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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: George Lucas**
**Starring: Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd, Keira Knightley, Ian McDiarmid, Frank Oz, Terence Stamp, Ahmed Best, Warwick Davis, Samuel L. Jackson**
**Rated: PG**
**Running Time: 2 h 16 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Ideas, World Building, Production Design, Action, Darth Maul, John Williams’ Score**
**WEAKNESSES: Dialogue, Cinematography, Pacing, Plot Holes, Acting, Jar Jar Binks**

Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)

December 16, 2019

Two Jedi caught up in a violent trade dispute between the Federation and Naboo discover a boy that may bring balance to the force.

c 1.jpg — Chappie (2015)

**Directed By: Neill Blomkamp**
**Starring: Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel, Hugh Jackman, Sigourney Weaver, Ninja, Yo-Landi Visser**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 2h**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Emotional Connection, Worldbuilding, Unique Characters**
**Weakness: Some Fortunate Coincidences**

Chappie (2015)

December 10, 2019

When the engineer behind the world’s first robotic police force goes against orders to crack the code for Artificial Intelligence he is forced to enlist a group of gangsters to help him ‘raise’ his new creation into adulthood.

District 9 (2009)

December 5, 2019

When Middle Manager Wikus is given the task of clearing out the slum, District 9, which is populated by Extra Terrestrial Refugees, he is exposed to an alien substance which starts changing his body and sets off a corporate arms race.

tr 1.jpg — Total Recall (1990)

**Directed By: Paul Verhoeven**
**Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone, Michael Ironside, Dean Norris**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 53m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Arnold, Fun, Action, Mystery**
**Weakness: A Little Slight in Aim**

Total Recall (1990)

December 4, 2019

In the future, when Quaid decides to take a memory vacation from his mundane life, he accidentally triggers a real life action/espionage adventure which ranges across two planets. Or so it seems to.

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.

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.

aa 1.jpg — Ad Astra (2019)

**Directed By: James Gray**
**Starring: Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Donald Sutherland**
**Rated: PG-13**
**Run Time: 2h 3m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Cinematic Language**
**Weakness: Voice Over**

Ad Astra (2019)

November 7, 2019

In the near future, Roy McBride is tapped by Space Command Brass to engage in a search for his father, a hero astronaut who disappeared years ago, in order to save the earth from a devastating phenomenon which is on the verge of destroying all human life.

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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: John Gulager**
**Starring: Navi Rawat, Judah Friedlander, Jason Mewes, Balthazar Getty, Dueane Whitaker**
**Rated: R for Pervasive Strong Creature Violence and Gore, Language, Some Sexuality and Drug Content**
**Running Time: 1 h 35 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Practical Effects, Some Humor**
**WEAKNESSES: Thin Story, Thinks It’s More Clever Than It Is**

Feast (2005)

October 26, 2019

Bar patrons face off against bloodthirsty aliens.

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**Directed by: James Isaac**
**Starring: Kane Hodder, Lexa Doig, David Cronenberg, Jeff Geddis**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 31 m**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: It’s Incredibly Funny, Some Cool/Creative Kills**
**WEAKNESSES: Almost Everything**

Jason X (2001)

October 25, 2019

Jason Voorhees is frozen in carbonite for four hundred years until he’s brought back on a space ship.

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**Directed by: Lars Klevberg**
**Starring: Aubrey Plaza, Mark Hamill, Gabriel Bateman, Brian Tyree Henry**
**Rated: R for Bloody Horror Violence, and Language Throughout**
**Running Time: 1 h 30 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Some Humor, Some Horror**
**WEAKNESSES: It’s Pretty Silly**

Child's Play (2019)

October 18, 2019

A 2019 reboot of the 1988 slasher classic revolving around a killer doll named Chucky.

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**Directed by: Frank Henenlotter**
**Starring: Kevin Van Hentenryck, Judy Grafe, Annie Ross**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 30 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Creature Design, Bizarre Turns**
**WEAKNESSES: Different Tone Than The First**

Basket Case II (1990)

October 14, 2019

Following the events of Basket Case, Duane and his Siamese-twin brother, a mutant named Belial flee the hospital where they are taken and join up with a troupe of wayward freaks.

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**Directed by: Lee Cronin**
**Starring: Seana Kerlake, James Quinn Markey, Kati Outinen**
**Rated: R for Some Disturbing Images**
**Running Time: 1 h 30 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Concept, Atmosphere**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Some Acting**

The Hole in the Ground (2019)

October 10, 2019

After he goes missing in the woods and returns, a young mother suspects that her son might be an imposter.

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**Directed by: Darren Lynn Bousman**
**Starring: Paul Sorvino, Anthony Stewart Head, Alexa PenaVega, Paris Hilton, Sarah Brightman**
**Rated: R for Strong Bloody Violence and Gore, Some Drug and Sexual Content**
**Running Time: 1 h 38 m**
**TMM Score: 1.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Anthony Stewart Head, Some Songs, General Concept, Practical Effects**
**WEAKNESSES: Paris Hilton, Most Songs, Overall Execution, Visual Effects**

Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)

October 9, 2019

After a wave of organ failures sweeps through the human populous, a genetics company begins manufacturing artificial organs. But if the recipients of those organs can’t pay, the company sends in a Repo Man to take their product back. A musical!