Death Proof (2007)

July 26, 2019

Stuntman Mike is a sociopath who stalks young women, until he messes with the wrong ones.

kb2+1.jpg — Kill Bill Vol 2 (2004)

**Directed By: Quentin Tarantino**
**Starring: Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Daryl Hannah, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, Julie Dreyfus, Chiaki Kuriyama, Shin'ichi Chiba, Michael Madsen**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 51m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Editing, Choreography, Characters, Dialogue, Soundtrack**
**Weakness: None**

Kill Bill Vol 2 (2004)

July 25, 2019

The Bride was murdered by Bill on her wedding day, or so he thought. Now, the former assassin has woken from her coma and is out for revenge against the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad who ruined her life and then, finally, she is going to kill Bill.

kb 2.jpg — Kill Bill Vol 1 (2003)

**Directed By: Quentin Tarantino**
**Starring: Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Daryl Hannah, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, Julie Dreyfus, Chiaki Kuriyama, Shin'ichi Chiba, Michael Madsen**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 51m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Editing, Choreography, Action Sequences, Dialogue, Soundtrack**
**Weakness: None**

Kill Bill vol 1 (2003)

July 25, 2019

Pulp Fiction (1994)

July 25, 2019

A series of violent and redemptive stories that intertwine the lives of LA mobsters, drug dealers, bandits and a boxer.

Classic-Movie-Reservoir-Dogs-Vintage-Poster-Kraft-Paper-Printed-Wall-Poster-Home-Room-Art-Decorative-Painting.jpg_q50.jpg — Reservoir Dogs (1992)

**Directed by: Quentin Tarantino**
**Starring: Harvey Keitel, Steve Buscemi, Michael Madsen, Tim Roth, Chris Penn, Lawrence Tierney**
**Rated: R for Strong Violence and Language**
**Running Time: 1h 40m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Cinematography, Directing**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Over Acting**

Reservoir Dogs (1992)

July 24, 2019

A diamond heist in LA goes horribly wrong.

Jackie Brown (1997)

July 23, 2019

When Beaumont, a money man for gun runner Ordell, gets nabbed by the cops, the fallout forces Jackie Brown to start planning her escape from the criminal organization of which she is part.

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

July 23, 2019

Once upon a time in Nazi occupied France…

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**Directed by: Mick Jackson**
**Starring: Karen Meagher, Reece Dinsdale, David Brierly**
**Rated: NR (Suggested PG-13 for Disturbing Content and Images)**
**Running Time: 1 h 52 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Realism, Story, Structure**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Dated Moments**

Threads (1984)

July 22, 2019

A mockumentary about the long-term effects of a nuclear holocaust on the occupants of Sheffield, England.

MV5BMjIyNTQ5NjQ1OV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwODg1MDU4OA@@._V1_.jpg — Django Unchained (2012)

**Directed by: Quentin Tarantino**
**Starring: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, Walton Goggins, Don Johnson, Quentin Tarantino, Jonah Hill, Bruce Dern**
**Rated: R for Strong Graphic Violence Throughout, A Vicious Fight, Language and Some Nudity**
**Running Time: 2 h 45 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting, Cinematography, Tone, Story Structure**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Django Unchained (2012)

July 22, 2019

With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal plantation owner.

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**Directed by: David Lynch**
**Starring: Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux, Robert Forster, Patrick Fischler**
**Rated: R for Violence, Language and Some Strong Sexuality**
**Running Time: 2 h 27 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Cinematography, Themes, Symbolism**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Mulholland Drive (2001)

July 19, 2019

After a car wreck leaves a woman without memory, she and cheerful aspiring actress embark on a trip across Hollywood searching for clues.

PS 1.jpg — Police Story (1985)

**Directed By: Jackie Chan, Chi-Hwa Chen**
**Starring: Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Brigitte Lin, Kwok-Hung Lam, Bill Tung, Yuen Chor**
**Rated: PG-13**
**Run Time: 1h 40m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Martial Arts, Comedy, Set Pieces**
**Weakness: Emotional Connection**

Police Story (1985)

July 18, 2019

When a Hong Kong Hero Police Officer is tasked with protecting a witness and girlfriend of a powerful gangster he must navigate the dicey waters of his own personal relationship, the police precinct’s bureaucracy, and clear his name from being framed for killing a fellow cop.

