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Tiger House [2015] Tigerland [2000] Tigers Are Not Afraid [2017]
Till Death [2021] Time Lapse [2014] The Time Machine [2002]
Tina [2021] The Tingler [1959] Titicut Follies [1967]
To Catch a Killer [2023] To Live and Die in L.A. [1985] Tokyo Ghoul [2017]
Tokyo Ghoul: 'S' [2019] Tokyo Gore Police [2008] Tomb Raider [2018]
Tombstone [1993] The Tomorrow War [2021] Toolbox Murders [2004]
Top Secret! [1984] Tora! Tora! Tora! [1970] The Tortured [2010]
The Touch of Her Flesh [1967] The Tourist [2010] Tourist Trap [1979]
The Town [2010] The Town That Dreaded Sundown [2014] The Toxic Avenger [1984]
Tora! Tora! Tora! [1970]

            

A dramatized but highly accurate account of the events leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941. This is one of those films that should be shown in classes on WW2 history. Epic in scale, it does suffer a bit from all of the interactions between characters void of realistic behavior and blatantly used as a vehicle to present a historical fact of some kind. So, we never really get to know anyone on a personal level. However, the attack, which goes on for nearly an hour, is intense, brutal and absolutely amazing considering 1970 practical effects.
Tina [2021]

         

An extensive and incredibly personal biography of Tina Turner's meteoric rise from adversity and abuse to one of the biggest names in the music business. Unfortunately, it spends most of its time discussing her horrible relationship with Ike providing very sparse room in its 2+ hour presentation for little else. It's really going to depend on what you want out of it. If you're there for the personal success over adversity story, this is it in spades and you'll love it. If you're interested more in the music side of her career, skip it. Besides a few live clips, there's little here.
Tombstone [1993]

         

Except for the time sequence of some events and minor changes among the characters involved, this is an historically accurate account of the events within the Earp family, and Wyatt's friend, Doc Holliday, in Tombstone, before, during and after the O.K. Corral shootout. It's very exciting with fantastic pacing, great gunfights and lots of colorful characters. The dynamics of the relationships with the principals really sold the fact that they were brothers and Val Kilmer as the ailing Doc Holliday was awesome. Both great historical and fun entertainment.
The Tomorrow War [2021]

            

Soldiers from 30 years in the future show up to tell us they need our help in a war with an alien race ...and we are losing. Everything about this film works on so many levels. The characters are great, the events are logical and smart, the action is exciting and they even take a moment to explain a couple of common plot holes that appear in practically every time travel film. But the monsters are the real star. Extremely few creatures have graced the screen with this level of raw, savage brutality that literally makes one's eyes bug out in terror. Simply awesome!
Tokyo Gore Police [2008]
aka Tokyo zankoku keisatsu
         
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Film centers around Ruka, as a member of the privatized Tokyo police force and star Engineer hunter. Engineers sprout weapons when wounded. The title pretty much says is all ...gore, gore, fountains of blood that spew like fire hoses, and more gore. Oh, did I mention gore? Terribly goofy and totally insane, it can't be taken seriously for a second. Incredibly creative and imaginative, the make up is fantastic. However, the photography, direction and editing made it all come off as really sloppy ...besides the gore. Good fun, though!
Tokyo Ghoul [2017]
aka Tokyo guru
            

After receiving organs from a ghoul, a young man finds himself stuck in the middle between ghouls and humans. Easily 40 mins too long (especially considering it took nearly and hour and a half for our protagonist to stop being a wuss and fight back), it was still an entertaining film. The characters were likable and you cared about them. The fight scenes were fine and the spec fx were good ...although I expected something more out of them. It did get lost, at times, in its moral philosophy but overall, not a bad watch.
Tokyo Ghoul: 'S' [2019]
aka Tokyo guru 'S'
            

A ghoul, known as a Gourmet for his discerning tastes, causes problems. The opening promises a bloody good ride to come. Then someone switched channels over to a supremely lengthy melodrama with extended scenes of sappy sentimen-
tality and dime store philosophizing to the point of despair. Our protagonist is, once again, a milquetoast wimp throughout most of the film ...apparently learning nothing from the first film. Even though they're mutants, they don't use there abilities till the end of a dismally slow, badly choreographed, 30 min climax.
Tigers Are Not Afraid [2017]
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Estella, who's mother has gone missing, is given three wishes as she joins a group of orphans on the run after the killing of a gang member. Taking place almost exclusively amongst the orphans, this is a very poignant and heartfelt story of devastation, loss, friendship and bravery, with supernatural overtones ...as well as being careful what you wish for. The kids were fantastic in their roles making their characters fully believable, making the circumstances all the more tragic. Overall, not my usual type of movie but extremely well made and worth the watch.
The Toxic Avenger [1984]

