Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

July 31, 2019

The fourth entry in the Harry Potter series pits him up against his greatest challenge yet: The Triwizard Tournament.

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**Directed by: Mike Leigh**
**Starring: Timothy Spall, Paul Jesson, Dorothy Atkinson**
**Rated: R for Some Sexual Content**
**Running Time: 2 h 30 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Attention to Detail, Acting, Writing, Directing, Cinematography**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Length**

Mr. Turner (2014)

November 15, 2018

A look at the last twenty-five years of the great British painter J.M.W. Turner.

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**Directed by: Mike Leigh**
**Starring: Alison Steadman, Jim Broadbent, Claire Skinner, Jane Horrocks, Stephen Rea, Timothy Spall, David Thewlis**
**Rated: R for Language and a Scene of Sensuality**
**Running Time: 1 h 43 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Themes, Characters**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Life is Sweet (1990)

November 13, 2018

A low-income family living in London does their best to navigate life and all its ups and downs.

Secrets & Lies (1996)

**Directed by: Mike Leigh**
**Starring: Brenda Blethyn, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Timothy Spall, Phyllis Logan, Claire Rushbrook**
**Rated: R for Language**
**Running Time: 2 h 16 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Characters, Story, Writing, Directing, Acting, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Secrets and Lies (1996)

November 2, 2018

A young successful black woman discovers her birth mother is an underprivileged white woman. The revelation has repercussions that echo through their extended families.

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**Directed by: Tim Burton**
**Starring: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Sacha Baron Cohen**
**Rated: R for Graphic Bloody Violence**
**Running Time: 1 h 56 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Art Direction, Music, Acting, Story, Dark Humor**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

October 20, 2018

A barber who has been wrongfully imprisoned for fifteen years returns to London to extract his revenge on the judge who wronged him.

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**Directed by: Mike Leigh**
**Starring: Jim Broadbent, Allan Corduner, Timothy Spall, Lesley Mansville**
**Rated: R for a Scene of Risque Nudity**
**Running Time: 2 h 34 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Mise-En-Scene, Direction, Acting, Production Design, Characters**
**WEAKNESSES: Length, Cultural Appropriation (?)**

Topsy-Turvy (1999)

August 20, 2018

The two leaders of a Victorian era theatre troupe struggle to come up with any good new material, straining their relationship, until inspiration for something new strikes.

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