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**Directed by: Sam Mendes**
**Starring: George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman, Colin Firth, Andrew Scott, Mark Strong, Benedict Cumberbatch**
**Rated: R for Violence, Some Disturbing Images, and Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 59 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Direction, Cinematography, Production Design, Experience, Characters, Soundtrack**
**WEAKNESSES: Thin Story**

1917 (2019)

January 13, 2020

Two British soldiers must deliver a message deep in enemy territory that will halt an attack and possibly save the lives of 1,600 of their fellow soldiers.

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**Directed by: Tom Tykwer**
**Starring: Ben Winshaw, Dustin Hoffman, Alan Rickman**
**Rated: R for Aberrant Behavior Involving Nudity, Violence, Sexuality, and Disturbing Images**
**Running Time: 2 h 27 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Direction, Acting, Production Design, Story, Concept**
**WEAKNESSES: Length, Ending**

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)

January 10, 2020

A perfumer with an incredible sense of smell has a deadly obsession with his pursuit of trying capture the scent of women.

tp 1.jpg — The Two Popes (2019)

**Directed By: Fernando Meirelles**
**Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Jonathan Pryce, Juan Minujín**
**Rated: PG-13**
**Run Time: 2h 5m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Acting, Themes**
**Weakness: Drags Slightly (in certain moments), Jarring Music Choices**

The Two Popes (2019)

January 9, 2020

The true story of how Pope Benedict and future Pope Francis conversed over a few days together to discuss the future of the Catholic Church.

Brimstone (2016)

January 8, 2020

A young mute woman is tracked by a mysterious preacher.

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**Directed by: Nicolas Pesce**
**Starring: Andrea Riseborough, Demian Bichir, John Cho, William Sadler, Jackie Weaver, Betty Gilpin**
**Rated: R for Disturbing Violence and Bloody Images, Terror and Some Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 33 m**
**TMM Score: 1 star out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: -**
**WEAKNESSES: Boring, Predictable, Acting, Jump Scares**

The Grudge (2020)

January 6, 2020

A house is haunted by a vengeful ghost.

Che: Part Two (2008)

January 3, 2020

In 1967, Che leads a small army against the Bolivian government.

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**Directed by: Steven Soderbergh**
**Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Demian Bichir, Julia Ormond, Oscar Isaac, Edgar Ramirez**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Violence and Language)**
**Running Time: 2 h 14 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Directing, Acting, Perspective**
**WEAKNESSES: Depiction of a Controversial Figure**

Che: Part One (2008)

January 2, 2020

Ernesto Che Guevara and a band of Fidel Castro-led Cubans mobilize to topple the regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista.

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**Directed by: Casey Affleck**
**Starring: Casey Affleck, Anna Pniowsky, Elisabeth Moss, Tom Bower**
**Rated: R for Some Violence**
**Running Time: 1 h 59 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Writing, Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Mild Pacing, Predictable**

Light of My Life (2019)

January 1, 2020

After a plague wipes out most of the female population, a father must fight to keep his immune eleven-year-old daughter safe from the men who might wish her harm.

Uncut Gems (2019)

December 31, 2019

Howard Ratner, a New York City jeweler and compulsive gambling addict, makes a series of high stakes bets in an attempt to score a huge win, while simultaneously avoiding his bookies, and balancing his wife, kids and his mistress.

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**Directed by: Greta Gerwig**
**Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, Emma Watson, Eliza Scanlen, Laura Dern, Timpthee Chalamet, Tracy Letts, Bob Odenkirk, Louis Garrel, James Norton, Chris Cooper, Meryl Streep**
**Rated: PG for Thematic Elements and Brief Smoking**
**Running Time: 2 h 14 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story Structure, Acting, Directing, Themes Cinematography, Production Design**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Little Women (2019)

December 30, 2019

Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel about the everyday adventures of the four March sisters.

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**Directed by: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger**
**Starring: Moira Shearer, Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring**
**Rated: NR (Suggested PG for Mild Thematic Elements)**
**Running Time: 2 h 15 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Cinematography, Production Design, Music, Characters**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

The Red Shoes (1948)

December 27, 2019

A young ballet dancer is torn between the man she loves and her pursuit to become a prima ballerina.

Richard Jewell (2019)

December 26, 2019

When security guard Richard Jewell spots and alerts authorities to a bomb at the Atlanta Olympic Games, he becomes the target of a media and FBI investigation desperate to find a culprit.

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**Directed by: Nasiga Oshima**
**Starring: David Bowie, Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Takeshi Kitano**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 2 h 3 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Themes, Characters, Acting, Soundtrack**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing**

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)

December 25, 2019

A British officer tries to bridge a cultural divide in a Japanese POW camp.

o 1.jpg — Overcomer (2019)

**Directed By: Alex Kendrick**
**Starring: Alex Kendrick, Shari Rigby, Aryn Wright-Thompson**
**Rated: PG**
**Run Time: 1h 59m**
**TMM Score: 2 Stars**
**Strengths: Main Story Beats**
**Weakness: Heavy Handedness**

Overcomer (2019)

December 24, 2019

A High School Basketball coach at a struggling private Christian high school is forced to coach the Cross Country team as well as adjust his understanding of success, meaning, and faith.

The Ninth Configuration (1980)

December 23, 2019

An isolated institution in the Pacific Northwest tries a controversial experimental treatment on its primarily Vietnam veteran population.

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**Directed by: Navid Lapid**
**Starring: Tom Mercier, Quentin Dolmaire, Louise Chevillotte**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Strong Graphic Nudity and Sexual Content, and for Language)**
**Running Time: 2 h 3 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Writing, Story, Cinematography**
**WEAKNESSES: Mild Pacing Issues**

Synonyms (2019)

December 20, 2019

A young Israeli man flees to Paris to begin a new life.

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**Directed by: Mike Flanagan**
**Starring: Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran, Emily Alyn Lind, Alex Essoe, Jacob Tremblay, Danny Lloyd**
**Rated: R for Disturbing Violent Content, Some Bloody Images, Language, Nudity and Drug Use**
**Running Time: 2 h 32 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Melding of Kubrick and King’s Worlds, Story, Acting, Ingenuity**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing (Particularly in First Act), Length**

Doctor Sleep (2019)

December 20, 2019

Years after the events of “The Shining”, Dan Torrance fights to protect a girl who possesses the same psychic ability as him.

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**Directed by: Brian Henson**
**Starring: Michael Caine, Dave Goelz, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Steve Whitmire**
**Rated: G**
**Running Time: 1 h 25 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: This Movie Is Perfect**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)

December 13, 2019

A retelling of Charles Dickens’ classic novel featuring the Muppets.

hb 1.jpg — Honey Boy (2019)

**Directed By: Alma Har’el**
**Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Lucas Hedges, Noah Jupe, Byron Bowers, Laura San Giacomo, FKA Twigs, Natasha Lyonne, Martin Starr**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 34m**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars**
**Strengths: Personal Meaning**
**Weakness: Certain Connections are Weak**

Honey Boy (2019)

December 12, 2019

A child actor struggles with his relationship with his father and the pressures that fame, money, and a dad who hasn’t figured out his own life yet can bring to a child before he is ready to cope.

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**Directed by: Noah Baumbach**
**Starring: Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Laura Dern, Ray Liotta, Wallace Shawn**
**Rated: R for Language Throughout and Some Sexual References**
**Running Time: 2 h 16 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Marriage Story (2019)

December 12, 2019

A married couple learns how to live with each other as they come to terms with their divorce and what that means for the future of their child.

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