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**Directed by: William Lustig**
**Starring: Tom Atkins, Bruce Campbell, Laurene Landon, Robert Z’Dar**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 25 m**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Schlocky Fun, Bruce Campbell**
**WEAKNESSES: Pretty Much Everything**

Maniac Cop (1988)

October 16, 2020

A killer dressed as a cop prowls the streets of NYC. IS ANYWHERE SAFE!?

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**Directed by: Dario Argento**
**Starring: Asia Argento, Piper Laurie, Christopher Rydell, Frederic Forrest, Brad Dourif**
**Rated: R for Violence and Terror, and for Some Sexuality and Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 46 m**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: A Couple Cool Kills, Some Directing**
**WEAKNESSES: Acting, Writing, Pacing, Some Weird Directing Choices**

Dario Argento's Trauma (1993)

October 11, 2020

A young man tries to help a teenage European after she witnesses the murder of her parents.

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**Directed by: Ole Bornedal**
**Starring: Ewan McGregor, Nick Nolte, Patricia Arquette, Josh Brolin, Lauren Graham, Brad Dourif, John C Reilly**
**Rated: R for Strong, Morbid Violence, Language, Sexuality and Some Drug Content**
**Running Time: 1 h 41 m**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Some Acting, Concept, Some Direction**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Most Acting, Some Execution**

Nightwatch (1997)

October 10, 2020

A law student at a morgue begins to discover clues that implicate him as the lead suspect in a series of grotesque murders.

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**Directed by: Peter Callow**
**Starring: Eva-Marie Kung, Ross Noble, Colin Burnicle, Griffin Stevens, Sesselia Olafs, Edward Baker-Duly**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Some Violence Including Disturbing Images and for Language)**
**Running Time: 1 h 33 m**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Atmosphere, Concept, World Building**
**WEAKNESSES: Effects, Acting, Unlikeable Characters**

The Circle (2017)

October 7, 2020

A group of archaeology students travel to a remote Scottish island where they stumble upon a mysterious site, and soon, unusual phenomenon begin.

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.

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: Bernardo Bertolucci**
**Starring: Robert DeNiro, Gerard Depardieu, Dominique Sandra, Donald Sutherland**
**Rated: NR (Suggested NC-17 for Explicit Sexual Content, and Violence Including Animal Cruelty)**
**Running Time: 5 h 17 m**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Cinematography, Acting, Some Amazing Sequences, Directing**
**WEAKNESSES: Animal Cruelty, Length, Themes, Also Directing**

1900 (1976)

January 17, 2020

An epic tale of class struggle in Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends- one wealthy, one poor.

o 1.jpg — Overcomer (2019)

**Directed By: Alex Kendrick**
**Starring: Alex Kendrick, Shari Rigby, Aryn Wright-Thompson**
**Rated: PG**
**Run Time: 1h 59m**
**TMM Score: 2 Stars**
**Strengths: Main Story Beats**
**Weakness: Heavy Handedness**

Overcomer (2019)

December 24, 2019

A High School Basketball coach at a struggling private Christian high school is forced to coach the Cross Country team as well as adjust his understanding of success, meaning, and faith.

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**Directed by: Farhad Safinia**
**Starring: Mel Gibson, Sean Penn, Eddie Marsan, Natalie Dormer, Steve Coogan, Ioan Gruffud**
**Rated: NR (Suggested PG-13 for Some Violence and Thematic Elements)**
**Running Time: 2 h 4 m**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Melodrama, Length, Undeveloped Themes**

The Professor and the Madman (2019)

November 22, 2019

A Professor at Oxford University starts to compile a dictionary and finds enormous help from a man who has been imprisoned at a madhouse for murder.

Halloween IV: The Return of Michael Meyers (1988)

October 31, 2019

Ten years after Michael Meyers stalked Laurie Strode, he wakes from a coma and returns home to Haddonfield to kill his niece.

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**Directed by: John Boorman**
**Starring: Linda Blair, Richard Burton, Louise Fletcher, Max Von Sydow, Ned Beatty, James Earl Jones**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 57 m**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: It’s Pretty Funny**
**WEAKNESSES: Everything**

Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)

October 30, 2019

The continuing misadventures of Regan MacNeil and her demon pal Pazuzu.

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**Directed by: James Isaac**
**Starring: Kane Hodder, Lexa Doig, David Cronenberg, Jeff Geddis**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 31 m**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: It’s Incredibly Funny, Some Cool/Creative Kills**
**WEAKNESSES: Almost Everything**

Jason X (2001)

October 25, 2019

Jason Voorhees is frozen in carbonite for four hundred years until he’s brought back on a space ship.

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**Directed by: Jack Sholder**
**Starring: Robert Englund, Mark Patton, Kim Myers**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 27 m**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Some Story Elements, Practical Effects, Dream Sequences**
**WEAKNESSES: Entire Third Act**

A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)

October 25, 2019

A teenage boy is haunted by Freddy Krueger in his dreams, and he believes that Freddy might be possessing him.

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**Directed by: Adam Marcus**
**Starring: John D. Lemay, Kane Hodder, Kari Keegan**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 27 m**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Some Story Elements, It’s Fun**
**WEAKNESSES: It’s Incredibly Stupid**

Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993)

October 25, 2019

After being blown up, Jason’s soul possesses a morgue worker and he tries to find a member of the Voorhees family so that he can be reborn through magic.

Case 39 (2009)

October 22, 2019

Social worker Bethany isn’t prepared for this next case, which could be her last….

The Dark Half (1993)

October 21, 2019

After a writer kills off his pseudonym the pseudonym manifests and terrorizes the writer and his family.

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**Directed by: Frank Henenlotter**
**Starring: Kevin Van Hentenryck, Annie Ross, Gil Roper**
**Rated: R for Graphic Monster Violence, Sensuality and Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 25 m**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Monster Effects, Some Humor**
**WEAKNESSES: Most Humor, Pacing, Boring Writing**

Basket Case III (1991)

October 14, 2019

Following the events of “Basket Case 2”, Duane recovers from his delusional breakdown and learns that Belial will soon become a father.

cb 1.jpg — Collateral Beauty (2016)

**Directed By: David Frankel**
**Starring: Will Smith, Edward Norton, Kate Winslet, Michael Pena, Helen Mirren, Keira Knightley**
**Rated: PG-13**
**Run Time: 1h 37m**
**TMM Score: 2 Stars**
**Strengths: Nothing**
**Weakness: Plot, Story, Concept, Predictable Twist**

Collateral Beauty (2016)

October 9, 2019

Howard Inlet’s successful life as an executive is rocked when the death of his daughter sends him spiralling in despair and erratic behavior. His friends and business partners, motivations mixed between helping their friend and securing their business, employ three actors to challenge and hopefully heal Howard.

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**Directed by: Richard W. Haines, Lloyd Kaufman**
**Starring: Janelle Brady, Gil Brenton, Robert Prichard**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 25 m**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Practical Effects**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Boring**

Class of Nuke 'Em High (1986)

October 4, 2019

The students at a high school near a nuclear power plant start behaving strangely after smoking irradiated marijuana.

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)

September 30, 2019

After getting scammed out of their royalties, Jay and Silent Bob travel to Hollywood to stop a “Bluntman and Chronic” film.

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