s 1.jpg — Scrooge (1970)

**Directed By: Ronald Neame**
**Starring: Albert Finney, Sir Alec Guinness, Edith Evans, Kenneth More, Laurence Naismith, Michael Medwin, David Collings, Anton Rodgers**
**Rated: G**
**Run Time: 1h 53m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Music, Acting, Production**
**Weakness: One Person’s Acting**

Scrooge (1970)

December 11, 2019

Ebeneazer Scrooge is the most callous hard-hearted miser and loan shark London has ever seen until a visit from his dead partner’s ghost and three spirits open his eyes to the spirit of Christmas in this musical based on Charles Dickens’ classic tale.

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Directed by: Bob Clark
Starring: Olivia Hussey, Margot Kidder, Lynne Griffin
Rated: Suggested R for Strong Violence and Language
Running Time: 1h 38m
TMM Score: 3.5 Stars
STRENGTHS: Directing, Mystery, Fun
WEAKNESSES: Too Many Plot Holes

Black Christmas (1974)

December 10, 2019

A sorority is harassed by a strange and sinister caller….

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**Directed by: Rian Johnson**
**Starring: Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon, Don Johnson, Toni Collette, LaKeith Stanfeild, Christopher Plummer, Frank Oz, Riki Lindhome**
**Rated: PG-13 for Thematic Elements Including Brief Violence, Some Strong Language, Sexual References, and Drug Material**
**Running Time: 2 h 10 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Subversion of Expectations, Writing, Directing, Acting, Humor, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing in First Act**

Knives Out (2019)

December 10, 2019

A gentleman sleuth investigates the death of a patriarch of an rich and eccentric family.

c 1.jpg — Chappie (2015)

**Directed By: Neill Blomkamp**
**Starring: Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel, Hugh Jackman, Sigourney Weaver, Ninja, Yo-Landi Visser**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 2h**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Emotional Connection, Worldbuilding, Unique Characters**
**Weakness: Some Fortunate Coincidences**

Chappie (2015)

December 10, 2019

When the engineer behind the world’s first robotic police force goes against orders to crack the code for Artificial Intelligence he is forced to enlist a group of gangsters to help him ‘raise’ his new creation into adulthood.

The Honeymoon Killers (1970)

December 9, 2019

The true story of con artists turned serial killers, Martha Beck and Ray Fernandez.

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**Directed by: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett**
**Starring: Samara Weaving, Adam Brody, Mark O’Brien**
**Rated: R for Violence, Bloody Images, Language Throughout, and Some Drug Use**
**Running Time: 1 h 35 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Good Balance of Horror and Humor**
**WEAKNESSES: Treads On Familiar Ground**

Ready or Not (2019)

December 6, 2019

A bride’s wedding night takes a horrific turn after her in-laws force her to participate in a game.

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**Directed by: Adrian Grunberg**
**Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Yvette Monreal, Adriana Barraza, Sergio Peris-Mencheta**
**Rated: R for Strong Graphic Violence, Grisly Images, Drug Use and Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 29 m**
**TMM Score: 1.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Last Twenty Minutes Are Pretty Funny**
**WEAKNESSES: Writing, Directing, Story, Tone, Themes, Pacing**

Rambo: Last Blood (2019)

December 6, 2019

Rambo takes on Mexican drug cartels.

District 9 (2009)

December 5, 2019

When Middle Manager Wikus is given the task of clearing out the slum, District 9, which is populated by Extra Terrestrial Refugees, he is exposed to an alien substance which starts changing his body and sets off a corporate arms race.

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**Directed by: Penny Lane**
**Starring: Lucien Greaves, Jex Blackmore**
**Rated: R for Graphic Nudity, and Some Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 35 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Themes, Directing, Writing**
**WEAKNESSES: Content Will Deter Viewers**

Hail Satan? (2019)

December 5, 2019

A look at the rise and influence of the controversial religious-political group known as The Satanic Temple.

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**Directed by: Russ Meyer**
**Starring: Dolly Read, Cynthia Myers, Marcia McBroom, John Lazar, Michael Blodgett, David Gurian**
**Rated: NC-17**
**Running Time: 1 h 49 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Characters, Themes, Story, Soundtrack, Editing, Overall Insanity**
**WEAKNESSES: Monologue at the End**

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)

December 5, 2019

Three girls in a band travel to Hollywood to make it big, but instead only find drugs, promiscuity, and a procession of insane characters.

tr 1.jpg — Total Recall (1990)

**Directed By: Paul Verhoeven**
**Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone, Michael Ironside, Dean Norris**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 53m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Arnold, Fun, Action, Mystery**
**Weakness: A Little Slight in Aim**

Total Recall (1990)

December 4, 2019

In the future, when Quaid decides to take a memory vacation from his mundane life, he accidentally triggers a real life action/espionage adventure which ranges across two planets. Or so it seems to.

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**Directed by: Mark Robson**
**Starring: Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, Sharon Tate, Paul Burke**
**Rated: PG-13 for Thematic Elements Involving Substance Abuse, Some Sexual Content, Partial Nudity and Language**
**Running Time: 2 h 3 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Camp, Some Music, Historical Context**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing**

Valley of the Dolls (1967)

December 4, 2019

The rise and fall of three young women in show business.

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**Directed by: Martin Scorsese**
**Starring: Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Harvey Keitel, Ray Romano, Bobby Cannavale, Anna Paquin, Stephanie Kurtzuba, Jesse Plemons**
**Rated: R for Pervasive Language and Strong Violence**
**Running Time: 3 h 29 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Writing, Production Design, Scope, World Building**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

The Irishman (2019)

December 2, 2019

A mob hitman recounts his possible involvement with the killing of Jimmy Hoffa.

Faster_pussycat_kill_kill_poster_(1).jpg — Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965)

**Directed by: Russ Meyer**
**Starring: Tura Satana, Haji, Lori Williams, Ray Barlow, Sue Bernard, Dennis Busch, Stuart Lancaster, Paul Trinka**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Some Violence and Suggestive Content)**
**Running Time: 1 h 23 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Style, Story, Characters, Writing**
**WEAKNESSES: Exploitative Nature Won’t Appeal to Everyone**

Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965)

December 2, 2019

After three Go-Go dancers kill a man and kidnap a young girl, they come across an old man living with his two sons in the desert, and they plan to rob him of his fortune.