Gretel & Hansel (2020)
Directed by: Oz Perkins
Starring: Sophia Lillis, Alice Krige, Jessica De Gouw, Samuel Leakey
Rated: PG-13 for Disturbing Images/Thematic Content, and Brief Drug Material
Running Time: 1 h 27 m
TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Mise-En-Scene, Twist on Familiar Story
WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Some Acting
A darker retelling of the tale of Hansel and Gretel, focused more on the sister’s perspective.
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It (2017)
Directed by: Andy Muschietti
Starring: Bill Skarsgard, Jaeden Lieberher, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Fin Wolfhard, Chosen Jacobs, Jack Dylan Grazer
Rated: R for Violence/Horror, Bloody Images, and for Language
Running Time: 2 h 15 m
TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Production Design, Characters, Story, Aesthetic
WEAKNESSES: It's Not That Scary
In the summer of 1989, a group of outcast kids band together to fight a mysterious force that feeds on the children of the town.
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