The Limehouse Golem (2016)
Directed by: Juan Carlos Medina
Starring: Olivia Cooke, Bill Nighy, Douglas Booth
Rated: NR (Suggested R for Grisly Violence and Some Sexual Material)
Running Time: 1 h 49 m
TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Atmosphere, Acting, Writing
WEAKNESSES: Pacing
As famed musician Elizabeth Cree awaits her death sentence for the apparent murder of her husband, Inspector Kildare investigates a series of murders that might coincide with Cree’s husband.
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Ready Player One (2018)
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn
Rated: PG-13 for Sequences of Sci-Fi Action Violence, Bloody Images, Some Suggestive Material, Partial Nudity and Language
Running Time: 2 h 20 m
TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Direction, Visuals
WEAKNESSES: Also Visuals, Message
Wade Watts, a teenager living in 2045, when the majority of life takes place inside the virtual world of Oasis, competes in a contest that could grant him untold riches and reshape the landscape of the digital world forever.
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Thoroughbreds (2017)
Directed by: Cory Finley
Starring: Anya Taylor-Joy, Olivia Cooke, Anton Yelchin
Rated: R for Disturbing Behavior, Bloody Images, Sexual References and Some Drug Content
Running Time: 1 h 32 m
TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Writing, Acting
WEAKNESSES: Underlying Message
Lily and Amanda, two wealthy, troubled teenage girls living in suburban Connecticut, bond over the banality of their lives, their disdain Lily’s step dad, and toying with the idea of murder.
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