MV5BZWVlYzU2ZjQtZmNkMi00OTc3LTkwZmYtZDVjNmY4OWFmZGJlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTQxNzMzNDI@._V1_.jpg — RoboCop (1987)

**Directed by: Paul Verhoeven**
**Starring: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Kurtwood Smith**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 42 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Effects, Writing, Story, B-Movie Gold**
**WEAKNESSES: Not For Everyone**

RoboCop (1987)

October 8, 2018

Set in future in a crime-ridden Detroit. A mortally wounded cop returns to the force as a cyborg, but is haunted by memories of his past.

MV5BMTU3MTQyNjQwM15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNDgxNDczNTM@._V1_.jpg — Venom (2018)

**Directed by: Ruben Fleischer**
**Starring: Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed**
**Rated: PG-13 for Intense Sequences of Science-Fi Violence and Action, and For Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 52 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: It’s Hilarious, Some Action**
**WEAKNESSES: Acting, Writing, Directing, Logic, Story, Plot Holes**

Venom (2018)

October 5, 2018

While journalist Eddie Brock is working on a story he encounters a powerful symbiote and becomes an anti-hero.

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.

eXistenZ (1999)

October 2, 2018

Allegra Geller, a world famous game designer and Ted Pikul, a marketing trainee, go on the run after reality-enthusiast assassins try to kill Allegra.

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**Directed by: Peter Jackson**
**Starring: Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Colin Hanks, Andy Serkis, Jamie Bell, Kyle Chandler**
**Rated: PG-13 for Frightening Adventure Violence and Some Disturbing Images**
**Running Time: 3 h 7 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Ambition, Direction, Production Design, Most Visual Effects, Character, Story, Doesn’t Take Itself Seriously**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Dated Visual Effects, Length, Somewhat Episodic**

King Kong (2005)

September 19, 2018

A movie director convinces his cast and crew to travel to a mysterious island where he plans to shoot his next film. The inhabitants of the island complicate the shoot.

MV5BMjA4NzE0NjQ5NF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwODE0MzIxNDM@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,674,1000_AL_.jpg — Sweet Virginia (2017)

**Directed by:Jamie M Dagg**
**Starring: Jon Bernthal, Christopher Abbott, Imogen Poots**
**Rated: R for Violence, Some Strong Sexuality, Language, and Drug Use**
**Running Time: 1 h 33 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Some Acting, Directing**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Acting, Predictability**

Sweet Virginia (2017)

September 18, 2018

A former rodeo champ turned hotel clerk unwittingly befriends a young man with a hidden violent side.

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**Directed by: Panos Cosmatos**
**Starring: Nicolas Cage, Andrea Riseborough, Linus Roache, Richard Brake**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Strong Bloody Violence, Disturbing Images, Drug and Sexual Content, Graphic Nudity and Some Language)**
**Running Time: 2 h 1 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Aesthetic, Cinematography, Uniqueness, Acting, Inventiveness**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Pacing, Some Themes**

Mandy (2018)

September 17, 2018

Set in alternative world in 1983. Red Miller hunts a religious cult after they murder the love of his life, Mandy.

MV5BMjM5MDk2NDIxMF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNjU5NDk3NTM@._V1_.jpg — The Predator (2018)

**Directed by: Shane Black**
**Starring: Boyd Holbrook, Trevante Rhodes, Keegan-Michael Key, Olivia Munn, Sterling K Brown, Thomas Jane, Alfie Allen, Yvonne Strahovski**
**Rated: R for Strong Bloody Violence, Language Throughout, and Crude Sexual References**
**Running Time: 1 h 47 m**
**TMM Score: 1.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Some Dialogue, Some Action**
**WEAKNESSES: Direction, Lack of Story, Characters, Writing**

The Predator (2018)

September 14, 2018

A young boy accidentally calls Predator to earth and soldiers have to fight off the alien.

satb 1.jpg — Smokey and The Bandit (1977)

**Directed by: Hal Needham**
**Starring: Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jerry Reed, Jackie Gleason**
**Rated: PG**
**Running Time: 1h 36m**
**TMM Score: 2 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Burt Reynolds’ Charisma**
**WEAKNESSES: Everything else**

Smokey and The Bandit (1977)

September 13, 2018

The Bandit is the legend, the greatest trucker, smuggler, runner of them all, so when two rich southerners want to haul some beer across state lines in a record time, he’s the only one to call, but will the Bandit still be able to make his run on time when he picks up a runaway bride hitch-hiker?

