Jumanji: The Next Level (2019)

December 17, 2019

Once again, people are sucked into the world of Jumanji, and they must fight to escape.

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**Directed by: George Lucas**
**Starring: Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Lee, Samuel L Jackson, Frank Oz, Ian McDiarmid, Rose Byrne**
**Rated: PG for Sustained Sequences of Sci-Fi Action/Violence**
**Running Time: 2 h 22 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Some Action, Ewan McGregor, Production Design, World Building**
**WEAKNESSES: Dialogue, Ubiquitous CGI, Hayden Christensen**

Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002)

December 16, 2019

Ten years after their initial meeting, Anakin Skywalker and Padme Amidala begin a forbidden romance, while Obi-Wan Kenobi investigates an assassination attempt on Amidala’s life.

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**Directed by: George Lucas**
**Starring: Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd, Keira Knightley, Ian McDiarmid, Frank Oz, Terence Stamp, Ahmed Best, Warwick Davis, Samuel L. Jackson**
**Rated: PG**
**Running Time: 2 h 16 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Ideas, World Building, Production Design, Action, Darth Maul, John Williams’ Score**
**WEAKNESSES: Dialogue, Cinematography, Pacing, Plot Holes, Acting, Jar Jar Binks**

Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)

December 16, 2019

Two Jedi caught up in a violent trade dispute between the Federation and Naboo discover a boy that may bring balance to the force.

c 1.jpg — Chappie (2015)

**Directed By: Neill Blomkamp**
**Starring: Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel, Hugh Jackman, Sigourney Weaver, Ninja, Yo-Landi Visser**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 2h**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Emotional Connection, Worldbuilding, Unique Characters**
**Weakness: Some Fortunate Coincidences**

Chappie (2015)

December 10, 2019

When the engineer behind the world’s first robotic police force goes against orders to crack the code for Artificial Intelligence he is forced to enlist a group of gangsters to help him ‘raise’ his new creation into adulthood.

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**Directed by: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett**
**Starring: Samara Weaving, Adam Brody, Mark O’Brien**
**Rated: R for Violence, Bloody Images, Language Throughout, and Some Drug Use**
**Running Time: 1 h 35 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Good Balance of Horror and Humor**
**WEAKNESSES: Treads On Familiar Ground**

Ready or Not (2019)

December 6, 2019

A bride’s wedding night takes a horrific turn after her in-laws force her to participate in a game.

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**Directed by: Adrian Grunberg**
**Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Yvette Monreal, Adriana Barraza, Sergio Peris-Mencheta**
**Rated: R for Strong Graphic Violence, Grisly Images, Drug Use and Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 29 m**
**TMM Score: 1.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Last Twenty Minutes Are Pretty Funny**
**WEAKNESSES: Writing, Directing, Story, Tone, Themes, Pacing**

Rambo: Last Blood (2019)

December 6, 2019

Rambo takes on Mexican drug cartels.

District 9 (2009)

December 5, 2019

When Middle Manager Wikus is given the task of clearing out the slum, District 9, which is populated by Extra Terrestrial Refugees, he is exposed to an alien substance which starts changing his body and sets off a corporate arms race.

tr 1.jpg — Total Recall (1990)

**Directed By: Paul Verhoeven**
**Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone, Michael Ironside, Dean Norris**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 53m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Arnold, Fun, Action, Mystery**
**Weakness: A Little Slight in Aim**

Total Recall (1990)

December 4, 2019

In the future, when Quaid decides to take a memory vacation from his mundane life, he accidentally triggers a real life action/espionage adventure which ranges across two planets. Or so it seems to.

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.

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Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Robert De Niro
Rated: R for Strong Brutal Violence, Pervasive Strong Language, Drug Use, and Some Sexuality
Running Time: 2h 28m
TMM Score: 5 Stars
STRENGTHS: Direction, Performances, Best of the Genre
WEAKNESSES: -

Goodfellas (1990)

November 26, 2019

As far back as I can remember, I’ve always wanted to be a gangster…

Paycheck (2003)

November 22, 2019

A reverse engineer whom has had his memory wiped finds himself in a deadly chase. Using an envelope of clues, he tries to puzzle together who is after him and why.

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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.

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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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**Directed by: Joe Chapelle**
**Starring: Donald Pleasence, Paul Rudd, Marianne Hagan**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 27 m**
**TMM Score: 1 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Two Cool Kills**
**WEAKNESSES: Everything Else**

Halloween VI: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995)

October 31, 2019

Jamie Lloyd is once again stalked by Michael Myer, but this time, a mysterious cult also joins the hunt.

91JBDNJohpL._SL1500_.jpg — Halloween II (1981)

**Directed by: Rick Rosenthal**
**Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, Charles Cyphers**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 32 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Fun, Some Atmosphere**
**WEAKNESSES: A Bit Over the Top**

Halloween II (1981)

October 31, 2019

Immediately following the events of the first “Halloween.” Dr. Loomis and his colleague search for Michael Meyers, while Laurie Strode is rushed to the hospital.

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**Directed by: John Gulager**
**Starring: Navi Rawat, Judah Friedlander, Jason Mewes, Balthazar Getty, Dueane Whitaker**
**Rated: R for Pervasive Strong Creature Violence and Gore, Language, Some Sexuality and Drug Content**
**Running Time: 1 h 35 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Practical Effects, Some Humor**
**WEAKNESSES: Thin Story, Thinks It’s More Clever Than It Is**

Feast (2005)

October 26, 2019

Bar patrons face off against bloodthirsty aliens.

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**Directed by: James Isaac**
**Starring: Kane Hodder, Lexa Doig, David Cronenberg, Jeff Geddis**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 31 m**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: It’s Incredibly Funny, Some Cool/Creative Kills**
**WEAKNESSES: Almost Everything**

Jason X (2001)

October 25, 2019

Jason Voorhees is frozen in carbonite for four hundred years until he’s brought back on a space ship.

Freddy vs Jason (2003)

October 25, 2019

Freddy Krueger tricks Jason Voorhees into killing a slew of teenagers for his own personal reasons, but when Jason finds out he’s been duped, he turns his machete towards the gloved-killer.

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