MV5BMTczMTc1MzI5OV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNTg0OTk3MTE@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,685,1000_AL_.jpg — Dragon Inn (1967)

**Directed by: King Hu**
**Starring: Lingfeng Shangguan, Chun Shih, Ying Bai**
**Rated: NR (Suggested: PG-13 for Martial Arts Action Violence)**
**Running Time: 1 h 51 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Action, Cinematography, Story, Acting, Pacing**
**WEAKNESSES: Melodramatic Moments**

Dragon Inn (1967)

July 26, 2018

Traveling swordsmen discover a plot to assassinate the two remaining members of a defeated general’s family and decide to intervene.

mishima 1.jpg — Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)

**Directed by: Paul Schrader**
**Starring: Ken Ogata, Masayuki Shionoya, Hiroshi Mikami**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 2h**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directorial Vision, Cinematography, Production Design, Acting, Score**
**WEAKNESSES: Are you kidding? Who could find a weakness in this film.**

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)

July 26, 2018

The great Japanese author and social leader, Yukio Mishima, prepares for his greatest work; of art and of action.

MV5BMjAwMTg3MDE0NF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNjQ1ODQyNTE@._V1_SY1000_SX675_AL_.jpg — Clouds of Sils Maria (2014)

**Directed by: Oliver Assayas**
**Starring: Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, Chloe Grace Moretz**
**Rated: R for Language and Brief Graphic Nudity**
**Running Time: 2 h 4 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting, Cinematography**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Pacing (?)**

Clouds of Sils Maria (2014)

July 25, 2018

Twenty years after starring in a play that launched her career, a film star returns to the play to act in a different role, which forces her to face certain truths about herself.

mi4 1.jpg — Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)

**Directed by: Brad Bird**
**Starring: Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Paula Patton, Simon Pegg**
**Rated: PG13**
**Running Time: 2h 12m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Set Pieces**
**WEAKNESSES: Terrible 3rd Act**

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)

July 25, 2018

After an infiltration of the Kremlin goes south, the entire IMF is disavowed. Now, alone and cutoff, Ethan Hunt and team must track down the terrorist responsible and stop him from starting a nuclear war.

mi3 1.jpg — Mission: Impossible III (2006)

**Directed by: J.J. Abrams**
**Starring: Tom Cruise, Phillip Seymore Hoffman, Michelle Monaghan, Ving Rhames, Billy Crudup, Laurence Fishburne, Kerri Russell, Maggie Q, Simon Pegg, Jonathan Rhys Meyers**
**Rated: PG13**
**Running Time: 2h 6m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Set Pieces, Villain**
**WEAKNESSES: A Little Cheesy**

Mission: Impossible III (2006)

July 24, 2018

Once again, Ethan Hunt must track down a criminal mastermind and root out a secret betrayer within the IMF ranks, this time, before his wife pays the ultimate price.

Uncle Drew (2018)

July 24, 2018

After loosing his star player for the upcoming Rucker Classic tournament, Coach Dax recruits a bunch of washed up players to play ball.

Good Morning (1959)

July 24, 2018

In a small village in Japan, two boys start a silence strike to convince their parents to buy them a television.

MV5BZGY5NWUyNDUtZWJhZi00ZjMxLWFmMjMtYmJhZjVkZGZhNWQ4XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTQxNzMzNDI@._V1_.jpg — Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)

**Directed by: John Cameron Mitchell**
**Starring: John Cameron Mitchell, Miriam Shor, Michael Pitt**
**Rated: R for Sexual Content and Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 35 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Soundtrack, Writing, Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Subject Matter Will Turn Away Some Viewers**

Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)

July 23, 2018

The story of Hedwig, a transgender punk/glam rock girl, as she goes on tour.

