI_.jpg — The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)

**Directed by: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise**
**Starring: Tom Hulce, Demi Moore, Tony Jay**
**Rated: G**
**Running Time: 1h 35m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Dark Setting, Beautiful Animation, Good Message, Great Music**
**WEAKNESSES: Overly Silly Characters, Some Strange Writing Choices**

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)

May 9, 2019

The Disney adaptation of Victor Hugo’s classic novel.

91wUdrJ0jZL._RI_.jpg — Arctic (2018)

**Directed by: Joe Penna**
**Starring: Mads Mikkelsen, Maria Thelma Smáradóttir**
**Rated: PG-13**
**Running Time: 1h 38m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Cinematography, Setting, Mads Mikkelsen**
**WEAKNESSES: Some implausibility**

Arctic (2018)

May 7, 2019

A man’s story of survival in the brutal arctic.

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**Directed by: Fernando Meirelles**
**Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Danny Huston, Bill Nighy, Donald Sumpter, Pete Postlethwaite**
**Rated: R for Language, Some Violent Images and Sexual Content/Nudity**
**Running Time: 2 h 9 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Acting, Editing**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing During First Half of Second Act**

The Constant Gardener (2005)

May 6, 2019

After his wife is murdered, a British Diplomat living in Africa embarks on a quest to find out why, along the way uncovering a conspiracy that could have deadly impact.

Uncommon Valor (1983)

April 29, 2019

Ten years after his son went MIA in Vietnam, a retired Colonel assembles a private rescue team to storm a POW camp in Laos, where he believes his son is being kept.

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**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”.

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**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.

Cat o' Nine Tails (1971)

April 25, 2019

A reporter and a retired blind crossword puzzle writer collaborate to solve a slew of murders.

bu+1.jpg — Blow-Up (1966)

**Directed By: Michelangelo Antonioni**
**Starring: David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave**
**Rated: NR**
**Run Time: 1h 51m**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars**
**Strengths: Visual Storytelling, Themes**
**Weakness: Character and Emotional Connections**

Blow-Up (1966)

April 24, 2019

Thomas is a London photographer worshipped by and bored of models and actresses. When tired, he roams the city and parks for new photographic subjects and ends up accidentally photographing a murder and being spotted by the killer.

the Passenger.jpg — The Passenger (1975)

**Directed by: Michelangelo Antonioni**
**Starring: Jack Nicholson, Maria Schneider, Jenny Runacre, Ian Hendry**
**Rated: PG-13 for Some Violence, Nudity and Language**
**Running Time: 2 h 6 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Direction, Writing, Acting, Cinematography**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing**

The Passenger (1975)

April 23, 2019

A war correspondent, frustrated with his work and unable to find the war he’s supposed to cover, takes up the identity of a dead man who looks similar to him, only to find his plan may have many flaws.

L'Avventura (1960)

April 23, 2019

After a woman goes missing, her boyfriend and best friend form a search party to try to find her.

Fellini Satyricon (1969)

April 22, 2019

A series of bizarre events surround a young man’s journey through the hedonistic landscape of first century Rome.

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**Directed by: Warren Beatty**
**Starring: Warren Beatty, Charlie Korsmo, Glenne Headly, Al Pacino, Madonna, Dustin Hoffman, Mandy Patinkin, Kathy Bates, Dick Van Dyke, James Caan**
**Rated: PG**
**Running Time: 1 h 45 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Style, Direction, Makeup and Production Design, Acting, Fun**
**WEAKNESSES: Not For Everyone**

Dick Tracy (1990)

April 22, 2019

A comic strip detective finds his life increasingly complicated as he investigates the notorious Big Boy Caprice’s mob.

MV5BMjA5NzgyMjc2Nl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwOTU3MDI3MQ@@._V1_.jpg — Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

**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.

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**Directed by: Guillermo Del Toro**
**Starring: Ron Perlman, Doug Jones, Selma Blair, John Hurt, Jeffrey Tambor, Karel Roden**
**Rated: PG-13 for Sci-Fi Action Violence and Frightening Images**
**Running Time: 2 h 12 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Production Design, Worldbuilding, Writing, Action, Characters**
**WEAKNESSES: Climax, Some Dated Effects**

Hellboy (2004)

April 18, 2019

A demon that was brought from another dimension by Nazis is raised by a secret US organization to protect the world from darkness.

A History of Violence (2005)

April 16, 2019

Tom Stall had the perfect life, until he became a hero.

Glengary Glen Ross (1992)

**Directed by: James Foley**
**Starring: Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin, Alan Arkin, Ed Harris, Kevin Spacey, Jonathan Price, Bruce Altman**
**Rated: R for Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 40 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)

April 12, 2019

A brutal satire on the world of salesmanship.

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**Directed by: Kevin Kolsch, Dennis Widmyer**
**Starring: Jason Clarke, Amy Seimetz, John Lithgow, Jete Laurence, Obssa Ahmed**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 41 m**
**TMM Score: 1.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Some Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Tone, Writing, Production Design, Mishandling of Story**

Pet Sematary (2019)

April 8, 2019

After a doctor buries his daughter’s dead cat in a mysterious plot of land, it comes back to life and strange incidents begin to occur.

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.

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