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**Directed by: Oliver Hirschbiegel**
**Starring: Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Juliane Kohler, Thomas Kretchschmann**
**Rated: R for Strong Violence, Disturbing Images, and Some Nudity**
**Running Time: 2 h 36 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Directing, Writing, Perspective**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Downfall (2004)

February 18, 2019

The final days of Adolf Hitler in his Berlin bunker as told from the perspective of Traudl Junge, his last secretary.

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Directed by: Hiroshi Inagaki
Starring: Toshirô Mifune, Kōji Tsuruta, Mariko Okada, Kaoru Yachigusa
Rated: NR
Running Time: 1h 43m
TMM Score: 4 out of 5
STRENGTHS: Characters, Story, Themes
WEAKNESSES:

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijuji Temple (1955)

February 14, 2019

Musashi, ever the wanderer, continues his journey, dueling and gathering knowledge to become a respectable samurai.

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**Directed by: Julian Schnabel**
**Starring: Willem Dafoe, Mads Mikkelsen, Oscar Isaac, Rupert Friend, Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Rupert Friend**
**Rated: PG-13 for Soem Thematic Elements**
**Running Time: 1 h 51 m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Performances, Cinematography, Writing**
**WEAKNESSES: Overly Ambitious**

At Eternity's Gate (2018)

February 13, 2019

A portrait of Vincent Van Gogh in his final, spiraling years.

MV5BMjQzMzEzNDU2NV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMzQ4NTUwNTM@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,670,1000_AL_.jpg — Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)

**Directed by: Marielle Heller**
**Starring: Melissa McCarthy, Richard E Grant, Ben Falcone**
**Rated: R for Language Including Some Sexual References, and Brief Drug Use**
**Running Time: 1 h 46 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Acting, Story**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)

February 4, 2019

Based on the true story of Lee Israel, a best selling author that became a literary forger when her work fell out of style.

Roma (2018)

January 25, 2019

A year in the life of a maid living in Mexico City during the 1970s.

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**Directed by: John Sturges**
**Starring: Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence**
**Rated: NR (Suggested PG-13 for Some War Violence)**
**Running Time: 2 h 52 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Characters, Writing, Directing, Story, Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

The Great Escape (1963)

January 21, 2019

Allied prisoners of war plan an escape from a German camp during World War II.

91aPxJCgZzL._RI_.jpg — Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954)

Directed by: Hiroshi Inagaki
Starring: Toshirô Mifune, Mariko Okada, Rentarô Mikuni
Rated: NR
Running Time: 1h 33m
TMM Score: 3.5 out of 5
STRENGTHS: Characters, Story, Themes, Color, Japan
WEAKNESSES: Action, Blocking

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954)

January 17, 2019

An aspiring warrior joins the losing side of a feudal war, sending him on a downward spiral as he finds himself a wanted fugitive in the land he once called home.

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**Directed by: Felix van Groeningen**
**Starring: Steve Carell, Timothee Chalamet, Maura Tierney, Amy Ryan, Kaitlin Dever**
**Rated: R for Drug Content Throughout, Language, and Brief Sexual Material**
**Running Time: 2 h**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Story**
**WEAKNESSES: Directing, Some Cheesy Writing, Soundtrack**

Beautiful Boy (2018)

January 7, 2019

Based on a pair of best-selling memoirs from father and son David and Nic Sheff. Nic struggled for years with methamphetamine addiction.

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**Directed by: Yorgos Lanthimos**
**Starring: Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz, Nicolas Hoult**
**Rated: R for Strong Sexual Content, Nudity, and Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 59 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Characters, Unique Cinematography, Production Design, Acting, Pacing**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

The Favourite (2018)

December 24, 2018

The frail Queen Anne takes advice from her confidant and secret lover Lady Sarah, whom effectively runs the kingdom, until an outsider named Abigail challenges the relationship of the Queen and Lady Sarah, testing it’s strength for her own benefit.

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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.

br 1.jpg — Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)

**Directed by: Bryan Singer**
**Starring: Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee, Joe Mazzello**
**Rated: PG-13**
**Running Time: 2h 14m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Standard Story**

Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)

November 14, 2018

When Freddy went looking for the band after a show in London, he didn’t know he was meeting his new family. When the band met Freddy, they didn’t know they were meeting a future legend.

