sot 1.jpg — Sword of Trust (2019)

**Directed By: Lynn Shelton**
**Starring: Marc Maron, Jon Bass, Michaela Watkins, Jillian Bell, Toby Huss, Dan Bakkedahl**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 28m**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars**
**Strengths: Creative Premis, Funny yet Heartfelt, Not Overly Preachy**
**Weakness: Improv Too Long In Spots, Lacks Fun**

Sword of Trust (2019)

August 8, 2019

When Cynthia receives a civil war sword that “proves” the south won the war, she and her partner Mary enlist the help of two pawnshop owners to sell it to an easily duped millionaire.

Saint Frances (2019)

August 7, 2019

A 30 something woman finds acceptance in a new setting.

Punch-Drunk Love

**Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson**
**Starring: Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Luis Guzman**
**Rated: R for Strong Language Including a Scene of Sexual Dialogue**
**Running Time: 1h 35m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Direction, Cinematography, Writing, Performances**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Punch-Drunk Love (2002)

August 6, 2019

A man with crippling social anxiety finds love.

Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

August 5, 2019

After her daughter is raped and killed, a mother in a small town puts up three billboards asking the police department why they haven’t found the killer.

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**Directed by: Wayne Blair**
**Starring: Gwilym Lee, Miranda Tapsell, Kerry Fox, Ursula Yovich**
**Rated: NR (TMM Suggested: PG-13 for Some Sexual Humor)**
**Running Time: 1 h 43 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Cultural Insights, Cinematography**
**WEAKNESSES: Plausibility, Stupid Character Choices, Repeated Jokes**

Top End Wedding (2019)

August 4, 2019

After Ned and Lauren get engaged, they have ten days to find Lauren’s mom who has gone off the grid somewhere in the remote parts of Australia, reunite her parents and pull of a wedding.

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**Directed by: Daniel Schechter**
**Starring: Justin Long, Fran Drescher, Lynn Cohen, Becky Ann Baker, Kate Berlant, Silvia Morigi, Richard Schiff**
**Rated: NR (Suggested: R for Language and Sexual Dialogue)**
**Running Time: 1 h 33 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: Ending, Some Cinematography**

Safe Spaces (2019)

August 3, 2019

An incident at his college paired with a family emergency causes a NYC professor to reevaluate his life, values, and the current political climate.

tb 1.jpeg — Time Bandits (1981)

**Directed By: Terry Gilliam**
**Starring: John Cleese, Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall, Ian Holm, Michael Palin, David Warner, David Rappaport, Kenny Baker, Malcom Dixon, Jack Purvis, Craig Warnock**
**Rated: PG**
**Run Time: 1h 50m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Imagination, Fun**
**Weakness: Child Acting**

Time Bandits (1981)

August 1, 2019

Kevin’s parents barely notice him between their TV watching and wishing for every new invention being offered to them on TV so when a gang of diminutive, bickering, time-traveling robbers accidentally end up in his room one night he is only too eager to go with.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

July 31, 2019

The fourth entry in the Harry Potter series pits him up against his greatest challenge yet: The Triwizard Tournament.

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**Directed by: Jonathan Levine**
**Starring: Charlize Theron, Seth Rogen, Bob Odenkirk, Alexander Skarsgard, Randall Park, Andy Serkis, O’Shea Jackson Jr., June Diane Raphael, Ravi Patel**
**Rated: R for Strong Sexual Content, Language Throughout and Some Drug Content**
**Running Time: 2 h 5 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Themes, Writing, Acting, Humor**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Length**

Long Shot (2019)

July 30, 2019

Journalist Fred Flarsky reunites with his childhood crush Charlotte Field, whom is preparing to run for president.

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**Directed by: Quentin Tarantino**
**Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Al Pacino**
**Rated: R for Language Throughout, Some Strong Graphic Violence, Drug Use, and Sexual References**
**Running Time: 2 h 41 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Characters, Acting, Story, Homage, Cameos, Soundtrack, Humor**
**WEAKNESSES: Absolutely Nothing**

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)

July 27, 2019

An aging TV star and his stunt double try to achieve fame and fortune in the last years of Hollywood’s Golden Age.

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.

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**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.

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.

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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.

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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**Directed by: Dexter Fletcher**
**Starring: Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell, Richard Madden, Bryce Dallas Howard**
**Rated: R for Language Throughout, Some Drug Use and Sexual Content**
**Running Time: 2 h 1 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Music, Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Ending**

Rocketman (2019)

July 9, 2019

A musical that looks at the breakthrough years of Elton John.

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**Directed by: John Waters**
**Starring: Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Mink Stole, Cookie Mueller, Edith Massey, George Figgs**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Strong Sexual and Violent Content, Comic Disturbing Behavior and Language)**
**Running Time: 1 h 37 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Some Acting, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: Overall Technical Aspects**

Multiple Maniacs (1970)

July 9, 2019

The Lady Divine becomes enraged after her boyfriend cheats on her, and descends into a life of murder and deviousness.

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**Directed by: Jon Watts**
**Starring: Tom Holland, Samuel L Jackson, Jake Gyllenhaal, Marisa Tomei, Jon Favreau, Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Tony Revolori, Martin Starr, J.B. Smoove, Cobie Smulders**
**Rated: PG-13 for Sci-Fi Action Violence, Some Language and Brief Suggestive Comments**
**Running Time: 2 h 9 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Fun, Characters, Themes, Pacing, Peter Parker Stuff**
**WEAKNESSES: Villain, Spider-Man Stuff**

Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)

July 3, 2019

After the events of “Avengers: Endgame”, Spider-Man must rise to face a new world of challengers.

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