Che: Part Two (2008)
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Rodrigo Santoro, Demian Bichir, Matt Damon (Cameo)
Rated: NR (Suggested R for Violence and Language)
Running Time: 2 h 15 m
TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Story, Acting, Cinematography
WEAKNESSES: Pacing
In 1967, Che leads a small army against the Bolivian government.
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Che: Part One (2008)
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Demian Bichir, Julia Ormond, Oscar Isaac, Edgar Ramirez
Rated: NR (Suggested R for Violence and Language)
Running Time: 2 h 14 m
TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Story, Directing, Acting, Perspective
WEAKNESSES: Depiction of a Controversial Figure
Ernesto Che Guevara and a band of Fidel Castro-led Cubans mobilize to topple the regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista.
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The Wolfman (Director’s Cut) (2010)
Directed by: Joe Johnston
Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt, Hugo Weaving, Asa Butterfield, Max Von Sydow (Only In Director’s Cut Only)
Rated: R For Bloody Horror Violence and Gore
Running Time: 1 h 59 m
TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Some Acting, Production Design, Special Effects, Makeup, Gore Effects
WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Climax
After his brother goes missing, Lawrence Talbot returns to his home in Blackmoor, England where the town lives in fright of what they suspect is a werewolf.
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The Pledge (2001)
Directed by: Sean Penn
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Aaron Eckhart, Benicio Del Toro, Patricia Clarkson, Helen Mirren, Robin Wright, Mickey Rourke, Sam Shepard, Harry Dean Stanton, Lois Smith, Vanessa Redgrave
Rated: R for Strong Violence and Language
Running Time: 2 h 4 m
TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Unexpected Twist on a Familiar Storyline, Directing
WEAKNESSES: Some Overly Coincidental Moments, Some Dicey Acting
A retiring police detective pledges to catch the killer of a young child.
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
Directed by: Terry Gilliam
Starring: Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro
Rated: R
Running Time: 1h 58m
TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Originality, Acting, Effects
WEAKNESSES: Sound Mix
A sports writer detours to Las Vegas while on assignment and struggles to pull his drug riddled brain and body out of the city that seems to always pull him back in.
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Sicario:Day of the Saldado (2018)
Directed by: Stefano Sollima
Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Isabel Moner, Catherine Keener
Rated: R
Running Time: 2 h 2 m
TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Acting, Writing
WEAKNESSES: Cinematography
After it is discovered that one of the cartels is smuggling terrorists into the US, Matt Graver reteams with Alejandro to pit the cartels against each other again.
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Sicario (2015)
Directed by: Denis Villeneuve
Starring: Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Daniel Kaluuya
Rated: R for strong violence, grisly images, and language
Running Time: 2 h 1 m
TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: writing, directing, acting, cinematography, soundtrack, pacing
WEAKNESSES: -
An FBI agent is recruited by a shadowy agency to help fight the cartels.
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Star Wars: Episode VIII: The Last Jedi
Directed by: Rian Johnson
Starring: Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Mark Hamill
Rated: PG-13 for Sequences of Sci-fi Action and Violence
Running Time: 2 H 32 M
TMM: 5 out of 5 Stars
Strengths: Everything
Weaknesses: -
The seventh entry in the Star Wars saga.
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