MV5BZjEyOTE4MzMtNmMzMy00Mzc3LWJlOTQtOGJiNDE0ZmJiOTU4L2ltYWdlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNTAyODkwOQ@@._V1_.jpg — The Gold Rush (1925)

**Directed by: Charlie Chaplin**
**Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Mack Swain, Tom Murray, Georgia Hale**
**Rated: NR (Suggested PG for Mild Comic Violence)**
**Running Time: 1 h 23 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Humor, Story, Acting, Cinematography, Production Design, Pacing**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

The Gold Rush (1925)

May 15, 2019

A prospector goes to Alaska in search of gold, and ends up finding so much more.

MV5BZGY3ZWMyYjEtMDMzYi00NDQyLWE1MWEtMDNmMjRlOGVkNDc3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyODAzODU1NDQ@._V1_.jpg — Ben is Back (2018)

**Directed by: Peter Hedges**
**Starring: Julia Roberts, Lucas Hedges, Kathryn Newton, Courtney B. Vance**
**Rated: R for Language Throughout and Some Drug Use**
**Running Time: 1h 44m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Performances, Message**
**WEAKNESSES: Too Safe**

Ben is Back (2018)

May 14, 2019

A recovering drug addict must battle towards sobriety with the help from his mother.

MV5BMTAxYjEyMTctZTg3Ni00MGZmLWIxMmMtOGM2NTFiY2U3MmExXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzkwMjQ5NzM@._V1_.jpg — Nosferatu (1922)

**Directed by: F.W. Murnau**
**Starring: Max Schreck, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schroder, Alexander Granach**
**Rated: NR (Suggested PG for Some Scary Images)**
**Running Time: 1 h 34 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Max Schreck, Cinematography, Direction, Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing**

Nosferatu (1922)

May 14, 2019

An unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, featuring the vampire Count Orlok.

ek 1.jpg — Everybody Knows (2018)

**Directed By: Asghar Farhadi**
**Starring: Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Ricardo Darin**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 2h 13m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Acting, Mystery**
**Weakness: A Hair Long**

Everybody Knows (2018)

May 14, 2019

Laura’s family is gathering in her small hometown village for her sister’s wedding but when a crisis emerges, the family’s baggage and secrets are brought to light, clouding the resolution of a life or death struggle.

MV5BMjQ3MTk4Nzc1M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMTEwMDU5NjM@._V1_.jpg — Fighting with My Family (2019)

**Directed by: Stephen Merchant**
**Starring: Florence Pugh, Jack Lowden, Nick Frost, Lena Headey, Dwayne Johnson, Stephen Merchant**
**Rated: PG-13 for Crude and Sexual Material, Language Throughout, Some Violence and Drug Content**
**Running Time: 1 h 48 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Acting, Story, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: Follows Sports Movie Cliches**

Fighting with My Family (2019)

May 13, 2019

The true story of Saraya-Jade Bevis AKA Paige, the WWE superstar.

MV5BMjQ1MzU2NDU3Nl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMDQ2MTkwNjM@._V1_.jpg — Blaze (2018)

**Directed by: Ethan Hawke**
**Starring: Ben Dickey, Alia Shawkat, Kris Kristofferson, Richard Linklater, Sam Rockwell, Steve Zahn, Charlie Sexton**
**Rated: R for Language Throughout, Some Sexual Content and Drug Use**
**Running Time: 1 h 23 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Unique Structure, Acting, Writing, Directing**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Length**

Blaze (2018)

May 13, 2019

A look at the life of Texas songwriting legend Blaze Foley.

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**Directed by: Roman Polanski**
**Starring: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 2 h 10 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting, Story, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Chinatown (1974)

May 13, 2019

A private eye in 1930s Los Angeles finds himself caught up in a web of deceit after being hired by a woman who is not who she seems.

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**Directed by: Roman Polanski**
**Starring: Ewan McGregor, John Bernthal, Pierce Brosnan, Olivia Williams, Tom Wilkinson, Jim Belushi**
**Rated: PG-13 for Language, Brief Nudity/Sexuality, Some Violence**
**Running Time: 2 h 8 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Coincidental Moments**

The Ghost Writer (2010)

May 10, 2019

A ghostwriter finds his life in danger when he begins work on the memoirs of a controversial former British Prime Minister.

