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**Directed by: L.Q. Jones**
**Starring: Don Johnson, Susanne Benton, Jason Robards, Tim McIntire (Voice)**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 31 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Unique Story, Characters, Bizarre World, Some Style**
**WEAKNESSES: Rough Themes, Some Dated Scenes**

A Boy and His Dog (1975)

February 21, 2020

In the post-apocalyptic year of 2024, a boy and his telepathic dog travel across a wasteland in search of food, shelter, and sex.

c 1.jpg — Clemency (2019)

**Directed By: Chinonye Chukwu**
**Starring: Alfre Woodard, Aldis Hodge, Richard Schiff, Wendell Pierce**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 52m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Acting, Themes, Atmosphere**
**Weakness: None**

Clemency (2019)

February 21, 2020

Bernadine, a Warden at a death row penitentiary, finds herself searching her mind and heart for meaning as she prepares for another condemned man’s final sentence.

d 1.jpg — Dogtooth (2009)

**Directed By: Yorgos Lanthimos**
**Starring: Christos Stergioglou, Michele Valley, Angeliki Papoulia**
**Rated: NR**
**Run Time: 1h 37m**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars**
**Strengths: Tone, Creativity, Acting**
**Weakness: Slow**

Dogtooth (2009)

February 20, 2020

An insular family’s strange yet serene life is upset as the children come of age and want more than their sheltered existence.

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**Directed by: Yasuharu Hasebe**
**Starring: Meiko Kaji, Masakazu Tamura, Yumi Kanei**
**Rated: NR**
**Running Time: 1 h 29 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Fun, Style, Pacing, Meiko Kaji**
**WEAKNESSES: A Bit Superfluous**

Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song (1973)

February 20, 2020

The final chapter in the Female Prisoner Scorpion series.

918VSOuI0qL._RI_.jpg — Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable (1973)

**Directed by: Shun’ya Ito**
**Starring: Meiko Kaji, Mikio Narita, Reisen Ri, Yayoi Wantanabe**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Graphic and Disturbing Violence and Nudity)**
**Running Time: 1 h 27 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Style, Story**
**WEAKNESSES: Not As Much Fun as Previous Entries**

Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable (1973)

February 19, 2020

Matsu the Scorpion is sheltered by a woman whom is being abused, while an old prison mate, the police, and a cop whose arm she hacked off hunt her.

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**Directed by: Shun’ya Ito**
**Starring: Meiko Kaji, Fumio Wantanabe, Yukie Kagawa, FUdeko Tanaka**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Graphic Violence and Nudity)**
**Running Time: 1 h 30 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Style, Direction, Story, Action, Fun**
**WEAKNESSES: Sleazy/ Exploitative (?)**

Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972)

February 18, 2020

The second entry in the Female Prisoner Scorpion series. After being locked in solitary confinement for a year, Matsu the Scorpion escapes with a van full of prisoners and flees across a surreal landscape.

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**Directed by: Shun’ya Ito**
**Starring: Meiko Kaji, Rie Yokoyama, Yayoi Watanabe, Natsuyagi Isao**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Graphic Violence and Nudity)**
**Running Time: 1 h 27 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Style, Story, Fun, Influence**
**WEAKNESSES: Sleazy/ Exploitative (?)**

Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972)

February 17, 2020

After being betrayed by detective she had fallen in love with, a young woman is sent to a prison full of violent prisoners and guards.

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**Directed by: Jacques Demy**
**Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon, Marc Michel, Ellen Farner**
**Rated: NR (Suggested PG-13 for Thematic Elements)**
**Running Time: 1 h 31 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Catherine Deneuve, Music, Direction, Cinematography, Unconventional Story, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)

February 14, 2020

Lovers separated by war face life-altering decisions.

f 1.jpg — The Fall (2006)

**Directed By: Tarsem Singh**
**Starring: Lee Pace, Catinca Untaru, Justine Waddell**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 57m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Acting, Production Design and Costuming, Emotional Connection**
**Weakness: Brief CGI Moments**

The Fall (2006)

February 13, 2020

In a hospital, an injured stuntman weaves an epic tale for a young girl with a broken arm in order to convince her to help him obtain the Morphine he needs to numb his inner anguish.

November (2017)

February 12, 2020

A poor village in Estonia tries to survive the winter by using magic, and a young girl among the villagers attempts to woo a young man.