            
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A dysfunctional nerd, who works in a health club as a mop boy, gets exposed to nuclear toxic waste and is transformed into a grotesque monster who goes on to become a hero. Totally campy, silly, gross, and, at times, downright stupid, it's entertaining simply because it's so utterly without shame. Over-the-top, outrageous performances by everyone. The fast food restaurant scene was wonderfully goofy. I can't say I liked the movie but, try as I might, I just can't say that I hated it, either.
Time Lapse [2014]

            
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An apartment manager and his two roommates investigate an apartment where it seems the occupant has disappeared. Inside they find a machine that takes photographs of their living room 24 hours into the future. I had trouble wrapping my head around this one in a logical sense but that's the point. Does the camera really show the future or is everyone planning their actions to insure they duplicate the photo? Excellent twisted ending leaving you wondering if they really could have changed things or are future events, once photographed, immutable?
Tiger House [2015]

            
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A girl sneaks into her boyfriend's house on a night when the house is invaded by thieves. Now it's up to her to save the day. Pretty much what you'd think. Some of the scenarios dragged on a bit too long going from tense suspense to 'get on with it'. The girl's behavior was fickle ...first she's fighting, then she's acting like she's helpless. Far too many moments where she hides 'just in the nick of time'. That gimmick got old. And others did illogical things, as well. It was ok for what it was despite the occasional lack of logic.
Tomb Raider [2018]

         
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Laura goes to a remote island to find her dad and raid a tomb. A very well-made film of mediocrity. There's nothing in the dialogue that's engrossing, absolutely no humor, the action, although well done (if you don't mind the super shaky camera work) is cliche and quite often contrived with nothing original. Most of the best stunts are in the trailer, including the 'leaping the abyss' gag 3 times. Story is very old with no surprises. Acting is competent but doesn't stand out. Overall, fun day at the movies if you go to the bargain matinee. Otherwise, you're paying too much.
The Touch of Her Flesh [1967]

        

A B&W sexploitation film about a guy who, in a panic after seeing his wife with another man, gets hit by a car. Afterwards, he becomes deranged and kills strippers and hookers. This entire story makes up about 15 minutes of the film. The rest is various women stripping. It's so low budget that it was filmed without sound and the music/dialogue was dubbed in later. Regardless, it did have an surreal and crudely artistic look about it and I actually found it enjoyable to a certain degree. Certainly wasn't boring.
The Tourist [2010]

            

British Intelligence is following a woman who they think will lead them to an illusive international criminal. When she befriends a tourist on a train, everyone, including a gangster, believes it's him. Chaos ensues. This is a rather light thriller appropriate for even young teens ...as long as there's no objection to a couple naughty words. I think they spent far too much time on the budding romance and the serious parts didn't really strike me as serious enough to illicit much danger. It was fun, though, with a clever ending.
Tourist Trap [1979]

            
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5 young people stumble upon a small wax museum out in the middle of nowhere when they venture off the main highway ...a detour that becomes a fight for survival. Typical slasher film for the time period, with the usual campy cliches, bad acting and dialogue and terrible music, which was actually quite entertaining. It has a good twist that was a complete surprise, although, in retrospect, I should have seen it coming. Things slowed down after the reveal and the climax was rather ho hum but overall, a bit above average for it's genre and generally fun.
The Town [2010]

            

Reminiscent of one of my favorite films, Heat, we have a group of thieves committing bank and armored car robberies in Charlestown and some FBI guys trying to stop them. In that, it was great ...well depicted with exceptional characters, great action and a well told story. The problem for me was the main plot line of one of the thieves starting an intimate relationship with a hostage from the first bank robbery in the film. Try as I might, I just could not get by how ludicrous that is. Maybe I'm too logical but that makes no sense. Still a good movie, though.
Tigerland [2000]

            
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Sort of a Cool Hand Luke in boot camp, the story is about Private Bozz going through training before going to Vietnam in 1971 ...something of which he does not want to do. Performances, dialogue and direction are excellent. However, the story isn't really much more than a character study of life in boot camp and we only spend a half hour in a special training camp called Tigerland. Less of what's here and more of something else would have been nice.
The Time Machine [2002]