Spartacus (1960)

September 13, 2018

A slave, Spartacus, leads a rebellion of thousands of slaves across Italy, threatening the power of the Roman Empire.

Paths of Glory (1957)

September 12, 2018

After failing to attack a well-fortified position, a general accuses soldiers of cowardice and a commanding officer steps in to defend them.

Reign of Fire (2002)

September 11, 2018

A post apocalyptic action thriller set in a world where dragons have wiped out much of the human population.

The Killing (1956)

September 11, 2018

Mobsters plan to rob a racetrack.

fear and desire 4.jpg — Fear and Desire (1953)

**Directed by: Stanley Kubrick**
**Starring: Frank Silvera, Kenneth Harp, Paul Mazursky**
**Rated: NR**
**Running Time: 1h 2m**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Cinematography**
**WEAKNESSES: It's not doing anything special.**

Fear and Desire (1953)

September 10, 2018

Four soldiers are stuck six miles behind enemy lines after a plane crash. As they make their way back to their camp they must face their own fears and decide which risks are worth taking when they run a cross a village girl who may turn them in.

MV5BMTc2MTQ3MDA1Nl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwODA3OTI4NjE@._V1_.jpg — The Martian (2015)

**Directed by: Ridley Scott**
**Starring: Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Jeff Daniels, Michael Pena, Kate Mara, Sebastian Stan, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Benedict Wong, Kristen Wiig, Sean Bean, Mackenzie Davis, Donald Glover, Aksel Hennie**
**Rated: PG-13 or Some Strong Language, Injury Images, and Brief Nudity**
**Running Time: 2 h 24 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Visual Effects, Story Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Farfetched Cheesy Moments**

The Martian (2015)

September 5, 2018

After an accident, an astronaut is stranded on Mars and has to figure out a way to survive.

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**Directed by: Guillaume Canet**
**Starring: Francois Cluzet, Marie-Josee Croze, Andre Dussollier**
**Rated: NR (Suggest R for Violence, Language, and Some Nudity)**
**Running Time: 2 h 11 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Pacing, Story, Excitement, Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Lengthy Expositional Scenes**

Tell No One (2006)

September 4, 2018

Eight years after the murder of Doctor Alexandre Beck’s wife, new clues begin to surface, reopening the case. The police find strong evidence suggesting Beck might be responsible for the murder, so Beck must evade the police while he to tries to prove his innocence.

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**Directed by: Sion Sono**
**Starring: Jun Kunimura, Fumi Nikaido, Hiroki Hasegawa**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Frenetic Bloody Violence and Strong Language)**
**Running Time: 2 h 9 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Practical Effects, Crazy Story, Unique Chracters**
**WEAKNESSES: CGI Effects, Pacing**

Why Don't You Play in Hell? (2013)

September 3, 2018

An independent film crew becomes entangled in a yakuza war.

MV5BMzU5NzhlOGYtODE0YS00ZmUxLWI2YzctNTM0ZWNjMmJjMjBkXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNTAzMTY4MDA@._V1_SY1000_SX675_AL_.jpg — A Prayer Before Dawn (2017)

**Directed by: Jean-Stephane Sauvaire**
**Starring: Joe Cole, Pornchanok Mabklang, Panya Yimmuphai**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 56 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Realism, Writing, Directing, Cinematography**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing**

A Prayer Before Dawn (2017)

August 29, 2018

The true story of Billy Moore, an English boxer who was incarcerated in a Thai prison and fought in a Muay Thai tournament to prove himself to the other inmates.

Interstellar (2014)

August 28, 2018

A team of astronauts travels through a wormhole in search of a planet that might support mankind.

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**Directed by: Michael Bay**
**Starring: Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris**
**Rated: R for Strong Violence, Language and a Sex Scene**
**Running Time: 2 h 16 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, No Holds Barred Action, Ridiculous Premise, Humorous Writing**
**WEAKNESSES: Ridiculous Premise, Directing**

The Rock (1996)

August 23, 2018

An ex-con and a chemist team up to stop a general who has taken control of Alcatraz Island and plans to release nerve gas on San Francisco.

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