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.

tb 1.jpeg — Time Bandits (1981)

**Directed By: Terry Gilliam**
**Starring: John Cleese, Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall, Ian Holm, Michael Palin, David Warner, David Rappaport, Kenny Baker, Malcom Dixon, Jack Purvis, Craig Warnock**
**Rated: PG**
**Run Time: 1h 50m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Imagination, Fun**
**Weakness: Child Acting**

Time Bandits (1981)

August 1, 2019

Kevin’s parents barely notice him between their TV watching and wishing for every new invention being offered to them on TV so when a gang of diminutive, bickering, time-traveling robbers accidentally end up in his room one night he is only too eager to go with.

bg 1.jpg — The Brothers Grimm (2005)

**Directed By: Terry Gilliam**
**Starring: Matt Damon, Heath Ledger, Lena Headey, Peter Stormare, Jonathan Pryce**
**Rated: PG13**
**Run Time: 1h 58m**
**TMM Score: 3**
**Strengths: Unique High Concept, Some Laughs**
**Weakness: Dialogue, CGI**

The Brothers Grimm (2005)

July 11, 2019

Brothers Jake and Will Grimm are con-men grifting money from German villages in order to rid them of ‘supernatural entities,’ but when a French General forces them to uncover who is behind the disappearance of almost a dozen children, they discover that the supernatural isn’t just a figment of their imagination.

T 1.jpg — Tideland (2005)

**Directed By: Terry Gilliam**
**Starring: Jodelle Ferland, Brendan Fletcher, Jeff Bridges, Jennifer Tilly**
**Rated: R Rated**
**Run Time: 2h**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars**
**Strengths: Acting, Concept**
**Weakness: Gross, Meandering**

Tideland (2005)

June 13, 2019

Jeliza-Rose’s parents are a couple of dead beat drug addicts. The only thing keeping her from going insane is a vivid imagination and the imaginary friends she invents as she lives on an old abandoned country estate.

12 M 1.jpg — 12 Monkeys (1999)

**Directed By: Terry Gilliam**
**Starring: Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 2h 9m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Story, Directorial Vision**
**Weakness: Some Acting**

12 Monkeys (1995)

June 12, 2019

A man, possibly insane, is experiencing schizophrenic visions or possibly time travel. It’s hard for him to tell or know which version of reality is true as he attempts to track down the perpetrators of a world wide terrorist strike.

dq 1.jpg — The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018)

**Directed By: Terry Gilliam**
**Starring: Adam Driver, Jonathon Pryce, Joana Ribeiro, Stellan Skarsgard, Olga Kurylenko**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 2h 12m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Acting, Production Design, Grand Concept**
**Weakness: Length**

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018)

May 2, 2019

Toby, a disillusioned director, recalls his younger days wherein he made a short film as a student, starring a peasant cobbler as Don Quixote. As he flees his current project he and the cobbler are reunited only to discover the cobbler believes he really is Don Quixote still, and Toby begins to slip into insanity himself.

Jabberwocky (1977)

May 1, 2019

Dennis is a young man during the Dark Ages and he is ready to set out on his own. Of course, he sets out to the nearest city only to find that they won’t let anyone in because there are no available jobs. To top it off, there is a monster running loose in the woods killing everyone it meets.

Brazil (1985)

November 5, 2018

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

fishking 1.jpg — The Fisher King (1991)

**Directed by: Terry Gilliam**
**Starring: Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams, Mercedes Ruehl**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 2h 18m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Cinematography**
**WEAKNESSES: Length**

The Fisher King (1991)

November 5, 2018

When a disc jockey on the verge of blowing up causes a tragedy by giving some bad on-air advice, his entire life is thrown into chaos as he copes with being the cause of suffering and seeks redemption by helping a homeless man who is suffering from his own dementia fueled disfunction.

abm 1.jpg — The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)

**Directed by: Terry Gilliam**
**Starring: John Neville, Eric Idle, Sarah Polley, Robin Williams, Uma Thurman**
**Rated: PG**
**Running Time: 2h 6m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars (Really Liked It)**
**STRENGTHS: Creativity, Fantasy, Performances**
**WEAKNESSES: Uneven, Slow in Spots**

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)

October 26, 2018

The City is under attack by the Turks and while the government know it alls claim to have it all in hand, the townspeople are being treated with a theatrical presentation of the adventures of Baron Munchausen. That is, until the real Baron shows up and tells them that the siege outside their gates is really his fault, but not to fear. He will set it right, again.

fear 1.jpg — Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)

**Directed by: Terry Gilliam**
**Starring: Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1h 58m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Originality, Acting, Effects**
**WEAKNESSES: Sound Mix**

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)

August 15, 2018

A sports writer detours to Las Vegas while on assignment and struggles to pull his drug riddled brain and body out of the city that seems to always pull him back in.

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