stby 2.jpg — Sorry To Bother You (2018)

**Directed by: Boots Riley**
**Starring: Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Jermaine Fowler, Omarie Hardwick, Terry Crews, Danny Glover, Steven Yeun, Armie Hammer, David Cross, Patton Oswalt, Forest Whitaker**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1h 45m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directorial Vision, Acting, Production Design**
**WEAKNESSES: None**

Sorry To Bother You (2018)

July 17, 2018

When Cassius Green adopts an unusual sales technique his employer at RegalView telemarketing puts him on the Power Caller roll, landing him a raise and swanky benefits, but how will his old friends and girlfriend/artist/activist Detroit, take it when he abandons their fledgling efforts to unionize and how will Cash live with himself as he discovers what Power Callers are really selling?

La Dolce Vita (1960)

July 16, 2018

La Dolce Vita follows Marcello Rubini, a journalist living in Rome, through a week of his life.

After Earth (2013)

July 16, 2018

A millennium after humans have abandoned earth, a spacecraft crashes back onto the surface, leaving Kitai Raige and his father Cypher stranded.

Personal Shopper (2016)

July 13, 2018

A personal shopper for a celebrity living in Paris refuses to leave the city until she makes contact with her twin brother who died there. When a stranger starts sending her texts, things get even more complicated.

MV5BMTg3OTM2OTc5MV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMjMxNDM0NTE@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,631,1000_AL_.jpg — The Visit (2015)

**Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan**
**Starring: Olivia DeJonge, Ed Oxenbould, Deanna Dunagan, Peter McRobbie**
**Rated: PG-13 for Disturbing Thematic Material Including Terror, Violence and Some Nudity, and Brief Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 34 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Meta-Humor, Creepy Imagery**
**WEAKNESSES: Annoying Protagonists**

The Visit (2015)

July 13, 2018

While their mother goes on a cruise, two children go to stay with their Grandparents, whom they’ve never met, only to find their Grandparents have strange habits.

LA Confidential 1.jpg — L.A. Confidential (1997)

**Directed by: Curtis Hanson**
**Starring: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kim Basinger, James Cromwell, Danny DeVito**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 2h 18m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Cinematography, Acting, Story**
**WEAKNESSES: None**

L.A. Confidential (1997)

July 13, 2018

In 1950s Hollywood, the Glitz and Glam draws all like a moth to a flame and 3 cops; a boyscout, a bruiser, and a schmoozer, are out to find out who murdered everyone in a coffee shop late one night.

The Great Beauty (2013)

July 12, 2018

Sixty-five-year-old Jep Gambardella takes stock of his party lifestyle after his recent birthday.

The Happening (2008)

July 12, 2018

While strange event causes people to inexplicably kill themselves, a high school science teacher runs around.

MV5BMjgwNjI3NTM1MF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNzY3MTUyMjE@._V1_.jpg — Wild Strawberries (1957)

**Directed by: Ingmar Bergman**
**Starring: Victor Sjostrom, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin**
**Rated: NR (Suggested: PG-13 for Thematic Material)**
**Running Time: 1 h 31 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Dream Sequences**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Wild Strawberries (1957)

July 11, 2018

An elderly professor takes a road trip from Stockholm to Lund to receive an honorary degree.

litw 5.jpeg — Lady In The Water (2006)

**Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan**
**Starring: Paul Giamatti, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jeffrey Wright**
**Rated: PG-13**
**Running Time: 1h 50m**
**TMM Score: 1 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Paul Giamatti's Acting,**
**WEAKNESSES: Slight Characters, No Magic**

Lady In The Water (2006)

July 11, 2018

Cleveland Heap (Paul Giamatti), the manager/janitor of an apartment building, must aid a nymph (Bryce Dallas Howard), which he has found living in the building’s swimming pool, in attempt to bestow a gift upon a chosen person and then return home, to her own realm.

The Tale of Zatoichi (1962)

July 10, 2018

Zatoichi, a blind, gambling, masseuse who is also a swordsman, gets wrapped up in a squabble with the yakuza and has to find a way to make peace.

Ivan's Childhood (1962)

July 9, 2018

A twelve-year-old boy works for the Soviet army as a spy behind German lines during WWII.

Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)

July 9, 2018

With the revelation that people can return from the quantum zone, Hope's eyes turn to Scott to help her rescue her mother. If only Scott wasn't under house arrest.

Marvel's_Ant-Man_poster.jpg — Ant-Man (2015)

**Directed by: Peyton Reed**
**Starring: Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Corey Stoll, Evangeline Lilly**
**Rated: PG-13**
**Running Time: 1h 57m**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Some Humorous Moments**
**WEAKNESSES: Uninteresting, Not Heisty Enough**

Ant-Man (2015)

July 6, 2018

Ex-Con, Scott Lang can't find work, pay his child support, or get his own apartment. When a rich inventor approaches him with the opportunity to restore his life and family, Scott dons the inventor's advanced battle suit to become Ant-Man and safeguard the world from another guy, bad guy, in another battle suit, bad battle suit.

Black Narcissus (1947)

July 6, 2018

A group of nuns are sent to the Himalayas where they are tasked with turning an old home for concubines into a functioning convent.

Signs (2002)

July 5, 2018

Graham (Mel Gibson), an ex-reverend, and his family, still reeling after his wife’s death, are faced with the unexplained as crop circles and shadowy figures start frequenting their farm. As fears rise, will Graham's faith begin to regrow or die for good.

Living in Oblivion (1995)

July 5, 2018

The comical story of a group of independent filmmakers trying to shoot a film.

The Lure (2015)

July 4, 2018

A musical about two mermaid sisters who are hired to work at a nightclub; when one of them falls in love with a bassist in the band, threatening their very way of life.

71zM2lo2SaL._RI_.jpg — Unbreakable (2000)

Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan
Starring: Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Robin Wright
Rated: Running Time: 1 h 46 m
TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Writing, Cinematography, Subtlety
WEAKNESSES: Moments of Melodrama, Heavy-Handed Directing

Unbreakable (2000)

July 3, 2018

After a tragic accident where security guard David Dunn is the only survivor, comic enthusiast Elijah Price seeks him out and tells him he might be extraordinary.

The Sixth Sense (1999)

July 3, 2018

Malcolm (Willis), a troubled child psychologist, works with a young boy, Cole (Osment), who exhibits all of the same problems another boy Malcom once failed to help. When this 'second chance’ takes a disturbing supernatural turn, will Malcom be able to help Cole or fail once again?

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