The Two Popes (2019)
Directed By: Fernando Meirelles
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Jonathan Pryce, Juan Minujín
Rated: PG-13
Run Time: 2h 5m
TMM Score: 4 Stars
Strengths: Acting, Themes
Weakness: Drags Slightly (in certain moments), Jarring Music Choices
The true story of how Pope Benedict and future Pope Francis conversed over a few days together to discuss the future of the Catholic Church.
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The Brothers Grimm (2005)
Directed By: Terry Gilliam
Starring: Matt Damon, Heath Ledger, Lena Headey, Peter Stormare, Jonathan Pryce
Rated: PG13
Run Time: 1h 58m
TMM Score: 3
Strengths: Unique High Concept, Some Laughs
Weakness: Dialogue, CGI
Brothers Jake and Will Grimm are con-men grifting money from German villages in order to rid them of ‘supernatural entities,’ but when a French General forces them to uncover who is behind the disappearance of almost a dozen children, they discover that the supernatural isn’t just a figment of their imagination.
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The Wife (2017)
Directed by: Bjorn Runge
Starring: Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, Max Irons
Rated: R
Running Time: 1h 39m
TMM Score: 4.5 Stars
STRENGTHS: Glenn Close, Acting, Writing
WEAKNESSES: Cinematography, Weak Scenes
A writer wins the Nobel prize, but in doing so it threatens to rip apart his family and expose embarrassing truths about him and his family.
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Brazil (1985)
Directed by: Terry Gilliam
Starring: Jonathan Pryce, Kim Greist, Ian Holm, Robert De Niro, Michael Palin, Jim Broadbent
Rated: R for Some Strong Violence
Running Time: h m
TMM Score: stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Foresight, Writing, Directing, Production Design, Acting
WEAKNESSES: -
An everyman of an oppressively bureaucratic future becomes entangled in a conspiracy after a clerical error.
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