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**Directed by: Denis Villeneuve**
**Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Melanie Laurent, Sarah Gadon**
**Rated: R for Some Strong Sexual Content, Graphic Nudity and Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 31 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Acting, Themes, Cinematography, Atmosphere**
**WEAKNESSES: A Bit Slight**

Enemy (2013)

December 14, 2020

A man spots his doppelganger in a film and tries to seek him out.

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**Directed by: Stephen Cognetti**
**Starring: Gore Abrams Alice Bahlke, Danny Bellini, Ryan Jennifer Jones, Lauren A Kennedy, Adam Schneider**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Terror and Language)**
**Running Time: 1 h 33 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Ingenuity, Low Budget Gem, Genuinely Creepy Atmosphere**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Acting, Some Plot Points Brushed Over, Some Stupid Character Choices**

Hell House LLC (2015)

October 9, 2020

A documentary crew sets out to explain what happened the opening night at a Haunted House attraction where fifteen people died mysteriously.

81yjhYJo3dL._RI_.jpg — Starry Eyes (2014)

**Directed by: Kevin Kolsch, Dennis Widmyer**
**Starring: Alex Essoe, Amanda Fuller, Noah Segan**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Disturbing Graphic Violence and Gory Images, Language and Nudity)**
**Running Time: 1 h 38 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Third Act, Some Acting, Writing, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Subpar Moments**

Starry Eyes (2014)

October 3, 2020

A Faustian tale about a young actress struggling to make it in LA.

Audition (1999)

October 2, 2020

A widower takes an opportunity to screen girls at an audition arranged for him by a friend to find a new wife, only the girl whom the widower chooses to date is not at all who she seems.

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**Directed by: Ken Annakin**
**Starring: John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, James MacArthur, Janet Munro, Tommy Kirk, Kevin Corcoran, Sessue Hayakawa**
**Rated: G**
**Running Time: 2 h 6 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Fun, Production Design, Some Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: Kevin Corcoran, Length, Practicality, Some Dated Ideas and Themes**

Swiss Family Robinson (1960)

March 23, 2020

A Swiss family is shipwrecked on a tropical island where they struggle to survive.

mp 1.jpg — Monty Python and The Holy Grail (1975)

**Directed By: Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones**
**Starring: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Michael Palin**
**Rated: PG**
**Run Time: 1h 41m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Writing, Performances**
**Weakness: Sound**

Monty Python and The Holy Grail (1975)

March 12, 2020

King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table are given and take up a quest from God to retrieve the Holy Grail from wherever it may be.

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**Directed by: Autumn de Wilde**
**Starring: Anya Taylor-Joy, Mia Goth, Bill Nighy, Johnny Flynn, Callum Turner, Josh O’Connor, Amber Anderson**
**Rated: PG for Brief Partial Nudity**
**Running Time: 2 h 4 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Acting, Production Design**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, A Few Awkwardly Directed Scenes**

Emma. (2020)

March 11, 2020

A young woman in high society 1800s England meddles in the lives of her friends and relatives with the best of intentions, but not always the best results.

Come to Daddy (2019)

March 9, 2020

A man in his thirties travels to a remote cabin to connect with the father he never knew.

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**Directed by: Bong Joon Ho**
**Starring: Chris Evans, Kang-ho Song, Jamie Bell, Tilda Swinton, Ed Harris, John Hurt, Octavia Spencer, Ewen Bremner, Alison Pill**
**Rated: R for Violence, Language and Drug Content**
**Running Time: 2 h 6 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: World Building, Directing, Story, Themes, Fun, Pacing**
**WEAKNESSES: Sort of Messy**

Snowpiercer (2013)

March 4, 2020

In a frozen post-apocalyptic world, the only survivors of humanity ride a train that travels around the world in an endless cycle.

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.

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**Directed by: Bong Joon Ho**
**Starring: Kang-ho Song, Hee-Bong Byun, Hae-il Park**
**Rated: R for Creature Violence and Language**
**Running Time: 2 h**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Characters, Themes, Entertainment**
**WEAKNESSES: Stumbles a Bit Towards the End**

The Host (2006)

March 3, 2020

A monster from the Han River attacks Seoul while a father races to rescue his daughter.

o 1.jpeg — Okja (2017)

**Directed By: Bong Joon-ho**
**Starring: Seo-hyun Ahn, Tilda Swinton, Paul Dano, Giancarlo Esposito, Jake Gyllenhaal, Steven Yeun, Lily Collins, Shirley Henderson**
**Rated: TV-MA**
**Run Time: 2h**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Characters, Themes, World Building**
**Weakness: Pacing, Wildly Uneven Tone**

