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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.

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: Marcus Nispel**
**Starring: Jared Padelecki, Danielle Panabaker, Amanda Righetti**
**Rated: R for Strong Bloody Violence, Some Graphic Sexual Content, Language and Drug Material**
**Running Time: 1 h 46 m**
**TMM Score: 0.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Absolutely Nothing**
**WEAKNESSES: Misogynistic and Unlikable Characters, Stupid Plot Progression, Acting**

Friday the 13th (2009)

October 25, 2019

A group of stupid people are attacked by a redneck in a hockey mask.

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**Directed by: Werner Herzog**
**Starring: Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Val Kilmer, Xzibit, Fairuza Balk, Jennifer Coolidge, Tom Bower, Brad Dourif, Shea Whigham, Michael Shannnon**
**Rated: R for Drug Use and Language Throughout, Some Violence and Sexuality**
**Running Time: 2 h 2 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Some Acting, Story**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Acting, Cheesy Ending, Uneven Quality**

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)

August 19, 2019

A drug and gambling addicted detective working in post-Katrina New Orleans investigates the brutal killings of five Senegalese immigrants.

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

July 23, 2019

Once upon a time in Nazi occupied France…

MV5BNGZkODlhMjktNzhhMC00YjFiLWJmODMtNjQwOGMzZjMxNTZiXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTMxODk2OTU@._V1_.jpg — A Serious Man (2009)

**Directed by: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen**
**Starring: Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Sari Lennick, Fred Melamed, Aaron Wolff**
**Rated: R for Language, Some Sexuality/Nudity and Brief Violence**
**Running Time: 1 h 46 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Writing, Directing, Themes, Ending**
**WEAKNESSES:-**

A Serious Man (2009)

March 26, 2019

A college physics teacher tries to find meaning in his life while it unravels before his eyes.

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**Directed by: Sean Byrne**
**Starring: Xavier Samuel, Robin McLeavy, John Brumpton**
**Rated: R for Strong Bloody Violence and Torture, Sexuality, Some Language, Teen Drug and Alcohol Use.**
**Running Time: 1 h 24 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting By Leads, Continually Ups Stakes**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Acting By Secondary Characters**

The Loved Ones (2009)

October 3, 2018

After Brent turns down Lola’s invitation to prom, she and her father kidnap Brent and force him to come to dinner.

parnassus 1.jpg — The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)

**Directed by: Terry Gilliam**
**Starring: Christopher Plummer, Lily Cole, Heath Ledger, Colin Farrell, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Andrew Garfield, Verne Troyer**
**Rated: PG13**
**Running Time: 2h 3m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Story Concept**
**WEAKNESSES: Visual Effects, Uneven Story Structure**

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)

August 22, 2018

An Ancient Storyteller and his band of entertainers, travel the world, opening people’s imaginations and competing with The Devil to enthrall their souls. Now, a new wager, threatens the life of his daughter who may be falling for a mysterious, dashing, and shady new member of their troupe.

Solomon Kane (2009)

August 10, 2018

After an encounter with a demon that tells him his soul is bound for hell, a mercenary renounces his ways of violence for a life of peace, but when he’s forced to travel back to his homeland, his vow of peace is tested.

The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)

February 15, 2018

A retired justice agent writes a novel to process a murder case that haunts him two and a half decades after the events transpired.

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