ro 1.jpg — Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)

**Directed By: Gareth Edwards**
**Starring: Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen, Ben Mendelsohn,**
**Forest Whitaker, Riz Ahmed, Mads Mikkelsen**
**Rated: PG-13**
**Run Time: 2h 13m**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars**
**Strengths: Broad Story Strokes, Climax**
**Weakness: Muddled Plot, Main Characters**

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)

December 20, 2019

Jyn Erso has been living and surviving aimlessly since The Empire killed her mother and captured her father to help build the Death Star. When the rebellion asks her to join an effort to steal plans for the doomsday weapon

The Wailing (2016)

November 5, 2019

An ancient evil arrives in small South Korean village…

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.

MV5BODE2NjE4NjYyMV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNzk3MjQ0OTE@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,674,1000_AL_.jpg — The Edge of Seventeen (2016)

**Directed by: Kelly Fremon Craig**
**Starring: Hailee Steinfeld, Haley Lu Richardson, Blake Jenner, Kyra Sedgwick, Woody Harrelson, Hayden Szeto**
**Rated: R for Sexual Content, Language and Some Drinking- All Involving Teens**
**Running Time: 1 h 44 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Acting, Humor**
**WEAKNESSES: A Few Cheesy Moments**

The Edge of Seventeen (2016)

September 10, 2019

Life gets more complicated for a high school student after her best friend starts dating her brother.

aoo 1.jpg — Army of One (2016)

**Directed By: Larry Charles**
**Starring: Nicolas Cage, Russell Brand, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Paul Scheer, Will Sasso, Rainn Wilson**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 32m**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars**
**Strengths: Nic Cage**
**Weakness: Uninspired Directing, Pacing**

Army of One (2016)

August 22, 2019

When Gary Faulkner is told by God to go get Osama Bin Laden he struggles with his Holy Quest/Life balance.

MV5BMjQ1NjM3MTUxNV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMDc5MTY5OTE@._V1_.jpg — Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

**Directed by: Mel Gibson**
**Starring: Andrew Garfield, Hugo Weaving, Rachel Griffiths, Teresa Palmer, Vince Vaughn, Sam Worthington**
**Rated: R for Intense Prolonged Realistically Graphic Sequences of War Violence Including Grisly Bloody Images**
**Running Time: 2 h 19 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Story, Themes, Acting, Writing**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing in First Half**

Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

August 12, 2019

The true story of Desmond Doss, a soldier who helped to save wounded at the Battle of Okinawa without ever firing a shot at the enemy.

MV5BNzQxNTIyODAxMV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNzQyMDA3OTE@._V1_.jpg — Moonlight (2016)

**Directed by: Barry Jenkins**
**Starring: Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris, Trevante Rhodes, Alex Hibbert, Janelle Monae, Ashton Sanders**
**Rated: R for Some Sexuality, Drug Use, Brief Violence, and Language Throughout**
**Running Time: 1 h 51 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Writing, Cinematography, Acting, Themes and Message**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Moonlight (2016)

July 5, 2019

A closeted gay black man in a rough neighborhood in Miami struggles to define who he is and what that means over the course of his life.

Shin Godzilla (2016)

May 22, 2019

When an immense mysterious evolutionarily advanced creature emerges from the sea and begins walking to Tokyo, the government and people of Japan must band together to save their country and the world.

MV5BMjMxOTM1OTI4MV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwODE5OTYxMDI@._V1_.jpg — Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

**Directed by: David Yates**
**Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Colin Ferrell, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Samantha Morton, Ezra Miller**
**Rated: PG-13 for Some Fantasy Action**
**Running Time: 2 h 13 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: World-Building, Characters, Production Design, Effects**
**WEAKNESSES: Scatterbrained Story, Pacing**

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

November 16, 2018

A wizard named Newt Scamander journeys to New York in the 1926, only to accidentally become involved with a group of Wizards. Meanwhile, the evil Grindelwald wrecks havoc around the wizarding and muggle worlds alike.

The Love Witch (2016)

November 1, 2018

Elaine is anything but a modern girl. Using magic to lure and keep men, however, she is left with a host of unexpected and frustrating emotions. Not to mention the ever growing stack of bodies she can claim to her name.