Okja (2017)

February 27, 2020

When international food conglomerate, Mirando, genetically engineers a food source called Super Pigs, one little peasant girl is given one as part of a publicity stunt. Ten years later Mirando wants it back but Mija isn’t giving up on her friend, without a fight.

t 1.jpg — Trainwreck (2015)

**Directed By: Judd Apatow**
**Starring: Amy Schumer, Bill Hader, Brie Larson, John Cena, Lebron James, Colin Quinn, Tilda Swinton**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 2h 5m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Humor, Use of Cameos, Strong Supporting Cast**
**Weakness: Length, a Couple Over Drawn Scenes**

Trainwreck (2015)

February 25, 2020

Amy is a writer for a New York magazine who doesn’t believe in happily-ever-after but when she begins to have feelings for the subject of an article she is writing, she is confronted with her ideas about relationships and individualism.

c 1.jpg — Clemency (2019)

**Directed By: Chinonye Chukwu**
**Starring: Alfre Woodard, Aldis Hodge, Richard Schiff, Wendell Pierce**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 52m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Acting, Themes, Atmosphere**
**Weakness: None**

Clemency (2019)

February 21, 2020

Bernadine, a Warden at a death row penitentiary, finds herself searching her mind and heart for meaning as she prepares for another condemned man’s final sentence.

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**Directed by: Shun’ya Ito**
**Starring: Meiko Kaji, Fumio Wantanabe, Yukie Kagawa, FUdeko Tanaka**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Graphic Violence and Nudity)**
**Running Time: 1 h 30 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Style, Direction, Story, Action, Fun**
**WEAKNESSES: Sleazy/ Exploitative (?)**

Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972)

February 18, 2020

The second entry in the Female Prisoner Scorpion series. After being locked in solitary confinement for a year, Matsu the Scorpion escapes with a van full of prisoners and flees across a surreal landscape.

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**Directed by: Shun’ya Ito**
**Starring: Meiko Kaji, Rie Yokoyama, Yayoi Watanabe, Natsuyagi Isao**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Graphic Violence and Nudity)**
**Running Time: 1 h 27 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Style, Story, Fun, Influence**
**WEAKNESSES: Sleazy/ Exploitative (?)**

Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972)

February 17, 2020

After being betrayed by detective she had fallen in love with, a young woman is sent to a prison full of violent prisoners and guards.

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**Directed by: Pedro Almodovar**
**Starring: Victoria Abril, Antonio Banderas, Loles Leon**
**Rated: NC-17 for a Scene of Strong Adult Sensuality and Nudity**
**Running Time: 1 h 41 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Characters, Humor, Mis-En-Scene**
**WEAKNESSES: Almodovar-lite**

Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1989)

February 10, 2020

A former mental patient takes a former porn star prisoner in an attempt to convince her to marry him.

eh 1.jpg — Event Horizon (1997)

**Directed By: Paul W.S. Anderson**
**Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan, Joely Richardson, Richard T. Jones, Jack Noseworthy, Jason Isaacs**
**Rated: R Rated**
**Run Time: 1 h 36m**
**TMM Score: 4**
**Strengths: High Concept, Atmosphere, Horror Sequences**
**Weakness: Some Acting, Slight**

Event Horizon (1997)

February 6, 2020

Years after its disastrous disappearance, the Event Horizon, a ship designed to travel faster than light has reappeared near Neptune. It’s up to one crew to find out what happened to it, where it went, and what came back with it.

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**Directed by: Abner Pastoll**
**Starring: Sarah Bolger, Edward Hogg, Andrew Simpson**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Some Strong Bloody Violence and Gory Images)**
**Running Time: 1 h 37 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: Mild Pacing Issues, Coincidental Moments**

A Good Woman is Hard to Find (2019)

February 3, 2020

An impoverished, recently widowed mother of two gets sucked into the world of crime that dwells right outside her door, and must fight to protect her children.

mwktm 1.jpg — The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

**Directed By: Alfred Hitchcock**
**Starring: James Stewart, Doris Day, Brenda de Banzie , Bernard Miles**
**Rated: PG**
**Run Time: 2h**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Sense of Impending Tragedy, Tension**
**Weakness: Child Acting, Annoying Song**

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

January 29, 2020

When American family, travelling abroad, the McKenna’s, meet a friendly but mysterious Frenchman, they are caught up in an international assassination plot with more than just the life of the Prime Minister at stake.

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