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**Directed by: Robert Altman**
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Julianne Moore, Mathew Modine, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Chris Penn, Robert Downey Jr., Madeleine Stowe, Tim Robins, Lily Tomlin, Tom Waits, Frances McDormand, Peter Gallagher, Annie Ross, Lori Singer, Huey Lewis
**Rated: R for Graphic Sexual Language, and for Nudity**
**Running Time: 3 h 8 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting, Story, World Building**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Length**

Short Cuts (1993)

July 17, 2019

An anthology film concerning the interconnecting lives of Los Angeles residents.

b 5.jpg — Breakthrough (2019)

**Directed By: Roxann Dawson**
**Starring: Topher Grace, Josh Lucas, Chrissy Metz, Mike Colter, Dennis Haysbert, Marcel Ruiz**
**Rated: PG**
**Run Time: 1h 56m**
**TMM Score: 1 Star**
**Strengths: None**
**Weakness: Almost Everything**

Breakthrough (2019)

July 16, 2019

When John, a highschooler, falls through the ice and is pronounced dead, his mother Joyce is confronted with her worst fears, hopeful faith, and the conflict between the two.

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**Directed by: Ruben Fleischer**
**Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin**
**Rated: R for Horror Violence/Gore and Language**
**Running Time: 1h 28m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Performances, Action, Hilarious**
**WEAKNESSES: Awful Character Decisions, Lazy Writing**

Zombieland (2009)

July 16, 2019

Four people surviving the zombie apocalypse.

8173nTPEhfL._SL1500_.jpg — Blue Velvet (1986)

**Directed by: David Lynch**
**Starring: Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern, Frances Bay, Dean Stockwell, Jack Nance, Hope Lange, George Dickerson**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 2 h**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Style, Story**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Lynchian-lite**

Blue Velvet (1986)

July 15, 2019

A young man discovers a severed human ear which leads him on an investigation that could uncover a dark underworld that dwells beneath the seemingly perfect streets of Lumberton.

John Carter (2012)

July 15, 2019

A civil war vet is transported to Mars where he discovers factions on the edge of war.

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**Directed by: Rainer Werner Fassbinder**
**Starring: Klaus Lowitsch, Barbara Valentin, Mascha Rabben**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Some Nudity)**
**Running Time: 3 h 32 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, World Building, Cinematography, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Acting, Some Pacing**

World on a Wire (1973)

July 12, 2019

Set in the near future. After one of his colleagues dies mysteriously, a scientist named Fred Stiller decides to investigate further. He uncovers a conspiracy that could alter the fabric of reality as he knows it.

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**Directed by: Agnieszka Holland**
**Starring: Marco Hofschneider, Andre Wilms, Julie Delpy**
**Rated: R for Mature Treatment of Holocaust Issues**
**Running Time: 1 h 52 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Themes, Story**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Acting, Melodrama, Coincidence**

Europa Europa (1990)

July 11, 2019

A young Jewish boy joins Hitler’s Youth Army in an attempt to conceal his identity.

bg 1.jpg — The Brothers Grimm (2005)

**Directed By: Terry Gilliam**
**Starring: Matt Damon, Heath Ledger, Lena Headey, Peter Stormare, Jonathan Pryce**
**Rated: PG13**
**Run Time: 1h 58m**
**TMM Score: 3**
**Strengths: Unique High Concept, Some Laughs**
**Weakness: Dialogue, CGI**

The Brothers Grimm (2005)

July 11, 2019

Brothers Jake and Will Grimm are con-men grifting money from German villages in order to rid them of ‘supernatural entities,’ but when a French General forces them to uncover who is behind the disappearance of almost a dozen children, they discover that the supernatural isn’t just a figment of their imagination.

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**Directed by: Olivia Wilde**
**Starring: Kaitlyn Dever, Beanie Feldstein, Jessica Williams, Jason Sudeikis, Lisa Kudrow, Will Forte, Victoria Ruesga, Mason Gooding, Skyler Gisondo, Diana Silvers**
**Rated: R for Strong Sexual Content and Language Throughout, Drug Use and Drinking- All Involving Teens**
**Running Time: 1 h 42 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Writing, Characters, Themes, Humor**
**WEAKNESSES: Originality, Some Jokes Fall Flat**

Booksmart (2019)

July 11, 2019

On the eve of graduation, two nerdy best friends realize they should’ve worked less and partied a bit more, and they aim to rectify that by cramming as much fun as they can into one night.

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