MV5BOTBiZTg4ODgtYzk0MC00YjA5LTgyNGUtMWYzNGQzYjBlNmY0XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTQxNzMzNDI@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,684,1000_AL_.jpg — Valley of the Dolls (1967)

**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: Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Harvey Keitel, Ray Romano, Bobby Cannavale, Anna Paquin, Stephanie Kurtzuba, Jesse Plemons**
**Rated: R for Pervasive Language and Strong Violence**
**Running Time: 3 h 29 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Writing, Production Design, Scope, World Building**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

The Irishman (2019)

December 2, 2019

A mob hitman recounts his possible involvement with the killing of Jimmy Hoffa.

Faster_pussycat_kill_kill_poster_(1).jpg — Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965)

**Directed by: Russ Meyer**
**Starring: Tura Satana, Haji, Lori Williams, Ray Barlow, Sue Bernard, Dennis Busch, Stuart Lancaster, Paul Trinka**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Some Violence and Suggestive Content)**
**Running Time: 1 h 23 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Style, Story, Characters, Writing**
**WEAKNESSES: Exploitative Nature Won’t Appeal to Everyone**

Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965)

December 2, 2019

After three Go-Go dancers kill a man and kidnap a young girl, they come across an old man living with his two sons in the desert, and they plan to rob him of his fortune.

MV5BNjdhNzZlYzYtYTBlNS00NTJiLWI2ZWUtMDI2YzI2MzM5NjY4XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjc1NTYyMjg@._V1_.jpg — Cape Fear (1991)

Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Juliette Lewis, Jessica Lange, Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum
Rated: R for Strong Violence, and for Language
Running Time: 2h 8m
TMM Score: 4 Stars
STRENGTHS: Robert De Niro, Direction, Fun
WEAKNESSES: Silly Last Act

Cape Fear (1991)

November 27, 2019

After a man is released from prison, he seeks revenge on his lawyer who let him get convicted…

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Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Michelle Williams, Patricia Clarkson
Rated: R for Disturbing Violent Content, Language and Some Nudity
Running Time: 2h 19m
TMM Score: 5 Stars
STRENGTHS: Visceral, Unrestrained, Demands and Rewards Multiple Views
WEAKNESSES: -

Shutter Island (2010)

November 27, 2019

Two detectives search for a missing psych ward patient on Shutter Island, but there’s more to this island than meets the eye…

Mean Streets (1973)

November 26, 2019

Johnny Boy gets in over his head with a loan shark…

91PQwBtV43L._SL1500_.jpg — The Bloodstained Butterfly (1971)

**Directed by: Duccio Tessari**
**Starring: Helmut Berger, Giancarlo Sbragia, Evelyn Steart, Silvano Tranquilli, Wendy D’Olive**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for A Scene of Sexuality, Some Violence and Thematic Elements)**
**Running Time: 1 h 39 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Perspective, Twist, Cinematography**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Pacing, Some Melodrama**

The Bloodstained Butterfly (1971)

November 25, 2019

After a young girl is murdered in a park, a television anchor is arrested for her murder, but murders of a similar style soon follow.

MV5BMjIxMjgxNTk0MF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNjIyOTg2MDE@._V1_.jpg — The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

**Directed by: Martin Scorsese**
**Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie, Matthew McConaughey, Kyle Chandler, Rob Reiner, Jon Bernthal, Jon Favrea, Jean Dujardin, Shea Whigham, Cristin Milioti**
**Rated: R for Sequences of Strong Sexual Content, Graphic Nudity, Drug Use and Language Throughout, and For Some Violence**
**Running Time: 3 h**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting, General Insanity, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES:**

The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

November 25, 2019

The rise and fall of Jordan Belfort, a criminal Wall Street stocker broker.

The American Friend (1977)

November 20, 2019

Jonathan, a man dying of cancer, wanting nothing more than to provide for his family is given a job to kill a man for a lot of money. But Jonathan is no gunman…

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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.

MV5BNTk1NDkzNjI1NF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMzM4Njg3NjM@._V1_.jpg — Piercing (2018)

**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.

Parasite (2019)

November 13, 2019

A family of unemployed con-artists and thieves find the perfect mark in a trusting and unsuspecting wealthy woman and her family whose casual indifference create unexpected and violent problems.

The Pianist (2002)

November 11, 2019

A Polish Jewish pianist struggles to survive during the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto during World War II.

The Wailing (2016)

November 5, 2019

An ancient evil arrives in small South Korean village…

Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)

October 31, 2019

A man investigates the latest Halloween craze, Silver Shamrock masks, thinking that there might be a kind of plot surrounding them.

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**Directed by: Dominique Othenin-Girard**
**Starring: Donald Pleasence, Danielle Harris, Ellie Cornell, Wendy Foxworth**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 36 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Atmosphere, Fun, Some Story Developments**
**WEAKNESSES: Huge Logic Problems**

Halloween V: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989)

October 31, 2019

Michael Meyers returns to Haddonfield once again to try to kill his niece, Jamie.

Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later (1998)

October 31, 2019

Twenty years after Michael Myers terrorized Laurie Strode, he returns to do it again.

Halloween IV: The Return of Michael Meyers (1988)

October 31, 2019

Ten years after Michael Meyers stalked Laurie Strode, he wakes from a coma and returns home to Haddonfield to kill his niece.

Halloween (1978)

October 31, 2019

A psychotic mental patient who has been imprisoned for fifteen years after the brutal murder of his sister escapes confinement and returns to his hometown to kill again.

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**Directed by: Rick Rosenthal**
**Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Busta Rhymes, Tyra Banks, Daisy McCrackin**
**Rated: R for Strong Violence, Language, Some Sexuality and Brief Drug Use**
**Running Time: 1 h 34 m**
**TMM Score: 1 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Nothing**
**WEAKNESSES: Writing, Directing, Concept, Atmosphere**

Halloween: Resurrection (2002)

October 31, 2019

Michael Myers terrorizes a reality TV show that has set up in his old house.

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