            
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After the tragic death of his fiance, a man builds a time machine to go back and stop her death. When he fails to save her, he travels to the future to find out why but accidentally shoots forward over 800 millennia. Based on the novel by H.G. Wells and quite similar to the 1960 version, this one had a few twists to mix things up that I felt worked pretty well and, although the ending left me a bit mystified, it turned out to be rather good entertainment.
Toolbox Murders [2004]

            
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The tenants of an aging apartment building are being killed with various tools. It's really too bad that the first and second half of this movie were in the same film. The first half consists of two murders and about 45 min of watching the activities of a bunch of really uninteresting people. Then there's a bit of a twist in the plot and the second half turned out to be pretty good. So, the first half was the setup. Ok, but it would have been nice to make it more interesting. I was ready to turn it off.
The Tortured [2010]

            
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A psychopath tortures a young child and the parents want revenge. This is an extremely painful film to watch ...and I'm not just talking about the torture. First they shove the child abduction down our throat for over half an hour. Then we watch the contrived actions of characters that would only exist in a script as they wishy washy their way through some truly sadistic and tortuous activity that no normal person would partake in regardless of the circumstances. The ending "twist" was an obvious and complete non-surprise. Poorly written nonsense.
Titicut Follies [1967]

         
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This documentary of life inside the Bridgewater State Hospital Massachusetts was banned to the general public until 1991. It's incredibly disturbing on many levels. Although it depicts a lot of abuse (more subtle than overt), I think it's the complete lack of respect given to the inmates by people who don't really have a clue on how to deal with their condition that was really upsetting. The absolute lack of narrative gives the viewer the choice of deciding the morality of all this ...or lack thereof. Bleak stuff.
Top Secret! [1984]

         

From the creators of Airplane comes a comedy with a similar style featuring an American rock artist who gets wrapped up in a war between East German fascists and the Resistance. Irreverent, silly, corny, and extremely punny, this film is just good fun. Val Kilmer's musical performances as the rock star with everybody dancing and Omar Sharif's performance as a crushed car are hilarious and priceless. Get some popcorn and laugh awhile.
The Tingler [1959]

            
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A strangely unique and goofy creature feature, from the Horror Gimmick King, William Castle, about a doctor (played with all seriousness by Vincent Price) that believes extreme fear can manifest itself into a living creature that can crush your spine and only your screams can stop it. Also features one of the first, if not THE first, LSD trip onscreen. With such an original idea, you can't help but like it and, even with the cheesy creature effects, it's really quiet effective in what it's trying to do. Grab your date, get some popcorn and enjoy!
The Town That Dreaded Sundown [2014]

         
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In 2013, a copycat of the Phantom Killer (who terrorized the residents of Texarkana in 1946) is attempting to replicate the murders in the film The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976) based on those killings. Points for an original twist on a reboot. Otherwise, it's pretty much just a serial killer mystery. What sets it a step above average is the lead characters are thoroughly likable which, when you're not presenting anything original, is extremely important. Overall, well made and entertaining.
To Live and Die in L.A. [1985]

            
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A Treasury agent will stop at nothing to bring down a master counterfeiter who killed his partner ...and his new partner is scared to death. This is a tense crime drama with a good story, great pacing, a shocking event that'll take the viewer completely be surprise and one of the best car chases ever filmed. It was also fun to watch William Petersen and Willem Dafoe in early roles before anyone knew them. Seems a bit dated today but still holds up well. Great, exciting entertainment.
To Catch a Killer [2023]

            

A beat cop, with a troubled past, and an FBI man hunter, embroiled in a political war, must find a sniper who killed 29 people during New Years Eve celebrations. Shailene Woodley & Ben Mendelsohn are fantastic in this tense, extremely well-written drama. Not so much a crime thriller but more a dark, deeply personal character study with spot-on dialog and characterizations that deal on a psychological level that not many other films achieve. Occasionally projecting a vibe similar to Se7en, this was an excellent watch I would highly recommend.
Till Death [2021]

            

A man handcuffs himself to his wife and then blows his brains out ...and the rest of the film made just about as much sense. The characters in this film weren't particularly likable so I really didn't care about any of them. Practically every moment of the film was driven by bad decisions and silly choices making it all very contrived and the setup was terribly implausible. As a result, as I said, it didn't make a whole lot of sense. Had a few tense moments but, overall, I'd rather have spent time watching something else. And you should, too.
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