Uncommon Valor (1983)

April 29, 2019

Ten years after his son went MIA in Vietnam, a retired Colonel assembles a private rescue team to storm a POW camp in Laos, where he believes his son is being kept.

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**Directed by: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo**
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Josh Brolin, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, Paul Rudd, Brie Larson, Karen Gillian, Tessa Thompson, Bradley Cooper
**Rated: PG-13 for Sequences of Science-Fi Violence and Action, and Some Language**
**Running Time: 3 h 1 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Subversion of Expectations, Character Development, Humor, Special Effects**
**WEAKNESSES: Length, Pacing, Fan Service**

Avengers: Endgame (2019)

April 26, 2019

The remaining Avengers fight to undo the events at the end of “Avengers: Infinity War”.

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**Directed by: Frank Pavich**
**Starring: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Brontis Jodorowsky, Nicolas Winding Refn**
**Rated: PG-13 for Some Violent and Sexual Images and Drug References**
**Running Time: 1 h 30 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story**
**WEAKNESSES: Narrow Target Audience**

Jodorowsky's Dune (2013)

April 26, 2019

An exploration of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s failed attempt to bring Frank Herbert’s Dune to screen.

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**Directed by: Alan Smithee (David Lynch)**
**Starring: Kyle MacLachlan, Virginia Madsen, Francesca Annis, Sting, Patrick Stewart, Max Von Sydow, Kenneth McMillan, Jurgen Prochow**
**Rated: PG-13**
**Running Time: 2 h 57 m**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: A Valiant Effort**
**WEAKNESSES: Practically Everything**

Dune (Extended Cut) (1984)

April 26, 2019

After a Duke takes over a rich desert planet, forces around the galaxy descend in attempt to dethrone him. Meanwhile, a mysterious prophecy concerns the Duke’s son.

Cat o' Nine Tails (1971)

April 25, 2019

A reporter and a retired blind crossword puzzle writer collaborate to solve a slew of murders.

bu+1.jpg — Blow-Up (1966)

**Directed By: Michelangelo Antonioni**
**Starring: David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave**
**Rated: NR**
**Run Time: 1h 51m**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars**
**Strengths: Visual Storytelling, Themes**
**Weakness: Character and Emotional Connections**

Blow-Up (1966)

April 24, 2019

Thomas is a London photographer worshipped by and bored of models and actresses. When tired, he roams the city and parks for new photographic subjects and ends up accidentally photographing a murder and being spotted by the killer.

Observe and Report (2009)

April 23, 2019

A bi-polar mall cop decides to be a police officer to take down a streaking menace.

the Passenger.jpg — The Passenger (1975)

**Directed by: Michelangelo Antonioni**
**Starring: Jack Nicholson, Maria Schneider, Jenny Runacre, Ian Hendry**
**Rated: PG-13 for Some Violence, Nudity and Language**
**Running Time: 2 h 6 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Direction, Writing, Acting, Cinematography**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing**

The Passenger (1975)

April 23, 2019

A war correspondent, frustrated with his work and unable to find the war he’s supposed to cover, takes up the identity of a dead man who looks similar to him, only to find his plan may have many flaws.

L'Avventura (1960)

April 23, 2019

After a woman goes missing, her boyfriend and best friend form a search party to try to find her.

Fellini Satyricon (1969)

April 22, 2019

A series of bizarre events surround a young man’s journey through the hedonistic landscape of first century Rome.

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**Directed by: Warren Beatty**
**Starring: Warren Beatty, Charlie Korsmo, Glenne Headly, Al Pacino, Madonna, Dustin Hoffman, Mandy Patinkin, Kathy Bates, Dick Van Dyke, James Caan**
**Rated: PG**
**Running Time: 1 h 45 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Style, Direction, Makeup and Production Design, Acting, Fun**
**WEAKNESSES: Not For Everyone**

Dick Tracy (1990)

April 22, 2019

A comic strip detective finds his life increasingly complicated as he investigates the notorious Big Boy Caprice’s mob.

