The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001)

March 27, 2019

Ed Crane, a small town barber, has never made a splash in the world or even taken a big risk in his life but when a venture capitalist proposes a partnership he throws caution to the wind to blackmail his wife’s married lover to raise the money to finally get his slice of the pie.

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**Directed by: Jordan Peele**
**Starring: Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss, Tim Heidecker, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Evan Alex**
**Rated: R for Violence/Terror, and Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 56 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting, Message**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Us (2019)

March 26, 2019

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

MV5BMTY2Njk3MTAzM15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMTY5Mzk4NjE@._V1_.jpg — **Miller’s Crossing (1990)**

**Directed by: Joel Coen**
**Starring: Albert Finney, Gabriel Byrne, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro, Jon Polito**
**Rated: R for Graphic Violence**
**Running Time: 1 h 55 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Acting, Setting, Action**
**WEAKNESSES: Stalls Towards the End**

Miller's Crossing (1990)

March 26, 2019

The Coen Brothers have always been top notch filmmakers, always creating memorable characters, and imaginative stories, whether it be dramatic, comedic, or a little of both, the Coen's have always had a gift for the craft, and Miller's Crossing is no exception.

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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.

Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)

March 25, 2019

Flopping couch to couch, getting underpaid to perform in bars, and hitchhiking to Chicago may seem like the romantic life of a legendary singer but it’s just a week in the life for LLewyn Davis in 1961, New York City.

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.

qv 1.jpg — Quo Vadis (1951)

Directed By: Mervyn LeRoy
Starring: Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Peter Ustinov, Leo Gann
Rated: NR
Run Time: 2h 51m
TMM Score: 4 Stars
Strengths: Acting, Special Effects
Weakness: Some Acting, Dated Style

Quo Vadis (1951)

March 20, 2019

A young commander in the Roman Empire, under the mad poet/emperor Nero, has returned home and fallen fora beautiful Christian slave girl. When she rejects him, he chooses to conquer her through force but wavers as he sees what power does to a man.

pojoa+1.jpg — The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)

The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
Directed By: Carl Theodor Dreyer
Starring: Maria Falconetti, Eugene Sylvain, Andre Berley
Rated: NR
Run Time: 1h 54m (sort of)
TMM Score: 5 Stars
Strengths: Cinematography and Acting
Weakness: Some of the Sets

The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)

March 19, 2019

Joan of Arc, capture by the English, stands trial for heresy.

Free Solo (2018)

March 19, 2019

The first man to free solo El Capitan in Yosemite National Park.

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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.

dt 1.jpg — The Dark Tower (2017)

**Directed by: Nikolaj Arcel**
**Starring: Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Taylor**
**Rated: PG-13**
**Running Time: 1h 35m**
**TMM Score: 1.5 out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Idris Elba**
**WEAKNESSES: Everything Else**

The Dark Tower (2017)

March 14, 2019

When an evil force threatens the safety of all worlds, a young boy, who dreams of monsters and men, travels to a mysterious world where, with the help of a gunslinger, decides to take matters into his own hands.

Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991)

**Directed by: James Cameron**
**Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Edward Furlong, Linda Hamilton, Robert Patrick**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 2 h 36m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting, Action, Story, Special Effects**
**WEAKNESSES: Longer Than Most Action Movies**

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

March 12, 2019

A young John Connor must survive with the help of a Terminator if he is to lead the revolution in the future.

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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.

ah+1.jpg — Animal House (1978)

Directed By: John Landis
Starring: John Belushi, Stephen Furst, Karen Allen, Mark Metcalf, Donald Sutherland
Rated: R
Run Time: 1h 49m
TMM Score: 4 Stars
Strengths: Performances
Weakness: Taste in Humor Has Changed

Animal House (1978)

March 7, 2019

The College Dean has had enough. He’s going to expel every member of the raucous, crass, and rebellious Delta House but this is no group of guys to take things lying down.

bb 1.jpg — The Blues Brothers (1980)

Directed By: John Landis
Starring: John Belushi, Dan Akroyd, Carrie Fisher, Aretha Franklin, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles, James Brown
Rated: R
Run Time: 2h 13m
TMM Score: 5 Stars
Strengths: Performances
Weakness: Nothing

The Blues Brothers (1980)

March 6, 2019

When Jake Blues is released from prison, he and his brother Elwood are set on a mission from God, to save the orphanage they grew up in without tainting any of the money through illicit means.

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