Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
Directed by: Tom Tykwer
Starring: Ben Winshaw, Dustin Hoffman, Alan Rickman
Rated: R for Aberrant Behavior Involving Nudity, Violence, Sexuality, and Disturbing Images
Running Time: 2 h 27 m
TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Direction, Acting, Production Design, Story, Concept
WEAKNESSES: Length, Ending
A perfumer with an incredible sense of smell has a deadly obsession with his pursuit of trying capture the scent of women.
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Directed by: Alfonso Cuaron
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Gary Oldman, David Thewlis, Warwick Davis, Bonnie Wright, Maggie Smith, Alan Rickman, Michael Gambon, David Bradley, Tom Felton, Emma Thompson, Robbie Coltrane
Rated: PG for Frightening Moments, Creature Violence and Mild Language
Running Time: 2 h 22 m
TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Directing, Cinematography, Use of Magic, Production Design, Acting, Writing, Story
WEAKNESSES: Some Acting
Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to attend classes, only this year an escaped murderous lunatic stalks him.
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
Directed by: Chris Colombus
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Toby Jones, Richard Griffiths, Fiona Shaw, Bonnie Wright, Tom Felton, Jason Isaacs, Robbie Coltrane, Kenneth Branagh, Alan Rickman, Richard Harris, Maggie Smith, David Bradley, Warwick Davis
Rated: PG for Scary Moments, Some Creature Violence and Mild Language
Running Time: 2 h 41 m
TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Story, Some Production Design, World Building
WEAKNESSES: Directing, Pacing, Some Production Design, Some Acting
The boy wizard Harry Potter continues his education and misadventures at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Directed by: Mike Newell
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Robert Pattinson, Timothy Spall, David Tennant, Tom Felton, Clemence Poesy, Maggie Smith, Alan Rickman, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes
Rated: PG-13 for Sequences of Fantasy Violence and Frightening Images
Running Time: 2 h 37 m
TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Story, Special Effects, Some Acting
WEAKNESSES: Some Directing, Some Acting, Pacing in First Half
The fourth entry in the Harry Potter series pits him up against his greatest challenge yet: The Triwizard Tournament.
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Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
Directed by: Kevin Reynolds
Starring: Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Alan Rickman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Christian Slater, Brian Blessed, Nick Brimble, Sean Connery
Rated: PG-13
Running Time: 2 h 35 m
TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Fun, Story, Cinematography, Alan Rickman
WEAKNESSES: Some Acting, Some Cheesy/ Farfetched Moments
A retelling of the legend of Robin Hood.
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)
Directed by: Chris Columbus
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Richard Harris, Maggie Smith, Robbie Coltrane, Fiona Shaw, Richard Griffiths, Warwick Davis, John Hurt, Mathew Lewis, Tom Felton, John Cleese, Alan Rickman, David Bradley
Rated: PG for Some Scary Moments and Mild Language
Running Time: 2 h 32 m
TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Story, Some Production Design, World Building
WEAKNESSES: Some Production Design, Some Acting, Directing, Pacing
An orphaned boy learns he is famous in the wizarding world for once having bested an evil wizard as a baby. Upon rejoining the world of wizards, the boy joins a wizard school.
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
Directed by: Tim Burton
Starring: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Sacha Baron Cohen
Rated: R for Graphic Bloody Violence
Running Time: 1 h 56 m
TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Art Direction, Music, Acting, Story, Dark Humor
WEAKNESSES: -
A barber who has been wrongfully imprisoned for fifteen years returns to London to extract his revenge on the judge who wronged him.
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