kin 1.jpg — Kin(2018)

**Directed by: Jonathan Baker, Josh Baker**
**Starring: Myles Truit, Jack Reynor, Zoe Kravitz, Dennis Quaid**
**Rated: PG13**
**Running Time: 1h 42m**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Style, and Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: A Terrible Ending**

Kin (2018)

November 20, 2018

When his older brother gets out of jail with a heavy debt on his head, Eli hits the road with him, not knowing that Jimmy has some huge secrets he’s keeping. Eli has his own secret though; a devastating high tech weapon of mysterious origin.

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**Directed by: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen**
**Starring: Tim Blake Nelson, Clancy Brown, James Franco, Liam Neeson, Zoe Kazan, Brendan Gleeson, Tom Waits**
**Rated: R for Some Strong Violence**
**Running Time: 2 h 12 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Coen Bros Flair, Irreverence and Poignancy, Clever Writing**
**WEAKNESSES: Some CGI and Sets Look A Little Cheap**

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)

November 20, 2018

Six stories set in the Coen Brothers’ Wild West.

Overlord (2018)

November 19, 2018

A group of American soldiers stumble upon a Nazi experiment after being dropped behind enemy lines on the eve of D-Day.

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**Directed by: David Yates**
**Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Colin Ferrell, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Samantha Morton, Ezra Miller**
**Rated: PG-13 for Some Fantasy Action**
**Running Time: 2 h 13 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: World-Building, Characters, Production Design, Effects**
**WEAKNESSES: Scatterbrained Story, Pacing**

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

November 16, 2018

A wizard named Newt Scamander journeys to New York in the 1926, only to accidentally become involved with a group of Wizards. Meanwhile, the evil Grindelwald wrecks havoc around the wizarding and muggle worlds alike.

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**Directed by: Jon Turteltaub**
**Starring: Jason Statham, Bingbing Li, Rainn Wilson, Ruby Rose**
**Rated: PG-13 for Action/Peril, Bloody Images and Some Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 53 m**
**TMM Score: 1.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: The Crazy Beach Scene**
**WEAKNESSES: Predictability, Dialogue, Acting, Special Effects**

The Meg (2018)

November 13, 2018

Jonas Taylor squares off against a Megladon.

glad 1.jpg — Gladiator (2000)

**Directed by: Ridley Scott**
**Starring: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Richard Harris, Connie Nielson**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 2h 35m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars (Loved It)**
**STRENGTHS: Production, Acting, Spectacle**
**WEAKNESSES: Final Speech/Ending**

Gladiator (2000)

November 8, 2018

When Maximus, a Roman General, is betrayed by Commodus, the Roman Emperor, His family is killed and he narrowly escapes into the life of a slave. As a Gladiator, will he ever realize vengeance upon the man who ruined his life?

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**Directed by: James Whale**
**Starring: Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Elsa Lanchester, Ernest Thesiger**
**Rated: NR (Suggested PG for Violence and Some Scary Imagery)**
**Running Time: 1 h 15 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Characters, Story Structure, Moral Dilemmas, Effects, Technically Superior to Original, Acting, Pacing**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

October 31, 2018

The continuing misadventures of Frankenstein and his monster.

Zombie (1979)

October 29, 2018

After a zombie is found on a sailboat off the New York coast, a journalist named Peter West and Anne Bowles, a daughter in search of her missing father, travel to a tropical island looking for answers.

Van Helsing (2004)

October 28, 2018

A monster hunter travels to Transylvania to stop Count Dracula from hatching an evil plan.

Underworld (2003)

October 28, 2018

A vampire warrior becomes infatuated with a human that is sought after by her archenemies: the lycan.

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**Directed by: Joel Schumacher**
**Starring: Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Edward Herrmann, Kiefer Sutherland, Corey Feldman, Dianne Wiest, Jamison Newlander**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 37 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Some Humor, Some Action**
**WEAKNESSES: It’s Silly but Thinks Its Cool, Doesn’t Follow its Own Rules**

The Lost Boys (1987)

October 23, 2018

After moving to a new town, two brothers find out the area is infested with vampires.

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**Directed by: Adam Wingard**
**Starring: Dan Stevens, Maika Monroe, Brendan Meyer, Lance Reddick, Sheila Kelley**
**Rated: R for Strong Violence, Language, Some Drug Use and A Scene of Sexuality**
**Running Time: 1 h 40 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Writing, Soundtrack, Simplicity**
**WEAKNESSES: Predictable, Some Stupid Character Choices**

The Guest (2014)

October 22, 2018

A man arrives at the Peterson’s home, introducing himself as a soldier that served beside their son who died in action, but the man might be hiding some secrets.

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**Directed by: Drew Goddard**
**Starring: Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson, John Hamm, Chris Hemsworth, Cailee Spaeny, Shea Whigham, Nick Offerman, Lewis Pullman**
**Rated: R for Strong Violence, Language, Some Drug Content and Brief Nudity**
**Running Time: 2 h 21 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Characters, Story, Setting**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Length**

Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)

October 18, 2018

Seven strangers all harboring secrets meet at El Royale, a mysterious hotel on the border of California and Nevada.

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**Directed by: Stephen Chiodo**
**Starring: Grant Cramer, Suzanne Snyder, John Allen Nelson**
**Rated: PG-13**
**Running Time: 1 h 28 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Effects, Creature and Production Design, Comedy, Originality**
**WEAKNESSES: Tone (?), Some Jokes Didn't Land (?)**

Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)

October 18, 2018

Aliens that look like clowns attack a small town.

tk 1.jpg — Turbo Kid (2015)

**Directed by: Francois Simard, Anouk Whissell**
**Starring: Munro Chambers, Laurence Laboeuf, Michael Ironside**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1h 33m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Nostalgia, Practical Effects**
**WEAKNESSES: Needs a Heavy Audience Buy In**

Turbo Kid (2015)

October 17, 2018

In 1997, after the Apocalypse, one comic book fan finds out that being a hero means acting like one to save their elvish platonic girl friend from the likes of an evil water baron.