MV5BZjEyOTE4MzMtNmMzMy00Mzc3LWJlOTQtOGJiNDE0ZmJiOTU4L2ltYWdlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNTAyODkwOQ@@._V1_.jpg — The Gold Rush (1925)

**Directed by: Charlie Chaplin**
**Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Mack Swain, Tom Murray, Georgia Hale**
**Rated: NR (Suggested PG for Mild Comic Violence)**
**Running Time: 1 h 23 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Humor, Story, Acting, Cinematography, Production Design, Pacing**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

The Gold Rush (1925)

May 15, 2019

A prospector goes to Alaska in search of gold, and ends up finding so much more.

MV5BMjQ3MTk4Nzc1M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMTEwMDU5NjM@._V1_.jpg — Fighting with My Family (2019)

**Directed by: Stephen Merchant**
**Starring: Florence Pugh, Jack Lowden, Nick Frost, Lena Headey, Dwayne Johnson, Stephen Merchant**
**Rated: PG-13 for Crude and Sexual Material, Language Throughout, Some Violence and Drug Content**
**Running Time: 1 h 48 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Acting, Story, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: Follows Sports Movie Cliches**

Fighting with My Family (2019)

May 13, 2019

The true story of Saraya-Jade Bevis AKA Paige, the WWE superstar.

MV5BMjQ1MzU2NDU3Nl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMDQ2MTkwNjM@._V1_.jpg — Blaze (2018)

**Directed by: Ethan Hawke**
**Starring: Ben Dickey, Alia Shawkat, Kris Kristofferson, Richard Linklater, Sam Rockwell, Steve Zahn, Charlie Sexton**
**Rated: R for Language Throughout, Some Sexual Content and Drug Use**
**Running Time: 1 h 23 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Unique Structure, Acting, Writing, Directing**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Length**

Blaze (2018)

May 13, 2019

A look at the life of Texas songwriting legend Blaze Foley.

91egUI3OMML._RI_.jpg — The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)

**Directed by: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise**
**Starring: Tom Hulce, Demi Moore, Tony Jay**
**Rated: G**
**Running Time: 1h 35m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Dark Setting, Beautiful Animation, Good Message, Great Music**
**WEAKNESSES: Overly Silly Characters, Some Strange Writing Choices**

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)

May 9, 2019

The Disney adaptation of Victor Hugo’s classic novel.

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**Directed by: Tony Bancroft, Barry Cook**
**Starring: Ming-Na Wen, Eddie Murphy, BD Wong, Soon-Tek Oh, James Hong, Pat Morita, Miguel Ferrer**
**Rated: G**
**Running Time: 1 h 28 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Music, Animation Style, Song, Excitement, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Mulan (1998)

May 7, 2019

Based on a Chinese legend, about a young girl whom disguises herself as a man to take her ailing father’s place in the army, and in doing so becomes one of China’s greatest heroes.

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**Directed by: Wolfgang Reitherman**
**Starring: Brian Bedford, Monica Evans, Phil Harris, Andy Devine, Peter Ustinov, Roger Miller**
**Rated: G**
**Running Time: 1 h 23 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Some Fun Scenes, Likeable Characters**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Reuses Animation**

Robin Hood (1973)

May 6, 2019

A retelling of the story of Robin Hood and his struggle against the Sherriff of Nottingham starring humanoid animals.

Chocolat (2000)

May 3, 2019

A single mother opens a chocolate shop in a conservative village in France, challenging the morals of the town.

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.

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**Directed by: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo**
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Josh Brolin, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, Paul Rudd, Brie Larson, Karen Gillian, Tessa Thompson, Bradley Cooper
**Rated: PG-13 for Sequences of Science-Fi Violence and Action, and Some Language**
**Running Time: 3 h 1 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Subversion of Expectations, Character Development, Humor, Special Effects**
**WEAKNESSES: Length, Pacing, Fan Service**

Avengers: Endgame (2019)

April 26, 2019

The remaining Avengers fight to undo the events at the end of “Avengers: Infinity War”.

