holy mountain 1.jpg — The Holy Mountain (1973)

**Directed by: Alejandro Jodorowsky**
**Starring: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Horacio Salinas, Zamira Saunders**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1h 54m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Production, Cinematic Technique, Theme**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Disturbing Imagery**

The Holy Mountain (1973)

September 25, 2018

Dissatisfied with an average life an thief, along with seven other seekers, consult an alchemist and pilgrimage to the Holy Mountain in order to gain enlightenment.

MV5BMjA1NDk3MDE1NV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwOTY3ODkxMQ@@._V1_.jpg — A Taxing Woman (1987)

**Directed by: Juzo Itami**
**Starring: Nobuko Miyamoto, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Masahiko Tsugawa**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Some Sexual Content and Nudity)**
**Running Time: 2 h 7 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing**

A Taxing Woman (1987)

September 24, 2018

An ambitious young tax investigator rises through the ranks of the bureau she works at while forming a friendly relationship with Hideki Gondo, a rich middle-aged man she’s investigating for tax evasion.

Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

September 21, 2018

A wealthy Doctor living in New York City reevaluates his life and marriage while wandering through the city after his wife admits she fantasized about cheating on him.

MV5BMTQ1MDA5NjUxN15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNjAwMDg5MzE@._V1_.jpg — Buzzard (2014)

**Directed by: Joel Portykus**
**Starring: Joshua Burge, Joel Potrykus, Joe Anderson**
**Rated: NR (Suggest R for Some Language and a Scene of Mild Violence)**
**Running Time: 1 h 37 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Writing, Originality**
**WEAKNESSES: Last Scene (?), Some Makeup**

Buzzard (2014)

September 21, 2018

A slacker goes to extreme lengths to avoid doing any kind of work whatsoever.

Full Metal Jacket (1987)

September 21, 2018

A young military recruit, nicknamed Joker, got through bootcamp and then becomes a reporter for the Army’s newspaper, “The Stars and Stripes.” What he sees the military and war do to his fellow recruits is dehumanizing and thought provoking.

The Shining (1980)

September 20, 2018

A writer takes his wife and child to be a caretaker for an isolated hotel during the winter, only to find that there might be an evil presence lurking in the hotel.

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**Directed by: Peter Jackson**
**Starring: Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Colin Hanks, Andy Serkis, Jamie Bell, Kyle Chandler**
**Rated: PG-13 for Frightening Adventure Violence and Some Disturbing Images**
**Running Time: 3 h 7 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Ambition, Direction, Production Design, Most Visual Effects, Character, Story, Doesn’t Take Itself Seriously**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Dated Visual Effects, Length, Somewhat Episodic**

King Kong (2005)

September 19, 2018

A movie director convinces his cast and crew to travel to a mysterious island where he plans to shoot his next film. The inhabitants of the island complicate the shoot.

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**Directed by: Stanley Kubrick**
**Starring: Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee**
**Rated: PG**
**Running Time: 3 h 5 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Mise-En-Scene, Cinematography, Writing, Acting, Directing**
**WEAKNESSES: Length, Pacing During Second Act**

Barry Lyndon (1975)

September 19, 2018

An Irish scrapper slowly rises through the ranks of English aristocracy.

MV5BMjA4NzE0NjQ5NF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwODE0MzIxNDM@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,674,1000_AL_.jpg — Sweet Virginia (2017)

**Directed by:Jamie M Dagg**
**Starring: Jon Bernthal, Christopher Abbott, Imogen Poots**
**Rated: R for Violence, Some Strong Sexuality, Language, and Drug Use**
**Running Time: 1 h 33 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Some Acting, Directing**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Acting, Predictability**

Sweet Virginia (2017)

September 18, 2018

A former rodeo champ turned hotel clerk unwittingly befriends a young man with a hidden violent side.

MV5BMTY3MjM1Mzc4N15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwODM0NzAxMDE@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,675,1000_AL_.jpg — A Clockwork Orange (1971)

**Directed by: Stanley Kubrick**
**Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 2 h 16 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Direction, Story, Irony, Writing, Production Design**
**WEAKNESSES: Content, Some Acting (?)**

A Clockwork Orange (1971)

September 18, 2018

After a couple nights of ‘ultra-violence’ Alex DeLarge is sent to prison, where he undergoes an experimental surgery that will curb his more devious impulses.

