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.

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**Directed by: James Watkins**
**Starring:Daniel Radcliffe, Janet McTeer, Ciaran Hinds**
**Rated: PG-13 for Thematic Material and Violence/Disturbing Images**
**Running Time: 1 h 35 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Production Design, Pacing, Atmosphere, Ending**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Acting, Lack of Real Scares, Too Many Jump Scares**

The Woman in Black (2012)

October 8, 2019

A young lawyer travels to an isolated village to settle the estate of a client, only to find a vengeful spirit is haunting the occupants of the village.

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**Directed by: Quentin Tarantino**
**Starring: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, Walton Goggins, Don Johnson, Quentin Tarantino, Jonah Hill, Bruce Dern**
**Rated: R for Strong Graphic Violence Throughout, A Vicious Fight, Language and Some Nudity**
**Running Time: 2 h 45 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting, Cinematography, Tone, Story Structure**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Django Unchained (2012)

July 22, 2019

With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal plantation owner.

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**Directed By: Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman**
**Starring: Kelly Macdonald, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Robbie Coltrane, Craig Ferguson, John Ratzenberger**
**Rated: G Rated**
**Run Time: 1h 33m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Setting, Wild Magic, Atmosphere, Demographic Target**
**Weakness: Humor**

Brave (2012)

June 20, 2019

Merida faces the same foe as any princess her age; a mother who doesn’t care what she wants for her life, a national and family duty to marry on her birthday, and a highland witch who promises to change everything for her. You know the old fairy tale adage; Be careful what you wish for when speaking to a witch.

Silent Hill: Revelation (2012)

October 11, 2018

Years after the events of the first Silent Hill, Sharon Da Silva is called back to the decrepit town to save her father.

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**Directed by: Peter Strickland**
**Starring: Toby Jones, Antonio Mancino, Guido Adorni**
**Rated: NR (Suggested PG-13 for Some Disturbing Thematic Material)**
**Running Time: 1 h 32 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Cinematography, Sound Design, Directing**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Artistic Nature Will Deter Normal Genre Fans**

Berberian Sound Studio (2012)

October 6, 2018

A British sound engineer travels to Italy to help finish a horror film, only to find working on the film is a literal nightmare.

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**Directed by: Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead**
**Starring: Peter Cilella, Vinny Curran, Emily Montague**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Strong Language, Some Violence, and Drug Use)**
**Running Time: 1 h 33 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Pacing, World-Building**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Acting**

Resolution (2012)

October 5, 2018

A man travels to an isolated cabin to help his estranged best friend overcome meth addiction, only to find the cabin might hold dark secrets.

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**Directed by: Harmony Korine**
**Starring: Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez, James Franco, Ashley Benson, Rachel Korine**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1h 34m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Editing, Lighting, Energy**
**WEAKNESSES: Extreme Content**

Spring Breakers (2012)

August 1, 2018

When four high schoolers run away from their conservative homes to live it up over spring break, the idea of returning to their him drum lives pushes them to party harder and harder, rather than go home.

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