MV5BZjU5OWVlN2EtODNlYy00MjhhLWI0MDUtMTA3MmQ5MGMwYTZmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjE5MTM4MzY@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,674,1000_AL_.jpg — The Conjuring 2 (2016)

**Directed by: James Wan**
**Starring: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Madison Wolfe, Frances O'Connor**
**Rated: R for Terror and Horror Violence**
**Running Time: 2 h 14 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Atmosphere, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: Lack of Subtlety, The Crooked Man**

The Conjuring 2 (2016)

October 26, 2018

The Warrens head to London to help a single mother and her children deal with a restless spirit.

Everybody Wants Some!! (2016)

October 18, 2018

Incoming freshman and baseball prospect, Jake, arrives at college where he will be living off-campus in a house with other baseball team members. What else is there to do for a bunch of athletic, free-for-the-first-time, barely-post-pubescent kids to do on their last weekend before classes? Practice?

MV5BNDU5YzgyOGYtNTFjMi00Mzg4LWFhODMtMjY3OWM0ZjM0YTVkXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMzQwMTY2Nzk@._V1_.jpg — The Limehouse Golem (2016)

**Directed by: Juan Carlos Medina**
**Starring: Olivia Cooke, Bill Nighy, Douglas Booth**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Grisly Violence and Some Sexual Material)**
**Running Time: 1 h 49 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Atmosphere, Acting, Writing**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing**

The Limehouse Golem (2016)

October 14, 2018

As famed musician Elizabeth Cree awaits her death sentence for the apparent murder of her husband, Inspector Kildare investigates a series of murders that might coincide with Cree’s husband.

MV5BMTg5Njg1MzIwNl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNDU1NjczMDI@._V1_SY1000_SX675_AL_.jpg — A Cure for Wellness (2016)

**Directed by: Gore Verbinski**
**Starring: Dane Dehaan, Jason Isaacs, Mia Goth**
**Rated: R for Disturbing Violent Content and Images, Sexual Content Including an Assault, Graphic Nudity, and Language**
**Running Time: 2 h 26 m**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Production Design, Cinematography, Soundtrack**
**WEAKNESSES: Acting, Pacing, Dialogue, Length**

A Cure for Wellness (2016)

October 9, 2018

A wealthy young executive is sent to a retreat in the Swiss Alps to retrieve his company’s CEO, only to find the spa where the CEO is staying might hold some dark secrets.

MV5BMTEzNDk1MzM4MDleQTJeQWpwZ15BbWU4MDM2NTI4ODEy._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,675,1000_AL_.jpg — A Dark Song (2016)

**Directed by: Liam Gavin**
**Starring: Catherine Walker, Steve Oram, Mark Huberman**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Thematic Material and Some Disturbing Imagery)**
**Running Time: 1 h 40 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Pacing, Message**
**WEAKNESSES: Ending Won’t Work For Everyone, Not Scary for Genre Hardened Fans**

A Dark Song (2016)

October 8, 2018

A young woman teams up with an occultist to attempt a dangerous but powerful ritual; in doing so they risk their lives and souls.

My Life As a Zucchini (2016)

June 21, 2018

When young Zucchini accidentally kills his single alcoholic mother he is placed in a foster group home where he meets other children who are all in a similar plight and don’t know what to think of the new kid.

Derren Brown: The Push

**Directed by: Jon Richards**
**Starring: Ben Adams, Darren Brown, Tom Carter**
**Rated: TV-MA**
**Running Time: 1h 8m**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Tension Building**
**WEAKNESSES: Underlying Moral, Drawn Out**

Derren Brown: The Push (2016)

March 15, 2018

In this special reality TV presentation, one man is put through an elaborate series of social pressures all designed to see if a normal, everyday guy can be pushed to kill.

Under the Shadow (2016)

January 25, 2018

Shideh is a woman struggling to live beneath the patriarchal oppression of 1980’s post-revolution Tehran. As the city becomes the targets of more and more attacks, Shideh stays in the city, despite all of her neighbors fleeing for cover. She and her daughter are soon provoked by a djinn (in other cultures spelled jinn, or genie) that lives in her building.

Arrival (2016)

June 1, 2017

A linguistics specialist is recruited by the US army to try to make contact with Aliens.

Hillsong: Let Hope Rise

**Directed By: Michael John Warren**
**Starring: Michael Guy Chislett, Matt Crocker, Adam Crosariol**
**Rated PG for Some Thematic Elements**
**TMM: 3 out of 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Cinematography, Direction, Themes**
**Weaknesses: Story**

Hillsong: Let Hope Rise (2016)

September 21, 2016

Hillsong sings a live concert.

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