uts 1.jpg — Under the Skin (2013)

**Directed By: Jonathan Glazer**
**Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy McWilliams, Lynsey Taylor Mackay**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 48m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Cinematography, Directorial Integrity**
**Weakness: -**

Under the Skin (2013)

September 19, 2019

A visitor from another planet observes human individuals, groups, patterns, and behaviour from a detached alien point of view.

em 1.jpg — Ex Machina (2014)

**Directed By: Alex Garland**
**Starring: Alicia Vikander, Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 48m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Acting, VFX**
**Weakness: Domhnall Gleeson’s Character**

Ex Machina (2014)

September 18, 2019

When a gifted programmer wins a week long visit with a tech multi-biliionaire, he becomes a part of one of the greatest discoveries mankind has ever achieved. A. I.

The Guilty (2018)

September 17, 2019

A police officer assigned to dispatch receives a phone call from a kidnapped woman and does everything in his power to try to save her.

Deliverance (1972)

September 17, 2019

A canoe trip goes horribly wrong for four friends in the deep Georgia wilderness.

Broadcast News (1987)

September 16, 2019

A behind the scenes look at the lives of two male television reporters and one female producer, all of whom are incredibly driven.

61a0fvXyuWL._RI_.jpg — Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)

**Directed by: John Hughes**
**Starring: Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara, Jeffrey Jones**
**Rated: PG-13**
**Running Time: 1 h 43 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Humor, Inventive Writing, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Pacing**

Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

September 13, 2019

A popular high school student skips school and his principal tries to catch him in the act.

ec 1.jpg — The Emperor's Club (2002)

**Directed By: Michael Hoffman**
**Starring: Kevin Kline, Emile Hirsch, Joel Gretsch, Edward Hermann, Harris Yulin, Paul Dano, Jesse Eisenberg**
**Rated: PG-13**
**Run Time: 1h 49m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Themes, Unexpected Turns**
**Weakness: Schmaltzy**

The Emperor's Club (2002)

September 13, 2019

An aging teacher of Classics at a boarding school is given the opportunity to see how he affected the lives of his students when one of them organizes a reunion weekend.

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**Directed by: Robert Altman**
**Starring: Keith Carradine, Karen Black, Ronee Blakley, Shelley Duvall, Robert DoQui, Ned Beatty, Lily Tomlin, Barbara Harris, Jeff Goldblum**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 2 h 40 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting, Satire**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Nashville (1975)

September 13, 2019

An ensemble film that satires American culture and politics in the 1970s.

ft 1.jpg — Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)

**Directed By: Amy Heckerling**
**Starring: Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Robert Romanus, Brian Backer, Phoebe Cates, Ray Walston**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 30m**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars**
**Strengths: Characters**
**Weakness: It Has Aged**

Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)

September 12, 2019

The students of Ridgemont High explore their burgeoning adulthood and all the relationships, responsibility, and awkwardness that adolescence brings.

71onlDHdUML._RI_.jpg — Superbad (2007)

**Directed by: Greg Mottola**
**Starring: Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Emma Stone, Bill Hader, Seth Rogen**
**Rated: R for Pervasive Crude and Sexual Content, Strong Language, Drinking, Some Drug Use and a Brief Violent Image - All Involving Teens**
**Running Time: 2h**
**TMM Score: 4.5 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Nostalgic, Hilarious Characters, Trend Setter**
**WEAKNESSES: Convenient Story Beats**

Superbad (2007)

September 11, 2019

The final year of high school better be the best one for three friends.

ea 1.jpg — Easy A (2010)

**Directed By: Will Gluck**
**Starring: Emma Stone, Amanda Bynes, Penn Badgley, Patricia Clarkson, Stanley Tucci**
**Rated: PG-13**
**Run Time: 1h 32m**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars**
**Strengths: Humor**
**Weakness: Harsh Treatment of Specific Group**

Easy A (2010)

September 11, 2019

When responsible and uncool high school student Olive helps a gay friend stay in the closet, by pretending she had sex with him, her popularity booms and she finds out just how alluring the rumor mill’s power of popularity really is.

