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**Directed by: Rob Marshall**
**Starring: Ziyi Zhang, Michelle Yeoh, Ken Wantanabe, Koji YakushoSuzuka Ohgo, Samantha Futerman, Li Gong, Tsai Chin, Kaori Momoi**
**Rated: PG-13 for Mature Subject Matter and Some Sexual Content**
**Running Time: 2 h 25 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Production and Costume Design, Pacing, Story, Cinematography, Music**
**WEAKNESSES: Themes, Mischaracterization of Characters, It’s in English (?)**

Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)

June 10, 2019

In 1920-50s Japan, a young girl is sold into slavery at a geisha house and must work hard to find her place in the world.

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**Directed by: Gareth Edwards**
**Starring: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Bryan Cranston, Ken Wantanabe, Sally Hawkins, Juliette Binoche**
**Rated: PG-13 for Intense Sequences of Destruction, Mayhem and Creature Violence**
**Running Time: 2 h 3 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Visual Effects, Godzilla Action**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Not Enough Godzilla, Boring Protagonist**

Godzilla (2014)

May 24, 2019

Giant creatures begin appearing across the globe, and a giant lizard named Godzilla rises to fight them.

Tampopo (1985)

April 13, 2018

In this delightfully delectable comedy, a truck driver stops at a noodle shop and decides to stay to help the owner, a young widow, improve her cooking.

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