91egUI3OMML._RI_.jpg — The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)

**Directed by: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise**
**Starring: Tom Hulce, Demi Moore, Tony Jay**
**Rated: G**
**Running Time: 1h 35m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Dark Setting, Beautiful Animation, Good Message, Great Music**
**WEAKNESSES: Overly Silly Characters, Some Strange Writing Choices**

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)

May 9, 2019

The Disney adaptation of Victor Hugo’s classic novel.

bb+poster.jpg — **Beauty and the Beast (1991)**

**Directed By: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise**
**Starring: Paige O’Hara, Robby Benson, Richard White, Jessi Corti, Angela Lansbury, Jerry Orbach, David Ogden Stiers**
**Rated: G**
**Run Time: 1h 24m**
**TMM Score: 5**
**Strengths: Story, Songs, Animation**
**Weakness: The Extended Edition**

Beauty and the Beast (1991)

May 9, 2019

When her eccentric inventor father Maurice trespasses on an enchanted Beast’s domain, Belle agrees to live with the Beast to save her father’s life. Unbeknownst to her, the Beast must win her heart to become human again even as her own disgusting suitor, Gaston, seeks to rescue and possess her.

sb+1.jpg — Sleeping Beauty (1959)

**Directed By: Clyde Geronimi**
**Starring: Mary Costa, Bill Shirley, Eleanor Audley**
**Rated: G**
**Run Time: 1h 15m**
**TMM Score: 4**
**Strengths: Gorgeous Animation**
**Weakness: Slow, Uneven Tone**

Sleeping Beauty (1959)

May 8, 2019

When Princess Aurora is born he is blessed by three fairies but also cursed by an evil sorceress. Will the prince, fairies, and forces of good triumph over evil? Of course. This is a Disney film.

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**Directed by: Tony Bancroft, Barry Cook**
**Starring: Ming-Na Wen, Eddie Murphy, BD Wong, Soon-Tek Oh, James Hong, Pat Morita, Miguel Ferrer**
**Rated: G**
**Running Time: 1 h 28 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Music, Animation Style, Song, Excitement, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Mulan (1998)

May 7, 2019

Based on a Chinese legend, about a young girl whom disguises herself as a man to take her ailing father’s place in the army, and in doing so becomes one of China’s greatest heroes.

91wUdrJ0jZL._RI_.jpg — Arctic (2018)

**Directed by: Joe Penna**
**Starring: Mads Mikkelsen, Maria Thelma Smáradóttir**
**Rated: PG-13**
**Running Time: 1h 38m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Cinematography, Setting, Mads Mikkelsen**
**WEAKNESSES: Some implausibility**

Arctic (2018)

May 7, 2019

A man’s story of survival in the brutal arctic.

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**Directed by: Wolfgang Reitherman**
**Starring: Brian Bedford, Monica Evans, Phil Harris, Andy Devine, Peter Ustinov, Roger Miller**
**Rated: G**
**Running Time: 1 h 23 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Some Fun Scenes, Likeable Characters**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Reuses Animation**

Robin Hood (1973)

May 6, 2019

A retelling of the story of Robin Hood and his struggle against the Sherriff of Nottingham starring humanoid animals.

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**Directed by: Fernando Meirelles**
**Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Danny Huston, Bill Nighy, Donald Sumpter, Pete Postlethwaite**
**Rated: R for Language, Some Violent Images and Sexual Content/Nudity**
**Running Time: 2 h 9 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Acting, Editing**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing During First Half of Second Act**

The Constant Gardener (2005)

May 6, 2019

After his wife is murdered, a British Diplomat living in Africa embarks on a quest to find out why, along the way uncovering a conspiracy that could have deadly impact.

Chocolat (2000)

May 3, 2019

A single mother opens a chocolate shop in a conservative village in France, challenging the morals of the town.

dq 1.jpg — The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018)

**Directed By: Terry Gilliam**
**Starring: Adam Driver, Jonathon Pryce, Joana Ribeiro, Stellan Skarsgard, Olga Kurylenko**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 2h 12m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Acting, Production Design, Grand Concept**
**Weakness: Length**

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018)

May 2, 2019

Toby, a disillusioned director, recalls his younger days wherein he made a short film as a student, starring a peasant cobbler as Don Quixote. As he flees his current project he and the cobbler are reunited only to discover the cobbler believes he really is Don Quixote still, and Toby begins to slip into insanity himself.

Jabberwocky (1977)

May 1, 2019

Dennis is a young man during the Dark Ages and he is ready to set out on his own. Of course, he sets out to the nearest city only to find that they won’t let anyone in because there are no available jobs. To top it off, there is a monster running loose in the woods killing everyone it meets.

Shadow (2018)

April 30, 2019

Two rival kingdoms plot and fight for ultimate victory.

cm 1.jpg — Captain Marvel (2019)

**Directed By: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck**
**Starring: Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Jude Law, Annette Bening, Djimoun Hounsou**
**Rated: PG-13**
**Run Time: 2h 3m**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars**
**Strengths: Some of the Effects, Some Story Elements**
**Weakness: Main Character**

Captain Marvel (2019)

April 30, 2019

Vers is an elite alien warrior in training for the Kree who are at war with the Skrulls, a shapeshifting alien species. When she is tasked with destroying a Skrull cell on Earth, she discovers that she is both more and less that who she thought she was.

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