MV5BODE2NjE4NjYyMV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNzk3MjQ0OTE@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,674,1000_AL_.jpg — The Edge of Seventeen (2016)

**Directed by: Kelly Fremon Craig**
**Starring: Hailee Steinfeld, Haley Lu Richardson, Blake Jenner, Kyra Sedgwick, Woody Harrelson, Hayden Szeto**
**Rated: R for Sexual Content, Language and Some Drinking- All Involving Teens**
**Running Time: 1 h 44 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Acting, Humor**
**WEAKNESSES: A Few Cheesy Moments**

The Edge of Seventeen (2016)

September 10, 2019

Life gets more complicated for a high school student after her best friend starts dating her brother.

MV5BYTJlNjlkZTktNjEwOS00NzI5LTlkNDAtZmEwZDFmYmM2MjU2XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjg2NjQwMDQ@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,674,1000_AL_.jpg — It: Chapter Two (2019)

**Directed by: Andy Muschietti**
**Starring: Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Bill Skarsgard, Finn Wolfhard, Bill Hader, Isaiah Mustafa, Jay Ryan, James Ransone**
**Rated: R for Disturbing Violent Content and Bloody Images Throughout, Pervasive Language, and Some Crude Sexual Material**
**Running Time: 2 h 49 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: First Act, Some Special Effects, Some Atmosphere**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Length, Character Chemistry, Ending**

It Chapter Two (2019)

September 9, 2019

The conclusion of Stephen King’s It.

Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)

September 9, 2019

A young girl whom lives in a surreal and fantastical world, finds herself being quested after, influenced, and tricked by vampires, bishops, men and women alike as she approaches womanhood.

ka 1.jpg — Kick Ass (2010)

**Directed By: Matthew Vaughn**
**Starring: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Nicolas Cage, Chloë Grace Moretz, Mark Strong, Christopher Mintz-Plasse**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 57m**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars (I liked it)**
**Strengths: High Concept, Nicolas Cage, Fun**
**Weakness: Acting**

Kick Ass (2010)

September 6, 2019

Dave, a comic book nerd high school outcast, is tired of the petty crimes surrounding him and decides to fight back. Inspired by his love of comic heroes, he becomes Kick Ass the crime fighter. If only he had powers.

A Matter of Life and Death (1946)

September 6, 2019

After a British pilot miraculously survives jumping from his plane without a parachute, all the powers of heaven convene for a court case to see if he should be allowed to live.

American Heretics: The Politics of the Gospel (2019)

September 5, 2019

An informational documentary about groups of Christians in Oklahoma and how their faith has caused them to blaze new trails of political practice.

ttf 1.jpg — Them that Follow (2019)

**Directed By: Britt Poulton, Dan Madison Savage**
**Starring: Olivia Colman, Walton Goggins, Kaitlyn Dever, Jim Gaffigan**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 38m**
**TMM Score: 2 Stars**
**Strengths: Acting, Practical Effects**
**Weakness: Story, Characters**

Them That Follow (2019)

September 4, 2019

Dilly is a young woman struggling with an unplanned pregnancy in a small rural mountain community which is bound together in their faith, a rare Christian sect that handles poisonous snakes to prove their faith.

MV5BMDZkODI2ZGItYTY5Yi00MTA4LWExY2ItM2ZmNjczYjM0NDg1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMzY0MTE3NzU@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,674,1000_AL_.jpg — Men in Black: International (2019)

**Directed by: F. Gary Gray**
**Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson, Rebecca Ferguson, Emma Thompson, Liam Neeson, Kumail Nanjiani**
**Rated: PG-13 for Sci-Fi Action, Some Language and Suggestive Material**
**Running Time: 1 h 54 m**
**TMM Score: 1.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Tessa Thompson**
**WEAKNESSES: Story Structure, Directing, Pacing**

Men in Black: International (2019)

September 3, 2019

The Men in Black search for a mole amongst their ranks.

MV5BMTA2MjA3ODU0NjBeQTJeQWpwZ15BbWU4MDE3NTQxNDcz._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,631,1000_AL_.jpg — Ma (2019)

**Directed by: Tate Taylor**
**Starring: Octavia Spencer, Diana Silvers, Juliette Lewis, Tate Taylor, Luke Evans, Allison Janney**
**Rated: R for Violent/Disturbing Material, Language Throughout, Sexual Content, and for Teen Drug and Alcohol Use**
**Running Time: 1 h 39 m**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Octavia Spencer**
**WEAKNESSES: Finding Target Audience, Some Acting**

Ma (2019)

September 3, 2019

A lonely, middle-aged woman befriends a group of teenagers and lets them party in her house, but after a while, the middle-aged woman starts acting strangely possessive.

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