s 2.jpg — Shame (2011)

**Directed By: Steve McQueen**
**Starring: Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan, James Badge Dale**
**Rated: NC-17**
**Run Time: 1h 41m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Acting, Cinematography, Brevity**
**Weakness: NA**

Shame (2011)

March 3, 2020

Sex addict and successful New Businessman, Brandon, has his life upended when his sister comes to stay with him and breaks his reserved and solitary lifestyle.

id 1.jpg — In Darkness (2011)

**Directed By: Agnieszka Holland**
**Starring: Robert Wieckiewicz, Benno Fürmann, Agnieszka Grochowska**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 2h 25m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Point of View, Character Relationships**
**Weakness: Pacing**

In Darkness (2011)

August 30, 2019

When the Germans occupying Poland round up the Jews into the ghettos, a Polish sewer inspector decides to help hide some of them from the Germans, for a price.

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**Directed by: Dominic Sena**
**Starring: Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman, Claire Foy, Stephen Graham, Robert Sheehan, Christopher Lee**
**Rated: PG-13 for Thematic Elements, Violence and Disturbing Content**
**Running Time: 1 h 35 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Production Design, Claire Foy, Pacing, Fun**
**WEAKNESSES: Paint-By-Numbers Plot, Pointless Action Scenes, Character and Story Logic**

Season of the Witch (2011)

August 20, 2019

Crusader deserters are charged with bringing a suspected witch to an isolated monastery, where the monks that reside there will use a book to judge her.

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**Directed by: David Gordon Green**
**Starring: Danny McBride, James Franco, Rasmus Hardiker, Natalie Portman, Toby Jones, Justin Theroux, Zooey Deschanel, Charles Dance, Damian Lewis**
**Rated: R for Strong Crude and Sexual Content, Pervasive Language, Nudity, Violence and Some Drug Use**
**Running Time: 1 h 42 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Some Humor, Some Writing, Production Design**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Humor, Some Writing, Narrow Target Audience**

Your Highness (2011)

June 7, 2019

After Prince Fabious’s Bride is kidnapped, he goes on a quest to rescue her, accompanied by his lazy useless brother Thadeous.

Drive (2011)

February 13, 2019

A stuntman, mechanic, and racecar driver is drawn into the life of his neighbor whose husband is in jail. When a job goes south for the husband, the driver is left to clean up the mess.

Take Shelter (2011)

January 30, 2019

Plagued by visions which foretell of an apocalyptic storm, Curtis struggles to convince his family and the community around them, that he isn’t going insane as he sinks everything into building a storm shelter.

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**Directed by: Terrence Malick**
**Starring: Brad Pitt, Jessica Chastain, Hunter McCracken, Tye Sheridan, Sean Penn**
**Rated: PG-13 for Some Thematic Material**
**Running Time: 2 h 19 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Cinematography, Visual Storytelling, Directing, Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

The Tree of Life (2011)

December 14, 2018

A young boy comes of age in Texas during the 1950s. His parents have two conflicting ways of looking at life.

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**Directed by: Jaume Balaguero**
**Starring: Luis Tosar, Marta Etura, Alberto San Juan**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Disturbing Behavior, Some Sexuality/Nudity and A Scene of Violence)**
**Running Time: 1 h 42 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Content**

Sleep Tight (2011)

October 22, 2018

A depressed concierge at an apartment complex in Spain makes it his life’s work to make his tenant’s lives as miserable as his, but one tenant in particular is incredibly jovial.

MV5BMTQ1NDUyODk5NF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwODk0MjIwNg@@._V1_.jpg — Conan the Barbarian (2011)

**Directed by: Marcus Nispel**
**Starring: Jason Momoa, Ron Perlman, Rose McGowan, Stephen Lang**
**Rated: R for Strong Bloody Violence, Some Sexuality and Nudity**
**Running Time: 1 h 53 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Gloriously Gory, Silly Sword and Sorcery Premise, Production Design**
**WEAKNESSES: Acting, Directing, Writing, Pacing**

Conan the Barbarian (2011)

August 10, 2018

Conan the Barbarian seeks vengeance on the warlord that killed his father, while the warlord tries to find a power that will help him to resurrect the dead.

mi4 1.jpg — Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)

**Directed by: Brad Bird**
**Starring: Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Paula Patton, Simon Pegg**
**Rated: PG13**
**Running Time: 2h 12m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Set Pieces**
**WEAKNESSES: Terrible 3rd Act**

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)

July 25, 2018

After an infiltration of the Kremlin goes south, the entire IMF is disavowed. Now, alone and cutoff, Ethan Hunt and team must track down the terrorist responsible and stop him from starting a nuclear war.

A Separation

**Directed by: Asghar Farhadi**
**Starring: Payman Maadi, Leila Hatami, Sareh Bayet**
**Rated: PG13**
**Running Time: 2h 3m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Mystery, Complicated Characters, Cultural Immersion, Acting, Deliberate Direction**
**WEAKNESSES: None**

A Separation (2011)

March 9, 2018

As an Iranian couple flirt with divorce they are accused of assault. As the mystery of what happened is revealed, so is who they truly are.

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