ar 1.jpg — Andrei Rublev (1966)

**Directed By: Andrei Tarkovsky**
**Starring: Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Ivan Lapikov, Nikolay Grinko**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 3h 25m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Cinematography, Thematic Coherence, Acting**
**Weakness: Length Maybe?**

Andrei Rublev (1966)

April 13, 2020

The life of the great Icon Writer, Andrei Rublev, is the backdrop for this exploration of Russia, its people, history, faith, atrocities, and glory, as only a true seeker of enlightenment can.

zt 1.jpg — Zero Theorem (2013)

**Directed By: Terry Gilliam**
**Starring: Christoph Waltz, Lucas Hedges, Mélanie Thierry, David Thewlis, Matt Damon, Tilda Swinton**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 47m**
**TMM Score: 2 Stars**
**Strengths: Briefly Humorous**
**Weakness: Plot, Coherence, Resolution, Meandering**

Zero Theorem (2013)

April 10, 2020

Qohen is a singularly minded omni-phobic computer operator who believes that the meaning of his life is just a phone call away if only he can keep Management’s constant demands for the Zero Theorem Proof off his back.

t 1.jpg — Trainwreck (2015)

**Directed By: Judd Apatow**
**Starring: Amy Schumer, Bill Hader, Brie Larson, John Cena, Lebron James, Colin Quinn, Tilda Swinton**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 2h 5m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Humor, Use of Cameos, Strong Supporting Cast**
**Weakness: Length, a Couple Over Drawn Scenes**

Trainwreck (2015)

February 25, 2020

Amy is a writer for a New York magazine who doesn’t believe in happily-ever-after but when she begins to have feelings for the subject of an article she is writing, she is confronted with her ideas about relationships and individualism.

c 1.jpg — Clemency (2019)

**Directed By: Chinonye Chukwu**
**Starring: Alfre Woodard, Aldis Hodge, Richard Schiff, Wendell Pierce**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 52m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Acting, Themes, Atmosphere**
**Weakness: None**

Clemency (2019)

February 21, 2020

Bernadine, a Warden at a death row penitentiary, finds herself searching her mind and heart for meaning as she prepares for another condemned man’s final sentence.

f 1.jpg — The Fall (2006)

**Directed By: Tarsem Singh**
**Starring: Lee Pace, Catinca Untaru, Justine Waddell**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 57m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Acting, Production Design and Costuming, Emotional Connection**
**Weakness: Brief CGI Moments**

The Fall (2006)

February 13, 2020

In a hospital, an injured stuntman weaves an epic tale for a young girl with a broken arm in order to convince her to help him obtain the Morphine he needs to numb his inner anguish.

Waves (2019)

February 7, 2020

A well off family struggling for love, meaning, hope, happiness, and wealth are met with a devastating tragedy which leaves them reeling.

eh 1.jpg — Event Horizon (1997)

**Directed By: Paul W.S. Anderson**
**Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan, Joely Richardson, Richard T. Jones, Jack Noseworthy, Jason Isaacs**
**Rated: R Rated**
**Run Time: 1 h 36m**
**TMM Score: 4**
**Strengths: High Concept, Atmosphere, Horror Sequences**
**Weakness: Some Acting, Slight**

Event Horizon (1997)

February 6, 2020

Years after its disastrous disappearance, the Event Horizon, a ship designed to travel faster than light has reappeared near Neptune. It’s up to one crew to find out what happened to it, where it went, and what came back with it.

coos 7.jpg — Color Out of Space (2019)

**Directed By: Richard Stanley**
**Starring: Nicolas Cage, Joely Richardson, Madeleine Arthur, Elliot Knight, Tommy Chong , Brendan Meyer, Julian Hilliard, Josh C. Waller, Q'orianka Kilcher**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 51m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Lighting and Color, Nic Cage, Cosmic Dread**
**Weakness: Some CGI and Acting Moments**

Color Out of Space (2019)

January 24, 2020

When a meteor crash lands near their home in the New England woods, one family is given a glimpse of the universe outside their capacity to grasp without insanity inducing effect.

dj 1.jpg — Don Jon (2013)

**Directed By: Joseph Gordon-Levitt**
**Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore, Tony Danza, Brie Larson**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 30m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Realistic Depictions of Subject Matter**
**Weakness: Uninspired Cinematography**

Don Jon (2013)

January 21, 2020

Jon is a New Jersey dream son and friend. He values work, family, and church, but, unbeknownst to his new girlfriend Barbara, pornography has shaped much of how he views relationships and women and he’s only beginning to realize what those effects are.

