o 1.jpeg — Okja (2017)

**Directed By: Bong Joon-ho**
**Starring: Seo-hyun Ahn, Tilda Swinton, Paul Dano, Giancarlo Esposito, Jake Gyllenhaal, Steven Yeun, Lily Collins, Shirley Henderson**
**Rated: TV-MA**
**Run Time: 2h**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Characters, Themes, World Building**
**Weakness: Pacing, Wildly Uneven Tone**

Okja (2017)

February 27, 2020

When international food conglomerate, Mirando, genetically engineers a food source called Super Pigs, one little peasant girl is given one as part of a publicity stunt. Ten years later Mirando wants it back but Mija isn’t giving up on her friend, without a fight.

MV5BYzRlNmViODgtNjQwZC00ZGE3LWJmMWMtOTcwNzMwYTY5OTcyXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTMxODk2OTU@._V1_.jpg — I Lost My Body (2019)

**Directed by: Jeremy Clapin**
**Starring: Hakim Faris, Victoire Du Bois, Patrick d’Assumcao**
**Rated: TV-MA**
**Running Time: 1 h 21 m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Animation, Unique, Score, Overall Positive Message**
**WEAKNESSES: Cliche at Times**

I Lost My Body (2019)

January 16, 2020

A hand searches for its lost body, while a young man falls in love with a woman.

MV5BMTA3NzkzMDUxODBeQTJeQWpwZ15BbWU4MDM0ODc5ODcz._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,674,1000_AL_.jpg — The Perfection (2018)

**Directed by: Richard Shepard**
**Starring: Allison Williams, Logan Browning, Steven Webber**
**Rated: TV-MA**
**Running Time: 1 h 30 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: Acting, Execution**

The Perfection (2018)

October 13, 2019

A musical prodigy seeks out the star pupil of her former school, and the encounter sends both musicians down a dark path.

AZ 1.jpg — Arizona (2018)

**Directed by: Jonathan Watson**
**Starring: Danny McBride, Rosemarie DeWitt, Lolli Sorenson**
**Rated: TV-MA**
**Running Time: 1h 25m**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Characters**
**WEAKNESSES: Uneven Feel**

Arizona (2018)

October 16, 2018

The housing crisis, foreclosures, and abandoned real estate developments have turned Cassie’s town into the wild west. When another financially ruined individual, Sonny, accidentally kills her boss in front of her, Cassie has to learn to stand up for herself and never give in to her would be captor and killer.

MV5BMTU3NjMxNTYwOV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMzM5NzAzNjM@._V1_.jpg — Hold the Dark (2018)

**Directed by: Jeremy Saulnier**
**Starring: Jeffrey Wright, Alexander Skarsgard, Riley Keough, Macon Blair**
**Rated: TV-MA**
**Running Time: 2 h 5 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Cinematography, Atmosphere, Practical Effects**
**WEAKNESSES: Themes, Meaning (?)**

Hold the Dark (2018)

October 5, 2018

After wolves take three children from an isolated village, writer Russell Core is recruited by one of the parents to track down a boy in the Alaskan wilderness.

The Outsider (2018)

March 19, 2018

An American living in post-war Japan joins the Yakuza and rises through their ranks.

Derren Brown: The Push

**Directed by: Jon Richards**
**Starring: Ben Adams, Darren Brown, Tom Carter**
**Rated: TV-MA**
**Running Time: 1h 8m**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Tension Building**
**WEAKNESSES: Underlying Moral, Drawn Out**

Derren Brown: The Push (2016)

March 15, 2018

In this special reality TV presentation, one man is put through an elaborate series of social pressures all designed to see if a normal, everyday guy can be pushed to kill.

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