Ghost Rider (2007)
Directed By: Mark Steven Johnson
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Sam Elliott, Peter Fonda, Wes Bentley
Rated: PG-13
Run Time: 1h 54m
TMM Score: 2 Stars
Strengths: Ummm… I got nothing.
Weakness: CG, Acting, Story, Logic, Everything
When the son of a motorcycle daredevil makes a deal with the real devil he becomes a spectral flaming skeletal bounty hunter for him, collecting any souls the devil desires.
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Eastern Promises (2007)
Directed by: David Cronenberg
Starring: Naomi Watts, Viggo Mortensen, Armin Muller-Stahl, Vincent Cassel
Rated: R for Strong Brutal and Bloody Violence, Some Graphic Sexuality, Language and Nudity
Running Time: 1 h 41 m
TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Acting, Directing, Writing, Subtlety
WEAKNESSES: Vincent Cassel
A London midwife delivers a baby for a dying teenage prostitute. When she attempts to find the family of the child, she finds herself dealing with a violent Russian mob family.
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There Will Be Blood (2007)
Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano
Rated: R for Some Violence
Running Time: 2 h 37 m
TMM Score: 5 Stars
STRENGTHS: Characters, Story, Cinematography, Score
WEAKNESSES: Requires Patience
A game of power between a millionaire oil man and a small town priest.
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Trick’r Treat (2007)
Directed by: Michael Dougherty
Starring: Dylan Baker, Brian Cox, Anna Paquin
Rated: R for Horror Violence, Some Sexuality/Nudity and Language
Running Time: 1 h 22 m
TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Writing, Halloween Spirit
WEAKNESSES: Some Uneven Pacing
A flower shop worker comes across an unusual species of plant that brings him great fortune, but at a great cost.
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
Directed by: Tim Burton
Starring: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Sacha Baron Cohen
Rated: R for Graphic Bloody Violence
Running Time: 1 h 56 m
TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Art Direction, Music, Acting, Story, Dark Humor
WEAKNESSES: -
A barber who has been wrongfully imprisoned for fifteen years returns to London to extract his revenge on the judge who wronged him.
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