Brimstone (2016)

January 8, 2020

A young mute woman is tracked by a mysterious preacher.

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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.

MV5BNTc4MTc3NTQ5OF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwOTg0NjI4NA@@._V1_.jpg — Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)

**Directed by: George Lucas**
**Starring: Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman, Ewan McGregor, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L. Jackson, Frank Oz, Jimmy Smits, Christopher Lee**
**Rated: PG-13 for Sci-Fi Violence and Some Intense Images**
**Running Time: 2 h 20 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Darker Entry, Some Action, Production Design**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Battle Fatigue, Acting, Ubiquitous CGI, Dialogue, Cheesy Moments**

Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)

December 17, 2019

Three years after the start of the clone wars, Obi-Wan and Anakin find themselves lured into a plot that may offset the balance of the force, and set the Sith up for rule.

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**Directed by: George Lucas**
**Starring: Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Lee, Samuel L Jackson, Frank Oz, Ian McDiarmid, Rose Byrne**
**Rated: PG for Sustained Sequences of Sci-Fi Action/Violence**
**Running Time: 2 h 22 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Some Action, Ewan McGregor, Production Design, World Building**
**WEAKNESSES: Dialogue, Ubiquitous CGI, Hayden Christensen**

Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002)

December 16, 2019

Ten years after their initial meeting, Anakin Skywalker and Padme Amidala begin a forbidden romance, while Obi-Wan Kenobi investigates an assassination attempt on Amidala’s life.

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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.

The Honeymoon Killers (1970)

December 9, 2019

The true story of con artists turned serial killers, Martha Beck and Ray Fernandez.

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)

December 5, 2019

Three girls in a band travel to Hollywood to make it big, but instead only find drugs, promiscuity, and a procession of insane characters.

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**Directed by: Mark Robson**
**Starring: Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, Sharon Tate, Paul Burke**
**Rated: PG-13 for Thematic Elements Involving Substance Abuse, Some Sexual Content, Partial Nudity and Language**
**Running Time: 2 h 3 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Camp, Some Music, Historical Context**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing**

Valley of the Dolls (1967)

December 4, 2019

The rise and fall of three young women in show business.

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**Directed by: Martin Scorsese**
**Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder, Miriam Margolyes, Richard E Grant, Geraldine Chaplin**
**Rated: PG for Thematic Elements and Some Mild Language**
**Running Time: 2 h 19 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Production Design, Themes, Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing**

The Age of Innocence (1993)

November 28, 2019

A young lawyer in high society 1870s New York falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman’s cousin.

Paycheck (2003)

November 22, 2019

A reverse engineer whom has had his memory wiped finds himself in a deadly chase. Using an envelope of clues, he tries to puzzle together who is after him and why.

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**Directed by: Martin Scorsese**
**Starring: Robert DeNiro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, James Woods, Don Rickles**
**Rated: R for Strong Brutal Violence, Pervasive Strong Language, Drug Use and Some Sexuality**
**Running Time: 2 h 58 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting, Cinematography**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Length**

Casino (1995)

November 18, 2019

Adapted from the true story of Las Vegas mobsters Lefty Rosenthal and Tony Spilotro.

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**Directed by: Nicolas Pesce**
**Starring: Christopher Abbott, Mia Wasikowska, Laia Costa**
**Rated: R for Aberrant Violent and Sexual Content, Nudity, and Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 21 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Writing, Creativity, Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: More Style than Substance, Minor Deux Ex Machina**

Piercing (2018)

November 14, 2019

A man with a growing inclination towards violence decides to murder a prostitute to get it out of his system.

Her (2013)

November 14, 2019

A writer, heartbroken over an old breakup, installs an OS with such advanced AI that it becomes actually sentient and, to him at least, an actual relationship.

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**Directed by: Rainer Werner Fassbinder**
**Starring: Hanna Schygulla, Klaus Lowitsch, Ivan Desny, Gisela Uhlen, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Gottried John, George Eagles**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 2 h**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Characters, Themes, Writing, Directing, Cinematography**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Pacing**

The Marriage of Maria Braun (1978)

November 8, 2019

Shortly after the end of World War II, a newly married woman in post-war Germany struggles to survive without her husband.

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)

November 4, 2019

A German woman in her mid-sixties and a Moroccan migrant worker in his twenties fall in love.

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**Directed by: Charles Barton**
**Starring: Bud Abbot, Lou Costello, Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi, Glenn Strange, Lenore Aubert, Jane Randolph**
**Rated: NR (TMM Suggested PG for Some Scary Images)**
**Running Time: 1 h 23 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Comedy, Production Design, Writing, Wide Appeal**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Jokes Go On Too Long**

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

October 27, 2019

Two freight handlers encounter Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster, and the Wolf Man.

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**Directed by: Ronny Yu**
**Starring: Jennifer Tilly, Brad Dourif, Katherine Heigl, Nick Stabile, Gordon Michael Woolvett**
**Rated: R for Strong Horror Violence and Gore, Language, Some Sexual Content and Brief Drug Use**
**Running Time: 1 h 29 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Humor, Some Special Effects, Some Story Elements**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Story Elements, Human Characters**

Bride of Chucky (1998)

October 18, 2019

Charles Lee Ray’s ex-girlfriend Tiffany resurrects the serial killing doll Chucky, and through a series of unfortunate events, becomes a doll herself. The two engage in a killing spree as they trek across the country towards Charles’ grave.

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**Directed by: Richard Shepard**
**Starring: Allison Williams, Logan Browning, Steven Webber**
**Rated: TV-MA**
**Running Time: 1 h 30 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: Acting, Execution**

The Perfection (2018)

October 13, 2019

A musical prodigy seeks out the star pupil of her former school, and the encounter sends both musicians down a dark path.

MV5BOTUyODEyMDIyM15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNTYxMzg5Mg@@._V1_.jpg — The Wolfman (Director’s Cut) (2010)

**Directed by: Joe Johnston**
**Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt, Hugo Weaving, Asa Butterfield, Max Von Sydow (Only In Director’s Cut Only)**
**Rated: R For Bloody Horror Violence and Gore**
**Running Time: 1 h 59 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Some Acting, Production Design, Special Effects, Makeup, Gore Effects**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Climax**

The Wolfman (2010)

October 7, 2019

After his brother goes missing, Lawrence Talbot returns to his home in Blackmoor, England where the town lives in fright of what they suspect is a werewolf.

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