MV5BYTIzYTA5MDEtY2I0OS00OGJhLTlmMDctZWRlMGRjYzAxZDQzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTQxNzMzNDI@._V1_.jpg — The Contender (2000)

**Directed by: Rod Lurie**
**Starring: Joan Allen, Gary Oldman, Jeff Bridges, Christian Slater, Sam Elliot, William Petersen, Philip Bakker Hall, Robin Thomas**
**Rated: R for Strong Sexual Content and Language**
**Running Time: 2 h 6 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Acting, Directing, Themes, Relevance**
**WEAKNESSES: Slightly Heavy-Handed**

The Contender (2000)

March 2, 2020

The Vice President is dead and the President seeks to place Senator Laine Hanson in the open spot. Meanwhile, Senator Shelly Runyon opposes the nomination, and seeks to make his own moves.

T 1.jpg — Tideland (2005)

**Directed By: Terry Gilliam**
**Starring: Jodelle Ferland, Brendan Fletcher, Jeff Bridges, Jennifer Tilly**
**Rated: R Rated**
**Run Time: 2h**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars**
**Strengths: Acting, Concept**
**Weakness: Gross, Meandering**

Tideland (2005)

June 13, 2019

Jeliza-Rose’s parents are a couple of dead beat drug addicts. The only thing keeping her from going insane is a vivid imagination and the imaginary friends she invents as she lives on an old abandoned country estate.

The Big Lebowski (1998)

March 25, 2019

Slacker ‘The Dude’ navigates LA trying to untangle a mess of a conspiracy.

fishking 1.jpg — The Fisher King (1991)

**Directed by: Terry Gilliam**
**Starring: Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams, Mercedes Ruehl**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 2h 18m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Cinematography**
**WEAKNESSES: Length**

The Fisher King (1991)

November 5, 2018

When a disc jockey on the verge of blowing up causes a tragedy by giving some bad on-air advice, his entire life is thrown into chaos as he copes with being the cause of suffering and seeks redemption by helping a homeless man who is suffering from his own dementia fueled disfunction.

MV5BOTk1Nzk1MDc1MF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNjU2NDExNjM@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,674,1000_AL_.jpg — Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)

**Directed by: Drew Goddard**
**Starring: Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson, John Hamm, Chris Hemsworth, Cailee Spaeny, Shea Whigham, Nick Offerman, Lewis Pullman**
**Rated: R for Strong Violence, Language, Some Drug Content and Brief Nudity**
**Running Time: 2 h 21 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Characters, Story, Setting**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Length**

Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)

October 18, 2018

Seven strangers all harboring secrets meet at El Royale, a mysterious hotel on the border of California and Nevada.

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