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**Directed by: John McNaughton**
**Starring: Michael Rooker, Tracy Arnold, Tom Towles**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R-NC-17 for Extreme Violence and Sadistic Behavior, Disturbing Content Including Rape, and For Language)**
**Running Time: 1 h 23 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Extreme Content**

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)

October 28, 2018

A drifter commits a series of murders while staying with a friend in Chicago, loosely based on the life of Henry Lee Lucas.

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**Directed by: James Wan**
**Starring: Patrick Wilson, Vera Farminga, Ron Livingston, Lili Taylor, Joey King, Mackenzie Foy**
**Rated: R for Sequences of Disturbing Violence and Terror**
**Running Time: 1 h 52 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Good Blend of Atmospheric and Jump Scares, Characters, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: Corny Dialogue and Climax, Some Tropes**

The Conjuring (2013)

October 26, 2018

Paranormal investigators help a family that is being terrorized by a malicious presence that lives in their home.

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**Directed by: James Wan**
**Starring: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Madison Wolfe, Frances O'Connor**
**Rated: R for Terror and Horror Violence**
**Running Time: 2 h 14 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Atmosphere, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: Lack of Subtlety, The Crooked Man**

The Conjuring 2 (2016)

October 26, 2018

The Warrens head to London to help a single mother and her children deal with a restless spirit.

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**Directed by: David Cronenberg**
**Starring: Jeremy Irons, Genevieve Bujold, Heidi von Palleske**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 56 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Jeremy Irons, Directing, Writing**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Dead Ringers (1988)

October 25, 2018

Twin gynecologists take advantage of the fact that nobody can tell them apart, but when an actress comes to their clinic for advice the twin’s relationship and balance begins to fall apart.

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**Directed by: Trey Parker**
**Starring: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Toddy Walters**
**Rated: R for Comic Gore/Violence, and Some Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 35 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Humor, Low Budget Gem, Writing, Some Songs, Locations**
**WEAKNESSES: It's Pretty Stupid, Pacing**

Cannibal! The Musical (1993)

October 20, 2018

A team of miners travels across the mountains only to be trapped in the winter. As the snows pile up the travelers are forced to turn to cannibalism, while singing!

First Man (2018)

October 17, 2018

A look at the life of Neil Armstrong as he navigates the trials of Project Gemini and then prepares for the historic Apollo 11 Mission.

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**Directed by: Sion Sono**
**Starring: Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Denden, Asuka Kurosawa**
**Rated: NR (Suggest R for Violence and Disturbing Graphic Images, Some Sexual Assaults and Language)**
**Running Time: 2 h 26 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Pacing, Story, Effects, Writing, Directing**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Cold Fish (2010)

October 15, 2018

After a man’s daughter is caught stealing at a store and a friendly storeowner steps in to help, the man and the storeowner strike up a friendship. But when the storeowner asks the man for a favor, things take a very dark turn.

MV5BMTM1MjkxNTQxMV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwMDMxNDg2._V1_.jpg — From Hell (2001)

**Directed by: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes**
**Starring: Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, Ian Holm**
**Rated:R for Strong Violence/Gore, Sexuality, Language and Drug Content**
**Running Time: 2 h 2 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Production Design, Atmosphere, Some Cinematography**
**WEAKNESSES: Cheap Thrill Moments, Some Awkward Scenes, Color Grading**

From Hell (2001)

October 14, 2018

In 1888, Jack the Ripper stalks the Whitechapel District of London.

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**Directed by: E Elias Merhige**
**Starring: John Malkovich, Willem Dafoe, Cary Elwes**
**Rated: R for Some Sexuality, Drug Content, Violence and Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 32 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Production Design, Atmosphere, Writing**
**WEAKNESSES: Cinematography, Small Target Audience (?)**

Shadow of the Vampire (2000)

October 6, 2018

The filming of Nosferatu (1922) is complicated by the demands and habits of lead actor Max Schreck.

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