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.

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**Directed by: Noah Baumbach**
**Starring: Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Laura Dern, Ray Liotta, Wallace Shawn**
**Rated: R for Language Throughout and Some Sexual References**
**Running Time: 2 h 16 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Marriage Story (2019)

December 12, 2019

A married couple learns how to live with each other as they come to terms with their divorce and what that means for the future of their child.

jjr 1.jpg — Jojo Rabbit (2019)

**Directed By: Taika Waititi**
**Starring: Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie, Scarlett Johansson, Taika Waititi, Sam Rockwell, Rebel Wilson, Alfie Allen, Stephen Merchant, Archie Yates**
**Rated: PG-13**
**Run Time: 1h 48m**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars**
**Strengths: Characters, Humor, Touching Moments**
**Weakness: Cohesive Integrity, Slight**

Jojo Rabbit (2019)

November 22, 2019

Toward the end of WW2, a young boy, Jojo, a member of the Hitler Youth whose imaginary friend is also Adolf Hitler, discovers a Jew hiding in the crawlspace of his home in Berlin.

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.

uts 1.jpg — Under the Skin (2013)

**Directed By: Jonathan Glazer**
**Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy McWilliams, Lynsey Taylor Mackay**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 48m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Cinematography, Directorial Integrity**
**Weakness: -**

Under the Skin (2013)

September 19, 2019

A visitor from another planet observes human individuals, groups, patterns, and behaviour from a detached alien point of view.

2017 1.jpg — Ghost in the Shell (2017)

Directed By: Rupert Sanders
Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Pilou Asbæk, Takeshi Kitano
Rated: PG-13 for Intense Sequences of Sci-Fi Violence, Suggestive Content, and Some Disturbing Images
Run Time: 1h 47m
TMM Score: 2 Stars
Strengths: Action Sequences, Some Production Design Elements
Weakness: Story, Acting, Characterizations

Ghost in the Shell (2017)

May 28, 2019

Major Mira Killian will stop at nothing to track down Section 9’s greatest enemy, a cyber terrorist, callsign: The Puppetmaster. As she unravels the mystery behind him, will she unravel herself in a miasma of blocked memories and identity? Are these all just byproducts of being a cyborg?

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**Directed by: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo**
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Josh Brolin, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, Paul Rudd, Brie Larson, Karen Gillian, Tessa Thompson, Bradley Cooper
**Rated: PG-13 for Sequences of Science-Fi Violence and Action, and Some Language**
**Running Time: 3 h 1 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Subversion of Expectations, Character Development, Humor, Special Effects**
**WEAKNESSES: Length, Pacing, Fan Service**

Avengers: Endgame (2019)

April 26, 2019

The remaining Avengers fight to undo the events at the end of “Avengers: Infinity War”.

The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001)

March 27, 2019

Ed Crane, a small town barber, has never made a splash in the world or even taken a big risk in his life but when a venture capitalist proposes a partnership he throws caution to the wind to blackmail his wife’s married lover to raise the money to finally get his slice of the pie.

Captain America: Civil War (2016)

May 11, 2016

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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