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**Directed by: Denis Villeneuve**
**Starring: Maxim Gaudette, Sebastien Huberdeau, Karine Vanasse, Evelyn Brouchu**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Extended Sequences of Realistic and Disturbing Violence)**
**Running Time: 1 h 17 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Some Acting, Cinematography, Pacing, Structure, Relevance**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Acting, Respect for Victims**

Polytechnique (2009)

December 15, 2020

A dramatization of the Montreal Massacre of 1989.

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**Directed by: Denis Villeneuve**
**Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Melanie Laurent, Sarah Gadon**
**Rated: R for Some Strong Sexual Content, Graphic Nudity and Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 31 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Acting, Themes, Cinematography, Atmosphere**
**WEAKNESSES: A Bit Slight**

Enemy (2013)

December 14, 2020

A man spots his doppelganger in a film and tries to seek him out.

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**Directed by: Brian Clemens**
**Starring: Horst Janson, John Carson, Caroline Munro, Shane Briant, Wanda Ventham**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 31 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, World Building, Fun**
**WEAKNESSES: Melodramatic, Cheesy**

Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1974)

October 18, 2020

A master swordsman and his hunchback assistant attempt to hunt a vampire that has been plaguing a town, with the help of one of its citizens.

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**Directed by: Richard Attenborough**
**Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time:1 h 45 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Directing**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Themes, Atmosphere**

Magic (1978)

October 17, 2020

A ventriloquist’s peculiar relationship with his dummy begins to affect his personal life.

Alucarda (1977)

October 13, 2020

A young girl arrives at a convent where she and her new best friend awaken an evil presence.

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**Directed by: Ben Howling, Yolanda Ramke**
**Starring: Martin Freeman, Susie Porter, Simone Landers**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Some Graphic Violence and Language)**
**Running Time: 1 h 45 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Themes, General Execution**
**WEAKNESSES: Well Worn Territory, Pacing**

Cargo (2017)

October 12, 2020

In zombie-ridden Australia, a father searches for someone to protect his infant daughter.

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**Directed by: Adam Simon**
**Starring: Bill Pullman, Bill Paxton, Bud Cort**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 25 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Inventiveness**
**WEAKNESSES: Predictability, Acting, Schmaltzy Moments**

Brain Dead (1990)

October 8, 2020

A neurosurgeon is recruited to extract crucial data from the mind of a paranoid schizophrenic, and finds he himself in a waking nightmare.

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**Directed by: Lukas Feigelfeld**
**Starring: Aleksandra Cwen, Celina Peter, Claudia Martini, Tanja Petrovsky**
**Rated: NR (Suggest R for Disturbing Violent Content)**
**Running Time: 1 h 42 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Cinematography, Story, Sound Design**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Small Target Audience**

Hagazussa (2017)

October 5, 2020

A woman living in isolation faces judgement and persecution from a group of nearby villagers, who believe the woman to be a witch.

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**Directed by: Vincente Aranda**
**Starring: Simon Andreu, Maribel Martin, Alexandra Bastedo**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 22 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Dream Sequence, Atmosphere, Production Design, Weird Twist**
**WEAKNESSES: Mild Pacing, Thin Story and Characters**

The Blood Spattered Bride (1972)

October 4, 2020

Newlywed Susan is haunted by visions of a centuries-old woman who murdered her husband on her wedding night.

81yjhYJo3dL._RI_.jpg — Starry Eyes (2014)

**Directed by: Kevin Kolsch, Dennis Widmyer**
**Starring: Alex Essoe, Amanda Fuller, Noah Segan**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Disturbing Graphic Violence and Gory Images, Language and Nudity)**
**Running Time: 1 h 38 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Third Act, Some Acting, Writing, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Subpar Moments**

Starry Eyes (2014)

October 3, 2020

A Faustian tale about a young actress struggling to make it in LA.

Audition (1999)

October 2, 2020

A widower takes an opportunity to screen girls at an audition arranged for him by a friend to find a new wife, only the girl whom the widower chooses to date is not at all who she seems.

Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (1922)

October 1, 2020

A silent era documentary concerning medieval beliefs about witchcraft.

ar 1.jpg — Andrei Rublev (1966)

**Directed By: Andrei Tarkovsky**
**Starring: Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Ivan Lapikov, Nikolay Grinko**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 3h 25m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Cinematography, Thematic Coherence, Acting**
**Weakness: Length Maybe?**

Andrei Rublev (1966)

April 13, 2020

The life of the great Icon Writer, Andrei Rublev, is the backdrop for this exploration of Russia, its people, history, faith, atrocities, and glory, as only a true seeker of enlightenment can.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Extended Cut) (2012)

April 13, 2020

Bilbo Baggins is recruited for an adventure that will send him galivanting across Middle Earth.

zt 1.jpg — Zero Theorem (2013)

**Directed By: Terry Gilliam**
**Starring: Christoph Waltz, Lucas Hedges, Mélanie Thierry, David Thewlis, Matt Damon, Tilda Swinton**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 47m**
**TMM Score: 2 Stars**
**Strengths: Briefly Humorous**
**Weakness: Plot, Coherence, Resolution, Meandering**

Zero Theorem (2013)

April 10, 2020

Qohen is a singularly minded omni-phobic computer operator who believes that the meaning of his life is just a phone call away if only he can keep Management’s constant demands for the Zero Theorem Proof off his back.

s+1.jpg — **The Sacrifice (1986)**

**Directed By: Andrei Tarkovsky**
**Starring: Erland Josephson, Susan Fleetwood, Allan Edwall**
**Rated: PG**
**Run Time: 2h 29m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Understated Tone, Long Takes, Thematic Integrity, Cinematography**
**Weakness: Maybe Pacing**

The Sacrifice (1986)

March 31, 2020

When WWIII threatens to annihilate his family and who knows how much of the rest of humanity, a retired aesthetics journalist and lecturer contemplates what he may be able to do to avoid cataclysm.