Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)

June 25, 2019

A British warship plays a game of cat and mouse with a French warship in the Napoleonic times.

wd 1.jpg — Wings of Desire (1987)

**Directed By: Wim Wenders**
**Starring: Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander, Peter Falk**
**Rated: PG-13**
**Run Time: 2h 8m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Cinematography, Dialogue, Direction**
**Weakness: Maybe a Bit Slow**

Wings of Desire (1987)

June 25, 2019

An angel, eternal spirit of observation, grows envious of humanity’s finite existence and corporal nature.

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**Directed by: Jean-Jacques Annaud**
**Starring: Jude Law, Ed Harris, Rachel Weisz, Joseph Fiennes, Ron Pearlman**
**Rated: R for Strong Graphic War Violence and Some Sexuality**
**Running Time: 2 h 11 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Production Design, Some Action, Some Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Writing, Some Acting, Emotionally Distant, Pacing**

Enemy at the Gates (2001)

June 24, 2019

A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat and mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad. Inspired by the true story of Vasily Zaitsev.

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**Directed by: Rainer Werner Fassbinder**
**Starring: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Peter Chatel, Karlheinz Bohm, Adrian Hoven, Christiane Maybach**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Some Graphic Nudity, Sexual Dialogue and Language)**
**Running Time: 2 h 3 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Most Characters, Writing, Directing, Acting, Cinematography**
**WEAKNESSES: A Few Melodramatic Moments, One or Two Characters**

Fox and His Friends (1975)

June 24, 2019

An ex-carnival worker of middling intelligence wins the lottery and engages in a personal and business relationship with a man born in a higher class than him.

The Dead Don't Die (2019)

June 24, 2019

Centerville is just what it sounds like; an average small town. When two of its citizens are found dead and half eaten, it can only be one thing. Some sort of animal. Or several. Or maybe, ZOMBIES!!!

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**Directed by: Brad Bird**
**Starring: Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Samuel L. Jackson, Jason Lee, Spencer Fox, Sarah Vowell, Wallace Shwan, Brad Bird**
**Rated: PG for Action Violence**
**Running Time: 1 h 55 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Animation, Humor, Soundtrack, Excitement**
**WEAKNESSES: A Few Small Plot Holes**

The Incredibles (2004)

June 21, 2019

A family of superheroes, while trying to live quietly in suburban life, are forced to save the world.

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**Directed by: Paul Verhoeven**
**Starring: Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, Dina Meyer, Jake Busey, Neil Patrick Harris, Clancy Brown, Patrick Muldoon, Michael Ironside**
**Rated: R for Graphic Sci-Fi Violence and Gore, and For Some Language and Nudity**
**Running Time: 2 h 9 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, World Building, Directing, Satire, Fun**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing During First Half**

Starship Troopers (1997)

June 21, 2019

A satire on fascism where humans wage war against giant alien bugs.

Finding Nemo (2003)

June 20, 2019

A fish must find his son in the open ocean.

b 2.jpg — Brave (2012)

**Directed By: Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman**
**Starring: Kelly Macdonald, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Robbie Coltrane, Craig Ferguson, John Ratzenberger**
**Rated: G Rated**
**Run Time: 1h 33m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Setting, Wild Magic, Atmosphere, Demographic Target**
**Weakness: Humor**

Brave (2012)

June 20, 2019

Merida faces the same foe as any princess her age; a mother who doesn’t care what she wants for her life, a national and family duty to marry on her birthday, and a highland witch who promises to change everything for her. You know the old fairy tale adage; Be careful what you wish for when speaking to a witch.

A Bug's Life (1998)

June 19, 2019

A misfit ant travels to the bug city to find warrior bugs, but mistakenly hires a failing circus crew instead.

w 1.jpg — Wall-E (2008)

**Directed By: Andrew Stanton**
**Starring: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, John Ratzenberger, Fred Willard**
**Rated: G**
**Run Time: 1h 38m**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars**
**Strengths: First Act**
**Weakness: The Rest**

Wall-E (2008)

June 19, 2019

A lone robot cleaning up the garbage congested surface of Earth has his world turned upside down when he gets a visit from another functioning robot from off world.

bb 1.jpg — Beach Bum (2019)

**Directed By: Harmony Korine**
**Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Isla Fisher, Snoop Dogg, Stefania LaVie Owen, Martin Lawrence, Zac Efron, Jonah Hill, Jimmy Buffett**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 35m**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars**
**Strengths: Characters**
**Weakness: Story**

Beach Bum (2019)

June 18, 2019

An aging stoner poet struggles to write a book and navigate the storms caused when his slacker philosophy meets ordinary and not so ordinary folk.

Monster's Inc. (2001)

June 18, 2019

A monster city is kept alive by the screams of children, until one child escapes.

ts 1.jpg — Toy Story (1995)

**Directed By: John Lasseter**
**Starring: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Jim Varney, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger**
**Rated: G Rated**
**Run Time: 1h 21m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Story, Humor**
**Weakness: None**

Toy Story (1995)

June 18, 2019

When Andy’s two favorite toys are lost they must set aside their rivalry and work together to find him again.

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**Directed by: Michael Winner**
**Starring: Charles Bronson, Jeff Goldblum, Hope Lang, Kathleen Tolan, Vincent Gardenia, Steven Keats**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 23 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Some Writing**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Execution**

Death Wish (1974)

June 17, 2019

After his wife and daughter are brutally assaulted, a bleeding-heart liberal becomes a gun-totting vigilante.

Hotel Mumbai (2018)

June 17, 2019

The true story of the Taj Hotel terrorist attack in Mumbai.

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**Directed by: Claire Denis**
**Starring: Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, Mia Goth**
**Rated: R for Disturbing Sexual and Violent Content Including Sexual Assault, Graphic Nudity, and For Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 53 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Story Structure, Acting, Cinematography, Unique Story, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Some Production Design**

High Life (2018)

June 17, 2019

A father and daughter struggle to survive in deep space.

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**Directed by: Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molina**
**Starring: Anthony Gonzalez, Gael Garcia Bernal, Benjamin Bratt, Alanna Ubach**
**Rated: PG for Thematic Elements**
**Running Time: 1 h 45 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Production Design, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing**

Coco (2017)

June 17, 2019

An aspiring musician enters the Land of the Dead to find his great-great-grandfather, a legendary singer, to receive his blessing.

Ω.jpg — The Disaster Artist (2017)

**Directed by: James Franco**
**Starring: James Franco, Dave Franco, Alison Brie, Jacki Weaver, Paul Scheer, Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, Josh Hutcherson, Ari Graynor, Megan Mullally, Jason Mantzoukas**
**Rated: R for Language Throughout and Some Sexuality/Nudity**
**Running Time: 1 h 44 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Writing, Story**
**WEAKNESSES: Weak Ending, Narrow Audience for Some Jokes**

The Disaster Artist (2017)

June 14, 2019

The true story of Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero, the team behind the infamously bad movie The Room.

T 1.jpg — Tideland (2005)

**Directed By: Terry Gilliam**
**Starring: Jodelle Ferland, Brendan Fletcher, Jeff Bridges, Jennifer Tilly**
**Rated: R Rated**
**Run Time: 2h**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars**
**Strengths: Acting, Concept**
**Weakness: Gross, Meandering**

Tideland (2005)

June 13, 2019

Jeliza-Rose’s parents are a couple of dead beat drug addicts. The only thing keeping her from going insane is a vivid imagination and the imaginary friends she invents as she lives on an old abandoned country estate.

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