Cargo (2017)
Directed by: Ben Howling, Yolanda Ramke
Starring: Martin Freeman, Susie Porter, Simone Landers
Rated: NR (Suggested R for Some Graphic Violence and Language)
Running Time: 1 h 45 m
TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Acting, Themes, General Execution
WEAKNESSES: Well Worn Territory, Pacing
In zombie-ridden Australia, a father searches for someone to protect his infant daughter.
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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (Extended Edition) (2014)
Directed by: Peter Jackson
Starring: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, John Callen, Orlando Bloom, Evangeline Lilly, Lee Pace, Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving, Christopher Lee, Ian Holm, Benedict Cumberbatch, Luke Evans, Stephen Fry
Rated: R for Some Violence
Running Time: 2 h 44 m
TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Production Design, Some Action
WEAKNESSES: Thin Story, Battle Fatigue, Abundance of CGI, Pacing
The concluding chapter in The Hobbit Trilogy.
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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Extended Edition) (2013)
Directed by: Peter Jackson
Starring: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, John Callen, Orlando Bloom, Evangeline Lilly, Cate Blanchett, Benedict Cumberbatch, Luke Evans, Stephen Fry
Rated: PG-13 for Extended Sequences of Intense Fantasy Action Violence, and Frightening Images
Running Time: 3 h 7 m
TMM Score: 3.5 Stars
STRENGTHS: Action, Cinematography, Score, Smaug
WEAKNESSES: Tauriel and Legolas, Convoluted Side Plots, Overlong, Too Much CGI
Bilbo Baggins and the Dwarves of Erebor continue their journey.
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Extended Cut) (2012)
Directed by: Peter Jackson
Starring: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Ian Holm, Hugo Weaving, Cate Blanchett, Andy Serkis, Christopher Lee, Lee Pace
Rated: PG-13 for Extended Sequences of Intense Fantasy Violence, Frightening Images, and Fleeting Nudity
Running Time: 3 h 2 m
TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Production Design, Some Action, Overall Story
WEAKNESSES: Length, Pacing, Unnecessary Subplots
Bilbo Baggins is recruited for an adventure that will send him galivanting across Middle Earth.
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Ghost Stories (2017)
Directed by: Jeremy Dyson, Andy Nyman
Starring: Andy Nyman, Martin Freeman, Paul Whitehouse, Alex Lawther
Rated: NR (Suggested R for Disturbing Material, Some Violence and Language)
Running Time: 1 h 38 m
TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Acting, Cinematography, Unique Story Structure
WEAKNESSES: Twist Ending, Second Anthology Story, Pacing
A Professor bent on debunking popular ghost stories and psychics is given a file of three cases that a ghost expert couldn’t crack.
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Captain America: Civil War (2016)
DIRECTED BY: ANTHONY AND JOE RUSSO
STARRING: CHRIS EVANS, ROBERT DOWNEY JR., SCARLETT JOHANSSON
RATED: PG-13 FOR EXTENDED SEQUENCES OF VIOLENCE, ACTION AND MAYHEM
RUNNING TIME: 2 HOURS 27 MIN
TMM: 4 OUT OF 5 STARS
STRENGTHS: THEMES, ACTION, NEW CHARACTERS, BELIEVABILITY
WEAKNESSES: WINTER SOLIDER, MOMENTARY LAPSES IN GRAPHICS, PULLS PUNCHES, LAME VILLAIN
The Avengers split between those who are for the regulation (led by Tony Stark, aka Iron Man) and those who oppose it led by Captain America.
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