Observe and Report (2009)

April 23, 2019

A bi-polar mall cop decides to be a police officer to take down a streaking menace.

Fellini Satyricon (1969)

April 22, 2019

A series of bizarre events surround a young man’s journey through the hedonistic landscape of first century Rome.

Dick Tracy (1990)

April 22, 2019

A comic strip detective finds his life increasingly complicated as he investigates the notorious Big Boy Caprice’s mob.

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**Directed by: Guillermo Del Toro**
**Starring: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, John Alexander, Seth MacFarlane, Anna Walton, Jeffrey Tambor, Luke Goss, John Hurt**
**Rated: PG-13 for Sequences of Sci-Fi Action and Violence, and Some Language**
**Running Time: 2 h**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Characters, Writing, Production Design, Expanded World**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Coincidental Moments**

Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

April 18, 2019

The continuing adventures of Hellboy and his paranormal friends.

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**Directed by: Guillermo Del Toro**
**Starring: Ron Perlman, Doug Jones, Selma Blair, John Hurt, Jeffrey Tambor, Karel Roden**
**Rated: PG-13 for Sci-Fi Action Violence and Frightening Images**
**Running Time: 2 h 12 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Production Design, Worldbuilding, Writing, Action, Characters**
**WEAKNESSES: Climax, Some Dated Effects**

Hellboy (2004)

April 18, 2019

A demon that was brought from another dimension by Nazis is raised by a secret US organization to protect the world from darkness.

f 1.jpg — Fargo (1996)

**Directed By: Joel & Ethan Coen**
**Starring: William H. Macey, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare, Frances McDormand, John Caroll Lynch, Larry Brandenberg**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 38m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Acting, Themes, Cinematography, Unique Setting**
**Weakness: None**

Fargo (1996)

April 17, 2019

When Jerry Lundegaard, tired of scrounging for scraps and grinding as a failed car/undercoat salesman, decides to stage a kidnap and ransom of his wife to gain access to his father-in-law’s money and the mild mannered mid-westerner ends ends up in league with a violently pragmatic criminal cohort.

DbawL1rWAAAOZq8.jpg-large.jpg — Crazy Rich Asians (2018)

**Directed by: Jon M. Chu**
**Starring: Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh, Lisa Lu, Awkwafina, Ken Jeong**
**Rated: PG-13 for Suggestive Content and Language**
**Running Time: 2 h**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Exploration of Culture, Attacks Classism**
**WEAKNESSES: Formulaic, Glorifies Materialism**

Crazy Rich Asians (2018)

April 15, 2019

An Asian-American economics professor travels to Singapore to meet her boyfriend’s family, and is surprised to find his family is extraordinarily wealthy and class oriented.

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**Directed by: Richard Curtis**
**Starring: Domhnhall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams, Bill Nighy, Tom Hollander, Margot Robbie, Lindsay Duncan, Lydia Wilson**
**Rated: R for Language and Some Sexual Content**
**Running Time: 2 h 3 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Intent, Some Writing, Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Unacknowledged Implications and Consequences**

About Time (2013)

April 11, 2019

A young man discovers he can time travel and decides to use his newfound power to help land him a girlfriend.

Holmes and Watson (2018)

April 9, 2019

The beloved literary characters of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson take on their silliest mission yet.

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**Directed by: David F. Sandberg**
**Starring: Zachary Levi, Djimon Hounsou, Mark Strong, Jack Dylan Grazer, Asher Angel, Marta Milans, Adam Brody**
**Rated: PG-13 for Intense Sequences of Action, Language, and Suggestive Material**
**Running Time: 2 h 12 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Humor, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: Never Breaks From Superhero Formula, Length**

Shazam! (2019)

April 8, 2019

A fourteen-year-old foster kid is granted new powers that allow him to turn into a superhero.

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