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**Directed by: Leigh Whannell**
**Starring: Elizabeth Moss, Aldis Hodge, Harriet Dyer, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Storm Reid**
**Rated: R for Some Strong Bloody Violence, and Language**
**Running Time: 2 h 4 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Some Great Scenes, Acting, Some Themes, Fun**
**WEAKNESSES: Lots of Tiny Plot Holes, Uneven Quality**

The Invisible Man (2020)

February 28, 2020

After Cecilia’s abusive ex Adrian takes his own life and leaves her a fortune, she begins to experience strange phenomena and suspects Adrian might be behind it.

o 1.jpeg — Okja (2017)

**Directed By: Bong Joon-ho**
**Starring: Seo-hyun Ahn, Tilda Swinton, Paul Dano, Giancarlo Esposito, Jake Gyllenhaal, Steven Yeun, Lily Collins, Shirley Henderson**
**Rated: TV-MA**
**Run Time: 2h**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Characters, Themes, World Building**
**Weakness: Pacing, Wildly Uneven Tone**

Okja (2017)

February 27, 2020

When international food conglomerate, Mirando, genetically engineers a food source called Super Pigs, one little peasant girl is given one as part of a publicity stunt. Ten years later Mirando wants it back but Mija isn’t giving up on her friend, without a fight.

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**Directed by: David Lynch**
**Starring: Laura Dern, Jeremy Irons, Justin Theroux, Harry Dean Stanton, Karolina Gruszka, William H. Macy, Mary Steenburgen, Terry Crews, Nastassja Kinski, Laura Harring, Naomi Watts**
**Rated: R for Language, Some Violence and Sexuality/Nudity**
**Running Time: 3 h**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Writing, Surreal Sequences, Unusual Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Length**

Inland Empire (2006)

February 24, 2020

An actress is cast to play the lead in a reputedly cursed script, and as she sets out to make the film, she finds it difficult to separate the film from reality, and reality from her dreams.

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**Directed by: L.Q. Jones**
**Starring: Don Johnson, Susanne Benton, Jason Robards, Tim McIntire (Voice)**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 31 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Unique Story, Characters, Bizarre World, Some Style**
**WEAKNESSES: Rough Themes, Some Dated Scenes**

A Boy and His Dog (1975)

February 21, 2020

In the post-apocalyptic year of 2024, a boy and his telepathic dog travel across a wasteland in search of food, shelter, and sex.

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**Directed by: Shun’ya Ito**
**Starring: Meiko Kaji, Fumio Wantanabe, Yukie Kagawa, FUdeko Tanaka**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Graphic Violence and Nudity)**
**Running Time: 1 h 30 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Style, Direction, Story, Action, Fun**
**WEAKNESSES: Sleazy/ Exploitative (?)**

Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972)

February 18, 2020

The second entry in the Female Prisoner Scorpion series. After being locked in solitary confinement for a year, Matsu the Scorpion escapes with a van full of prisoners and flees across a surreal landscape.

f 1.jpg — The Fall (2006)

**Directed By: Tarsem Singh**
**Starring: Lee Pace, Catinca Untaru, Justine Waddell**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 57m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Acting, Production Design and Costuming, Emotional Connection**
**Weakness: Brief CGI Moments**

The Fall (2006)

February 13, 2020

In a hospital, an injured stuntman weaves an epic tale for a young girl with a broken arm in order to convince her to help him obtain the Morphine he needs to numb his inner anguish.

November (2017)

February 12, 2020

A poor village in Estonia tries to survive the winter by using magic, and a young girl among the villagers attempts to woo a young man.

Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn (2020)

February 7, 2020

After breaking up with the Joker, Harley Quinn tries to find out how she fits in the world, while teaming up with a group of superheroes to stop a crime lord.

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**Directed by: Oz Perkins**
**Starring: Sophia Lillis, Alice Krige, Jessica De Gouw, Samuel Leakey**
**Rated: PG-13 for Disturbing Images/Thematic Content, and Brief Drug Material**
**Running Time: 1 h 27 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Mise-En-Scene, Twist on Familiar Story**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Some Acting**

Gretel & Hansel (2020)

February 3, 2020

A darker retelling of the tale of Hansel and Gretel, focused more on the sister’s perspective.

coos 7.jpg — Color Out of Space (2019)

**Directed By: Richard Stanley**
**Starring: Nicolas Cage, Joely Richardson, Madeleine Arthur, Elliot Knight, Tommy Chong , Brendan Meyer, Julian Hilliard, Josh C. Waller, Q'orianka Kilcher**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 51m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Lighting and Color, Nic Cage, Cosmic Dread**
**Weakness: Some CGI and Acting Moments**

Color Out of Space (2019)

January 24, 2020

When a meteor crash lands near their home in the New England woods, one family is given a glimpse of the universe outside their capacity to grasp without insanity inducing effect.

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**Directed by: Jeremy Clapin**
**Starring: Hakim Faris, Victoire Du Bois, Patrick d’Assumcao**
**Rated: TV-MA**
**Running Time: 1 h 21 m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Animation, Unique, Score, Overall Positive Message**
**WEAKNESSES: Cliche at Times**

I Lost My Body (2019)

January 16, 2020

A hand searches for its lost body, while a young man falls in love with a woman.

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**Directed by: Takashi Miike**
**Starring: Kenji Sawada, Keiko Matsuzaka, Shinji Takeda, Naomi Nishida, Tesuro Tanba, Tamaki Miyazaki**
**Rated: R for Violent Images and Some Sexual Content**
**Running Time: 1 h 53 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Absurdity, Themes, Story, Fun, Innovation**
**WEAKNESSES: Also Absurdity**

The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)

January 15, 2020

A dark comedy concerning a family that opens an inn in a remote mountain region, only to have the arriving customers die in mysterious ways.

Hero (2002)

January 8, 2020

One “Nameless” Hero Assassin is called before the great conqueror King to relay his account of defeating the three greatest assassins and threats to his Imperial Rule.

Cats (2019)

January 7, 2020

Once a year, the Jellicle Cats gather to send one to a place of heavenly reward, if the evil Macavity doesn’t get his way instead.

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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.

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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.

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.

ros 1.jpg — Star Wars: Episode IX - Rise of Skywalker (2019)

**Directed By: J.J. Abrams**
**Starring: Mark Hamill, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Anthony Daniels, Naomi Ackie, Domhnall Gleeson, Richard E. Grant, Keri Russell, Joonas Suotamo, Ian McDiarmid**
**Rated: PG-13**
**Run Time: 2h 21m**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars**
**Strengths: Humor, Broad Story Strokes**
**Weakness: CGI, Scene Execution, Predictability**

Star Wars: Episode IX - Rise of Skywalker (2019)

December 20, 2019

With Emperor Palpatine’s presence now looming, Kylo Ren is hunting him down in a power mad frenzy, Rey is drawn to attempting to save Ren, and the entire resistance must band together to defeat an ancient foe, one last time.

ro 1.jpg — Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)

**Directed By: Gareth Edwards**
**Starring: Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen, Ben Mendelsohn,**
**Forest Whitaker, Riz Ahmed, Mads Mikkelsen**
**Rated: PG-13**
**Run Time: 2h 13m**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars**
**Strengths: Broad Story Strokes, Climax**
**Weakness: Muddled Plot, Main Characters**

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)

December 20, 2019

Jyn Erso has been living and surviving aimlessly since The Empire killed her mother and captured her father to help build the Death Star. When the rebellion asks her to join an effort to steal plans for the doomsday weapon

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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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