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**Directed by: Panos Cosmatos**
**Starring: Nicolas Cage, Andrea Riseborough, Linus Roache, Richard Brake**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Strong Bloody Violence, Disturbing Images, Drug and Sexual Content, Graphic Nudity and Some Language)**
**Running Time: 2 h 1 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Aesthetic, Cinematography, Uniqueness, Acting, Inventiveness**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Pacing, Some Themes**

Mandy (2018)

September 17, 2018

Set in alternative world in 1983. Red Miller hunts a religious cult after they murder the love of his life, Mandy.

dr s 1.jpeg — Dr. Strangelove (1964)

**Directed by: Stanley Kubrick**
**Starring: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Slim Pickens**
**Rated: PG**
**Running Time: 1h 35m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Script**
**WEAKNESSES: NA**

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

September 17, 2018

When a US General in the 1960s suffers a nervous breakdown, he orders an all out nuclear strike on Russia and the entire United States Military must try to stop him from starting World War III and the Apocalypse.

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

September 17, 2018

From the age of prehistoric man to the future space age, man and technology have coexisted, but when an incredibly powerful supercomputer on a manned mission to Jupiter goes haywire, man must evolve beyond.

MV5BMjM5MDk2NDIxMF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNjU5NDk3NTM@._V1_.jpg — The Predator (2018)

**Directed by: Shane Black**
**Starring: Boyd Holbrook, Trevante Rhodes, Keegan-Michael Key, Olivia Munn, Sterling K Brown, Thomas Jane, Alfie Allen, Yvonne Strahovski**
**Rated: R for Strong Bloody Violence, Language Throughout, and Crude Sexual References**
**Running Time: 1 h 47 m**
**TMM Score: 1.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Some Dialogue, Some Action**
**WEAKNESSES: Direction, Lack of Story, Characters, Writing**

The Predator (2018)

September 14, 2018

A young boy accidentally calls Predator to earth and soldiers have to fight off the alien.

MV5BZTlmODM0ZTgtY2NkZS00Y2ZmLTkxMzktMTE4ZDg2NzNmNDkwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjUzOTY1NTc@._V1_.jpg — Lolita (1962)

**Directed by: Stanley Kubrick**
**Starring: James Mason, Shelley Winters, Sue Lyon**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Strong Thematic Material)**
**Running Time: 2 h 33 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Content**

Lolita (1962)

September 14, 2018

A middle-aged man marries a widow to be closer to her young daughter.

satb 1.jpg — Smokey and The Bandit (1977)

**Directed by: Hal Needham**
**Starring: Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jerry Reed, Jackie Gleason**
**Rated: PG**
**Running Time: 1h 36m**
**TMM Score: 2 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Burt Reynolds’ Charisma**
**WEAKNESSES: Everything else**

Smokey and The Bandit (1977)

September 13, 2018

The Bandit is the legend, the greatest trucker, smuggler, runner of them all, so when two rich southerners want to haul some beer across state lines in a record time, he’s the only one to call, but will the Bandit still be able to make his run on time when he picks up a runaway bride hitch-hiker?

Spartacus (1960)

September 13, 2018

A slave, Spartacus, leads a rebellion of thousands of slaves across Italy, threatening the power of the Roman Empire.

Paths of Glory (1957)

September 12, 2018

After failing to attack a well-fortified position, a general accuses soldiers of cowardice and a commanding officer steps in to defend them.

MV5BMjMzNzkwNjEyOF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwOTY3Njc3NjE@._V1_.jpg — Boogie Nights (1997)

**Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson**
**Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Heather Graham, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore, John C. Reilly, Don Cheadle, William H. Macy, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Thomas Jane, Alfred Molina**
**Rated: R for Strong Sex Scenes with Explicit Dialogue, Nudity, Drug Use, Language and Violence**
**Running Time: 2 h 35 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting, Story**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Pacing Issues Towards the End**

Boogie Nights (1997)

September 12, 2018

Eddie Adams AKA Dirk Diggler, a teenager living in California in the late seventies and early eighties, gets wrapped up in the porn industry, for better or worse.

Reign of Fire (2002)

September 11, 2018

A post apocalyptic action thriller set in a world where dragons have wiped out much of the human population.

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