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**Directed by: Robert Redford**
**Starring: Craig Sheffer, Brad Pitt, Tom Skerritt, Brenda Blethyn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt**
**Rated: PG for Momentary Nudity, and Some Language in a Family Drama**
**Running Time: 2 h 3 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting, Cinematography**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Length**

A River Runs Through It (1992)

March 18, 2020

The two sons of a minister in Montana come of age, while also learning the secrets of fly-fishing.

aa 1.jpg — Ad Astra (2019)

**Directed By: James Gray**
**Starring: Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Donald Sutherland**
**Rated: PG-13**
**Run Time: 2h 3m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Cinematic Language**
**Weakness: Voice Over**

Ad Astra (2019)

November 7, 2019

In the near future, Roy McBride is tapped by Space Command Brass to engage in a search for his father, a hero astronaut who disappeared years ago, in order to save the earth from a devastating phenomenon which is on the verge of destroying all human life.

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**Directed by: Quentin Tarantino**
**Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Al Pacino**
**Rated: R for Language Throughout, Some Strong Graphic Violence, Drug Use, and Sexual References**
**Running Time: 2 h 41 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Characters, Acting, Story, Homage, Cameos, Soundtrack, Humor**
**WEAKNESSES: Absolutely Nothing**

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)

July 27, 2019

An aging TV star and his stunt double try to achieve fame and fortune in the last years of Hollywood’s Golden Age.

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

July 23, 2019

Once upon a time in Nazi occupied France…

12 M 1.jpg — 12 Monkeys (1999)

**Directed By: Terry Gilliam**
**Starring: Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 2h 9m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Story, Directorial Vision**
**Weakness: Some Acting**

12 Monkeys (1995)

June 12, 2019

A man, possibly insane, is experiencing schizophrenic visions or possibly time travel. It’s hard for him to tell or know which version of reality is true as he attempts to track down the perpetrators of a world wide terrorist strike.

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**Directed by: Terrence Malick**
**Starring: Brad Pitt, Jessica Chastain, Hunter McCracken, Tye Sheridan, Sean Penn**
**Rated: PG-13 for Some Thematic Material**
**Running Time: 2 h 19 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Cinematography, Visual Storytelling, Directing, Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

The Tree of Life (2011)

December 14, 2018

A young boy comes of age in Texas during the 1950s. His parents have two conflicting ways of looking at life.

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