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**Directed by: Joe Johnston**
**Starring: Billy Campbell, Jennifer Connelly, Alan Arkin,Timothy Dalton, Paul Sorvino, Terry O’Quinn**
**Rated: PG**
**Running Time: 1 h 48 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Nostalgic Tone, Story, Some Acting, Ending**
**WEAKNESSES: Billy Campbell**

The Rocketeer (1991)

April 5, 2019

A young pilot finds a jetpack that allows him to be a masked hero.

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**Directed by: Norman Jewison**
**Starring: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates**
**Rated: NR (Suggested PG-13 for Thematic Material, Mild Language and Violence)**
**Running Time: 1 h 50 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Message, Acting, Story**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Side Acting by Side Characters, Familiar Message**

In the Heat of the Night (1967)

April 4, 2019

An African-American police detective is asked to assist in the investigation of a murder in Sparta, Mississippi, where the police chief and many of the officers are racist.

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**Directed by: Travis Knight**
**Starring: Hailee Steinfeld, John Cena, Jorge Lendeborg Jr.**
**Rated: PG-13 for Sequences of Sci-Fi Action Violence**
**Running Time: 1 h 54 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Simplicity, Humor, Hailee Steinfeld, Lack of Michael Bay**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Dialogue, Predictable**

Bumblebee (2018)

April 1, 2019

Eighteen-year-old Charlie finds out her new car is actually a robot alien fugitive.

MV5BMTc1OTc5NzA4OF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwOTAzMzE2NjM@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,674,1000_AL_.jpg — The Mule (2018)

**Directed by: Clint Eastwood**
**Starring: Clint Eastwood, Bradley Cooper, Michael Pena, Taissa Farminga, Laurence Fishburne, Andy Garcia, Dianne Wiest**
**Rated: R for Language Throughout and Brief Sexuality/Nudity**
**Running Time: 1 h 56 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Some Acting, Story**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Acting, Themes**

The Mule (2018)

April 1, 2019

A 90-year-old Korean War vet is roped into being a drug mule for a Mexican cartel.

No Country for Old Men (2007)

March 29, 2019

After a man stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong, he seizes the two million dollars left behind and runs, only to be pursued by a ruthless psychopath.

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**Directed by: Peter Berg**
**Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Lauren Cohan, Iko Uwais, Ronda Rousey, John Malkovich**
**Rated: R for Strong Violence and Language Throughout**
**Running Time: 1 h 34 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Iko Uwais, Action, Ending**
**WEAKNESSES: Writing, Acting, Length**

Mile 22 (2019)

March 28, 2019

An elite intelligence team tries to smuggle a mysterious police officer out of Indonesia.

Us (2019)

March 26, 2019

A family on vacation is terrorized by a group of doppelgangers.

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**Directed by: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen**
**Starring: Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Sari Lennick, Fred Melamed, Aaron Wolff**
**Rated: R for Language, Some Sexuality/Nudity and Brief Violence**
**Running Time: 1 h 46 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Writing, Directing, Themes, Ending**
**WEAKNESSES:-**

A Serious Man (2009)

March 26, 2019

A college physics teacher tries to find meaning in his life while it unravels before his eyes.

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**Directed by: S. Craig Zahler**
**Starring: Mel Gibson, Vince Vaughn, Michael Jai White, Jennifer Carpenter, Don Johnson, Laurie Holden, Thomas Kretschmann, Udo Kier, Fred Melamed**
**Rated: R for Strong Violence, Grisly Images, Language, and Some Sexuality/Nudity**
**Running Time: 2 h 39 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Length, Some Unnecessary Backstory**

Dragged Across Concrete (2018)

March 25, 2019

After two cops are put on administrative leave, they turn to the underworld in order to make ends meet.

The Big Lebowski (1998)

March 25, 2019

Slacker ‘The Dude’ navigates LA trying to untangle a mess of a conspiracy.

Frantic (1988)

March 22, 2019

While on vacation in Paris, a doctor’s wife disappears and he finds himself wrapped up in the Parisian underbelly.

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**Directed by: Matthew Heineman**
**Starring: Rosamund Pike, Jamie Dornan, Tom Hollander, Stanley Tucci**
**Rated: R for Disturbing Violent Images, Language Throughout, and Brief Sexuality/Nudity**
**Running Time: 1 h 50 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Writing, Directing, Cinematography**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Dream Sequences**

A Private War (2018)

March 18, 2019

The true story of British War correspondent Marie Colvin leading up to her death in Homs Syria during the 2012 bombings.

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**Directed by: Sean Penn**
**Starring: Jack Nicholson, Aaron Eckhart, Benicio Del Toro, Patricia Clarkson, Helen Mirren, Robin Wright, Mickey Rourke, Sam Shepard, Harry Dean Stanton, Lois Smith, Vanessa Redgrave**
**Rated: R for Strong Violence and Language**
**Running Time: 2 h 4 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Unexpected Twist on a Familiar Storyline, Directing**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Overly Coincidental Moments, Some Dicey Acting**

The Pledge (2001)

March 15, 2019

A retiring police detective pledges to catch the killer of a young child.

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**Directed by: David Yates**
**Starring: Eddie Redmanyne, Johnny Depp, Zoe Krzvitz,Ezra Miller, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Jude Law, Brontis Jodorowsky**
**Rated: PG-13 for Some Sequences of Fantasy Action**
**Running Time: 2 h 14 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Production Design, Special Effects, Some Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Jumbled Story, Fan Service Over Substance**

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)

March 11, 2019

Wizard Newt Scamander finds himself wrapped up in an adventure that pits him and his friends against the evil Grindelwald.

Mortal Engines (2018)

March 11, 2019

In a post apocalyptic steampunk world where cities are mobile and consume smaller cities to survive, two people try to stop a conspiracy.

Eastern Promises (2007)

March 8, 2019

A London midwife delivers a baby for a dying teenage prostitute. When she attempts to find the family of the child, she finds herself dealing with a violent Russian mob family.

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**Directed by: Steven Knight**
**Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Diane Lane, Jason Clarke, Djimon Hounsou**
**Rated: R for Language throughout, Sexual Content, and Some Bloody Images**
**Running Time: 1 h 46 m**
**TMM Score: 2 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: So Bad It’s Good**
**WEAKNESSES: Laughable Dialogue, Confusing Direction, Obscure Characters, Absurd Twists, Bizarre Writing**

Serenity (2019)

March 5, 2019

A lonely fisherman takes a peculiar job from a mysterious woman.

Vox Lux (2018)

March 4, 2019

An unusual set of circumstances bring success to a pop star.

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**Directed by: Josie Rourke**
**Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie, Jack Lowden, Guy Pearce**
**Rated: R for Some Violence and Sexuality**
**Running Time: 2 h 4 m**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Costumes**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Writing, Directing, Out of Place Themes**

Mary Queen of Scots (2018)

March 1, 2019

An account of Mary Stuart’s relationship with Elizabeth I, Queen of England.

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**Directed by: Luis Bunuel**
**Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Fernando Rey, Franco Nero**
**Rated: PG-13 for Some Thematic Elements and Some Disturbing Images**
**Running Time: 1 h 39 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Writing, Direction**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing**

Tristana (1970)

February 28, 2019

A young and innocent girl is taken under the wing of an older guardian after her mother passes away, and soon the guardian begins to make advances towards her.

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