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**Directed by: Pedro Almodovar**
**Starring: Victoria Abril, Antonio Banderas, Loles Leon**
**Rated: NC-17 for a Scene of Strong Adult Sensuality and Nudity**
**Running Time: 1 h 41 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Characters, Humor, Mis-En-Scene**
**WEAKNESSES: Almodovar-lite**

Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1989)

February 10, 2020

A former mental patient takes a former porn star prisoner in an attempt to convince her to marry him.

Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn (2020)

February 7, 2020

After breaking up with the Joker, Harley Quinn tries to find out how she fits in the world, while teaming up with a group of superheroes to stop a crime lord.

Waves (2019)

February 7, 2020

A well off family struggling for love, meaning, hope, happiness, and wealth are met with a devastating tragedy which leaves them reeling.

919ItOAU36L._AC_SL1500_.jpg — For Your Consideration (2006)

**Directed by: Christopher Guest**
**Starring: Catherine O’Hara, Harry Shearer, Parker Posey, Christopher Guest, Eugene Leavy, Christopher Moynihan, John Michael Higgins**
**Rated: PG-13 for Sexual References and Brief Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 26 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Acting, Satire, Structure**
**WEAKNESSES: Inside Jokes Won’t Work For Everyone**

For Your Consideration (2006)

February 7, 2020

An indie film production explodes into mania after it’s rumored one of the actors might be nominated for an Oscar.

eh 1.jpg — Event Horizon (1997)

**Directed By: Paul W.S. Anderson**
**Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan, Joely Richardson, Richard T. Jones, Jack Noseworthy, Jason Isaacs**
**Rated: R Rated**
**Run Time: 1 h 36m**
**TMM Score: 4**
**Strengths: High Concept, Atmosphere, Horror Sequences**
**Weakness: Some Acting, Slight**

Event Horizon (1997)

February 6, 2020

Years after its disastrous disappearance, the Event Horizon, a ship designed to travel faster than light has reappeared near Neptune. It’s up to one crew to find out what happened to it, where it went, and what came back with it.

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**Directed by: Oliver Stone**
**Starring: Sean Penn, Nick Nolte, Jennifer Lopez, Billy Bob Thornton, Powers Boothe, Claire Danes, Jon Voight, Joaquin Phoenix, Liv Tyler**
**Rated: R for Strong Violence, Sexuality and Language**
**Running Time: 2 h 5 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Some Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Acting, Directing, Editing**

U Turn (1997)

February 5, 2020

A man heading to Vegas to pay off his gambling debt is waylaid in a strange Arizona town where everything goes wrong.

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**Directed by: Edward Norton**
**Starring: Edward Norton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Alec Baldwin, Bobby Cannavale, Willem Dafoe, Bruce Willis, Ethan Suplee, Michael Kenneth Williams, Leslie Mann**
**Rated: R for Language Throughout Including Some Sexual References, Brief Drug Use, and Violence**
**Running Time: 2 h 24 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Story, Writing**
**WEAKNESSES: Length, Pacing**

Motherless Brooklyn (2019)

February 5, 2020

A private detective with Tourette’s syndrome in 1950s New York tries to solve the murder of his mentor and friend.

h 1.jpg — Harriet (2019)

**Directed By: Kasi Lemmons**
**Starring: Cynthia Erivo, Leslie Odom Jr., Joe Alwyn, Clarke Peters, Janelle Monáe**
**Rated: PG-13**
**Run Time: 2h 5m**
**TMM Score: 2 Stars**
**Strengths: Star Power, High Production Value**
**Weakness: Simplistic, Writing**

Harriet (2019)

February 4, 2020

Minty is a married slave who runs away when she suspects her master is going to sell her down south from where slaves don’t ever return. When she manages to make her escape to the Free North she changes her name to Harriet Tubman and dedicates herself to freeing as many slaves as possible.

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**Directed by: Abner Pastoll**
**Starring: Sarah Bolger, Edward Hogg, Andrew Simpson**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Some Strong Bloody Violence and Gory Images)**
**Running Time: 1 h 37 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: Mild Pacing Issues, Coincidental Moments**

A Good Woman is Hard to Find (2019)

February 3, 2020

An impoverished, recently widowed mother of two gets sucked into the world of crime that dwells right outside her door, and must fight to protect her children.

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**Directed by: Oz Perkins**
**Starring: Sophia Lillis, Alice Krige, Jessica De Gouw, Samuel Leakey**
**Rated: PG-13 for Disturbing Images/Thematic Content, and Brief Drug Material**
**Running Time: 1 h 27 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Mise-En-Scene, Twist on Familiar Story**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Some Acting**

Gretel & Hansel (2020)

February 3, 2020

A darker retelling of the tale of Hansel and Gretel, focused more on the sister’s perspective.

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