Richard Jewell (2019)

December 26, 2019

When security guard Richard Jewell spots and alerts authorities to a bomb at the Atlanta Olympic Games, he becomes the target of a media and FBI investigation desperate to find a culprit.

hb 1.jpg — Honey Boy (2019)

**Directed By: Alma Har’el**
**Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Lucas Hedges, Noah Jupe, Byron Bowers, Laura San Giacomo, FKA Twigs, Natasha Lyonne, Martin Starr**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 34m**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars**
**Strengths: Personal Meaning**
**Weakness: Certain Connections are Weak**

Honey Boy (2019)

December 12, 2019

A child actor struggles with his relationship with his father and the pressures that fame, money, and a dad who hasn’t figured out his own life yet can bring to a child before he is ready to cope.

Chappie (2015)

December 10, 2019

When the engineer behind the world’s first robotic police force goes against orders to crack the code for Artificial Intelligence he is forced to enlist a group of gangsters to help him ‘raise’ his new creation into adulthood.

District 9 (2009)

December 5, 2019

When Middle Manager Wikus is given the task of clearing out the slum, District 9, which is populated by Extra Terrestrial Refugees, he is exposed to an alien substance which starts changing his body and sets off a corporate arms race.

tr 1.jpg — Total Recall (1990)

**Directed By: Paul Verhoeven**
**Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone, Michael Ironside, Dean Norris**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 53m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Arnold, Fun, Action, Mystery**
**Weakness: A Little Slight in Aim**

Total Recall (1990)

December 4, 2019

In the future, when Quaid decides to take a memory vacation from his mundane life, he accidentally triggers a real life action/espionage adventure which ranges across two planets. Or so it seems to.

k 1.jpg — Kundun (1997)

**Directed By: Martin Scorsese**
**Starring: Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong, Gyurme Tethong, Tulku Jamyang Kunga Tenzin**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 2h 14m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Production Design, Direction**
**Weaknesses: NA**

Kundun (1997)

November 28, 2019

The story of the Dalai Lama’s discovery, search for enlightenment, and eventual exile from Tibet.

rb+1.jpg — Raging Bull (1980)

**Directed By: Martin Scorsese**
**Starring: Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 2h 9m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Acting, Cinematography**
**Weakness: A Little Slow, Requires Some Prior Knowledge**

Raging Bull (1980)

November 27, 2019

Jake LaMotta rises through the ranks of the middleweight boxing world but is less adept at navigating through life with his own family and community.

MV5BY2NkZjEzMDgtN2RjYy00YzM1LWI4ZmQtMjIwYjFjNmI3ZGEwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzkwMjQ5NzM@._V1_.jpg — Goodfellas (1990)

Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Robert De Niro
Rated: R for Strong Brutal Violence, Pervasive Strong Language, Drug Use, and Some Sexuality
Running Time: 2h 28m
TMM Score: 5 Stars
STRENGTHS: Direction, Performances, Best of the Genre
WEAKNESSES: -

Goodfellas (1990)

November 26, 2019

As far back as I can remember, I’ve always wanted to be a gangster…

pain and glory.jpg — Pain & Glory (2019)

**Directed By: Pedro Almodovar**
**Starring: Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandia, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Penelope Cruz**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 53m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Performances, Color, Subtlety**
**Weakness: Perhaps Length, perhaps...**

Pain & Glory (2019)

November 21, 2019

An aging filmmaker, who has taken a years long hiatus from directing, re-examines his life as he reconnects with the people and memories that are dredged up from his past when his old breakout film is given a 30 year remastering and special screening.

ltoc 1.jpg — The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)

**Directed By: Martin Scorsese**
**Starring: Willem Dafoe, Harvey Keitel, Barbara Hershey**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 2h 44m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Performance, Production Design, Themes**
**Weakness: NA**

The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)

November 20, 2019

An alternate telling of the life of Christ as he battles internally and externally with his destined role, his personal desire, and the dichotomy between soul and body.

Her (2013)

November 14, 2019

A writer, heartbroken over an old breakup, installs an OS with such advanced AI that it becomes actually sentient and, to him at least, an actual relationship.

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