MV5BMjIxMjgxNTk0MF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNjIyOTg2MDE@._V1_.jpg — The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

**Directed by: Martin Scorsese**
**Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie, Matthew McConaughey, Kyle Chandler, Rob Reiner, Jon Bernthal, Jon Favrea, Jean Dujardin, Shea Whigham, Cristin Milioti**
**Rated: R for Sequences of Strong Sexual Content, Graphic Nudity, Drug Use and Language Throughout, and For Some Violence**
**Running Time: 3 h**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting, General Insanity, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES:**

The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

November 25, 2019

The rise and fall of Jordan Belfort, a criminal Wall Street stocker broker.

71onlDHdUML._RI_.jpg — Superbad (2007)

**Directed by: Greg Mottola**
**Starring: Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Emma Stone, Bill Hader, Seth Rogen**
**Rated: R for Pervasive Crude and Sexual Content, Strong Language, Drinking, Some Drug Use and a Brief Violent Image - All Involving Teens**
**Running Time: 2h**
**TMM Score: 4.5 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Nostalgic, Hilarious Characters, Trend Setter**
**WEAKNESSES: Convenient Story Beats**

Superbad (2007)

September 11, 2019

The final year of high school better be the best one for three friends.

MV5BMjIyNTQ5NjQ1OV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwODg1MDU4OA@@._V1_.jpg — Django Unchained (2012)

**Directed by: Quentin Tarantino**
**Starring: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, Walton Goggins, Don Johnson, Quentin Tarantino, Jonah Hill, Bruce Dern**
**Rated: R for Strong Graphic Violence Throughout, A Vicious Fight, Language and Some Nudity**
**Running Time: 2 h 45 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting, Cinematography, Tone, Story Structure**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Django Unchained (2012)

July 22, 2019

With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal plantation owner.

bb 1.jpg — Beach Bum (2019)

**Directed By: Harmony Korine**
**Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Isla Fisher, Snoop Dogg, Stefania LaVie Owen, Martin Lawrence, Zac Efron, Jonah Hill, Jimmy Buffett**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 35m**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars**
**Strengths: Characters**
**Weakness: Story**

Beach Bum (2019)

June 18, 2019

An aging stoner poet struggles to write a book and navigate the storms caused when his slacker philosophy meets ordinary and not so ordinary folk.

MV5BMjIwMDIwNjAyOF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNDE1MDc2NTM@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,631,1000_AL_.jpg — How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)

**Directed by: Dean DeBlois**
**Starring: Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, F. Murray Abraham, Cate Blanchett, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Kristen Wiig, Kit Harrington**
**Rated: PG for Adventure Action and Some Mild Rude Humor**
**Running Time: 1 h 44 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Animation, Production Design, Visual Storytelling, Final Scenes**
**WEAKNESSES: Uneven Pacing, Uninteresting Villain**

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)

May 20, 2019

After a dragon hunter threatens Berk, Hiccup and Toothless search for a place where dragons and humans might live together in peace.

MV5BMzMwMTAwODczN15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMDk2NDA4MTE@._V1_.jpg — How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)

**Directed by: Dean DeBlois**
**Starring: Jay Baruchel, Cate Blanchett, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, T.J. Miller, Kristen Wigg, Djimon Hounsou, Kit Harrington**
**Rated: PG for Adventure Action and Some Mild Rude Humor**
**Running Time: 1 h 42 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Worldbuilding, Story, Consequences, Characters, Emotional Connection, Music**
**WEAKNESSES: Supporting Character’s Subplot**

How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)

May 20, 2019

After Hiccup and Toothless discover a mysterious new Dragon Rider, they find themselves at the center of a battle.

MV5BMjA5NDQyMjc2NF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMjg5ODcyMw@@._V1_.jpg — How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

**Directed by: Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders**
**Starring: Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, America Ferrara, Craig Ferguson, Jonah Hill, Kristen Wigg, T.J. Miller, David Tennant**
**Rated: PG for Sequences of Intense Action and Some Scary Images, and Brief Mild Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 38 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Music, Cinematography, Production Design, World Building, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

May 20, 2019

A young Viking who lives in a village that is perpetually attacked by dragons takes a new approach to handling the beasts.

mid 1.jpg — mid90s (2018)

**Directed by: Jonah Hill**
**Starring: Sunny Suljic, Katherine Waterston, Lucas Hedges**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1h 25m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Authenticity**
**WEAKNESSES: An Unmotivated Sequence Toward the End**

mid90s (2018)

January 9, 2019

Stevie is 13 and ready to grow up. When he starts hanging out with a group of older skateboarders he finds a new family full of its own dis-functions and love.

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