Mission Impossible MOVIE POSTER.jpg — Mission: Impossible(1996)

**Directed by: Brian De Palma**
**Starring: Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Emmanuelle Beart, Henry Czerny**
**Rated: PG-13**
**Running Time: 1h 50m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directorial Vision, Atmosphere, Set Pieces**
**WEAKNESSES: Feels Dated at Times, Is a Real Slam to Fans of The Show**

Mission: Impossible (1996)

July 23, 2018

When Ethan Hunt’s team of secret agent’s are all betrayed he is the only one left for his superiors to blame and to track down the real traitor.

MV5BMWU4N2FjNzYtNTVkNC00NzQ0LTg0MjAtYTJlMjFhNGUxZDFmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjc1NTYyMjg@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,649,1000_AL_.jpg — 12 Angry Men (1957)

**Directed by: Sidney Lumet**
**Starring: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Martin Balsam**
**Rated: Approved**
**Running Time: 1 h 36 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Cinematography, Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

12 Angry Men (1957)

July 23, 2018

Twelve jurors must decide the fate of a young Puerto Rican boy charged with the murder of his father.

Mission: Impossible II (2000)

July 23, 2018

Ethan Hunt goes to Australia to destroy a super-virus known as Chimera.

Jurassic Park III (2001)

July 20, 2018

Dr. Alan Grant is recruited as a tour guide for a plane that will circle Isla Sorna, the second site for the Jurassic Park Theme Park, but when the plane lands, things get predictably complicated.

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**Directed by: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris**
**Starring: Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Andrea Riseborough**
**Rated: PG-13 for Some Sexual Content and Partial Nudity**
**Running Time: 2 h 1 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Writing, Directing**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Heavy-Handed Themes**

The Battle of the Sexes (2017)

July 20, 2018

Based on the true story of the 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs. While King comes to terms with her sexuality, Riggs comes to terms with the changing times and truths about himself.

the equalizer 1.jpg — The Equalizer (2014)

**Directed by: Antoine Fuqua**
**Starring: Denzel Washington, Martin Csokas, Chloe Grace Moretz**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 2h 12m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: All around Competence**
**WEAKNESSES: Nothing Makes The Film Stand Out, Length**

The Equalizer (2014)

July 20, 2018

Bob lives like a monk, working hard, helping others, simple meals at the same diner overnight before returning to his sparse apartment. When a young call girl, who frequents the same diner as he, runs afoul of the Russian mob, this simple man turns out to be a force for vengeance to her abusers.

MV5BMGVhNjhjODktODgxYS00MDdhLTlkZjktYTkyNzQxMTU0ZDYxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzkwMjQ5NzM@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,635,1000_AL_.jpg — The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

**Directed by: David Lean**
**Starring: William Holden, Alec Guinnes, JAck Hawkins**
**Rated: PG for Mild War Violence**
**Running Time: 2 h 41 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Cinematography, Writing, Directing**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Pacing**

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

July 19, 2018

A British Colonel in a Japanese POW camp works to complete a bridge, while, unbeknownst to him, a small team of Allies is moving to destroy it.

last airbender 5.jpg — The Last Airbender (2010)

**Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan**
**Starring: Noah Ringer, Nicola Peltz, Jackson Rathbone, Dev Patel, Shaun Toub, Aasif Mandvi, Cliff Curtis**
**Rated: PG**
**Running Time: 1h 43m**
**TMM Score: 1 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: It's Not As Long As You Might Expect**
**WEAKNESSES: It Fails At Everything It Attempts**

The Last Airbender (2010)

July 19, 2018

100 years ago, the mysterious and powerful leader known as the Avatar disappeared. Now, he has reappeared as a small boy, the next incarnation of the once revered warrior. Can he and his new found young friends defeat the evil Fire Nation and restore balance to the world?

Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)

July 18, 2018

During a Picnic on St. Valentine’s Day, 1900, a few students and a teacher disappear without a trace.

The Village (2004)

July 18, 2018

Weird things happen to the villagers of an isolated hamlet.

Split (2016)

July 17, 2018

A man with 23 different personalities kidnaps three girls and locks them in a basement, where he plans to hold them until his 24th personality arrives.

Amarcord (1973)

July 17, 2018

A series of vignettes about the people living in a small town in Italy during the 1930s.

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