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**Directed by: Bjorn Runge**
**Starring: Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, Max Irons**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1h 39m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Glenn Close, Acting, Writing**
**WEAKNESSES: Cinematography, Weak Scenes**

The Wife (2017)

April 19, 2019

A writer wins the Nobel prize, but in doing so it threatens to rip apart his family and expose embarrassing truths about him and his family.

PotC 1.jpg — The Passion of The Christ (2004)

**Directed By: Mel Gibson**
**Starring: Jim Caviezel, Monica Bellucci, Maia Morgenstern**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 2h 7m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Visual Storytelling,**
**Weakness: Certain Shots, The Marketing**

The Passion of The Christ (2004)

April 19, 2019

The story of Jesus of Nazareth’s 12-Hour Passion modeled after the 12 Stations of the Cross.

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**Directed by: Guillermo Del Toro**
**Starring: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, John Alexander, Seth MacFarlane, Anna Walton, Jeffrey Tambor, Luke Goss, John Hurt**
**Rated: PG-13 for Sequences of Sci-Fi Action and Violence, and Some Language**
**Running Time: 2 h**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Characters, Writing, Production Design, Expanded World**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Coincidental Moments**

Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

April 18, 2019

The continuing adventures of Hellboy and his paranormal friends.

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**Directed by: Guillermo Del Toro**
**Starring: Ron Perlman, Doug Jones, Selma Blair, John Hurt, Jeffrey Tambor, Karel Roden**
**Rated: PG-13 for Sci-Fi Action Violence and Frightening Images**
**Running Time: 2 h 12 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Production Design, Worldbuilding, Writing, Action, Characters**
**WEAKNESSES: Climax, Some Dated Effects**

Hellboy (2004)

April 18, 2019

A demon that was brought from another dimension by Nazis is raised by a secret US organization to protect the world from darkness.

f 1.jpg — Fargo (1996)

**Directed By: Joel & Ethan Coen**
**Starring: William H. Macey, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare, Frances McDormand, John Caroll Lynch, Larry Brandenberg**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 38m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Acting, Themes, Cinematography, Unique Setting**
**Weakness: None**

Fargo (1996)

April 17, 2019

When Jerry Lundegaard, tired of scrounging for scraps and grinding as a failed car/undercoat salesman, decides to stage a kidnap and ransom of his wife to gain access to his father-in-law’s money and the mild mannered mid-westerner ends ends up in league with a violently pragmatic criminal cohort.

A History of Violence (2005)

April 16, 2019

Tom Stall had the perfect life, until he became a hero.

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**Directed by: Destin Daniel Cretton**
**Starring: Woody Harrelson, Brie Larson, Naomi Watts, Ella Anderson, Sarah Snook, Max Greenfield**
**Rated: PG-13 for Mature Thematic Content Involving Family Dysfunction, and For Some Language and Smoking**
**Running Time: 2 h 7 m**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Overly Sentimental, Betrays the Spirit of the Memoir**

The Glass Castle (2017)

April 15, 2019

Based on the memoirs of Jeanette Walls, The Glass Castle tells the story of a family living in poverty and dysfunction.

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**Directed by: Jon M. Chu**
**Starring: Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh, Lisa Lu, Awkwafina, Ken Jeong**
**Rated: PG-13 for Suggestive Content and Language**
**Running Time: 2 h**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Exploration of Culture, Attacks Classism**
**WEAKNESSES: Formulaic, Glorifies Materialism**

Crazy Rich Asians (2018)

April 15, 2019

An Asian-American economics professor travels to Singapore to meet her boyfriend’s family, and is surprised to find his family is extraordinarily wealthy and class oriented.

Glengary Glen Ross (1992)

**Directed by: James Foley**
**Starring: Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin, Alan Arkin, Ed Harris, Kevin Spacey, Jonathan Price, Bruce Altman**
**Rated: R for Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 40 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)

April 12, 2019

A brutal satire on the world of salesmanship.

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