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Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Juliette Lewis, Jessica Lange, Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum
Rated: R for Strong Violence, and for Language
Running Time: 2h 8m
TMM Score: 4 Stars
STRENGTHS: Robert De Niro, Direction, Fun
WEAKNESSES: Silly Last Act

Cape Fear (1991)

November 27, 2019

After a man is released from prison, he seeks revenge on his lawyer who let him get convicted…

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.

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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…

Mean Streets (1973)

November 26, 2019

Johnny Boy gets in over his head with a loan shark…

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**Directed by: Todd Phillips**
**Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz,Shea Whigham, Frances Conroy, Marc Maron, Glenn Fleshler**
**Rated: R for Strong Bloody Violence, Disturbing Behavior, Language and Brief Sexual Images**
**Running Time: 2 h 1 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Joaquin Phoenix, Themes, Writing**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Heavy-Handedness, Mild Pacing**

Joker (2019)

October 4, 2019

A character study of Arthur Fleck, a man widely ignored and beat down by society.

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**Directed by: Neil Burger**
**Starring: Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Abbie Cornish**
**Rated: PG-13 for Thematic Material Involving a Drug, Violence Including Disturbing Images, Sexuality and Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 45 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Fun Concept, Some Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: It Thinks It’s Smarter Than It Is, Some Acting**

Limitless (2011)

August 19, 2019

A struggling writer takes an experimental drug and suddenly becomes a genius.

Jackie Brown (1997)

July 23, 2019

When Beaumont, a money man for gun runner Ordell, gets nabbed by the cops, the fallout forces Jackie Brown to start planning her escape from the criminal organization of which she is part.

Brazil (1985)

November 5, 2018

An everyman of an oppressively bureaucratic future becomes entangled in a conspiracy after a clerical error.

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)

October 30, 2018

Kenneth Branagh’s adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.

taxi driver 8.jpg — Taxi Driver (1976)

**Directed by: Martin Scorsese**
**Starring: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1h 54m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Snapshot of 70s New York**
**WEAKNESSES: Slow Paced**

Taxi Driver (1976)

August 8, 2018

Travis Bickle is an army vet just trying to rejoin society. He gets a job as a Taxi Driver so he can avoid the day time noise and crowd of the city but the nighttime sleaze and filth pushes him further to the edges of his sanity.

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