Chocolat (2000)
Directed by: Lasse Hallstrom
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Alfred Molina, Judi Dench, Carrie-Anne Moss, Lena Olin, Peter Stormare, Hugh O’Conor
Rated: PG-13 for a Scene of Sensuality and Some Violence
Running Time: 2 h 1 m
TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Tone, Writing, Acting, Themes, Production Design
WEAKNESSES: Cinematography, Editing
A single mother opens a chocolate shop in a conservative village in France, challenging the morals of the town.
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Vice (2018)
Directed by: Adam McKay
Starring: Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell, Justin Kirk, Jesse Plemons, Shea Whigham, Tyler Perry, Alfred Molina, Naomi Watts
Rated: R for Language and Some Violent Images
Running Time: 2 h 12 m
TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Acting, Directing, Some Writing
WEAKNESSES: Some Writing, Ending, Heavy-Handedness
The story of Dick Cheney, the most powerful Vice President in American History, and the way he forever changed the Global political landscape.
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Boogie Nights (1997)
Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Heather Graham, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore, John C. Reilly, Don Cheadle, William H. Macy, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Thomas Jane, Alfred Molina
Rated: R for Strong Sex Scenes with Explicit Dialogue, Nudity, Drug Use, Language and Violence
Running Time: 2 h 35 m
TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting, Story
WEAKNESSES: Some Pacing Issues Towards the End
Eddie Adams AKA Dirk Diggler, a teenager living in California in the late seventies and early eighties, gets wrapped up in the porn industry, for better or worse.
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