231. Kolya ( Kolja )
Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Russian
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jan Sverák
Actors: Zdenek Sverák, Andrei Chalimon, Libuse Safránková, Ondrej Vetchý, Stella Zázvorková, Silvia Suvadova
Plot: A Czech concert cellist, and consummate ladies man, Franta Louka finds himself out of a job and running up debts. In order to secure cash, he agrees to marry a Russian woman so she can get her papers - but immediately after she runs to the arms of a West German boyfriend, leaving her five-year-old child behind with her grandmother. After she suddenly dies, it falls to Louka to take care of the young boy.
232. Pi
Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Actors: Sean Gullette, Mark Margolis, Ajay Naidu, Lauren Fox, Ben Shenkman
Plot: A paranoid, genius mathmatician thinks he has discovered the key to all the universal patterns in nature. Soon he is pursued by a Hasidic Jewish sect looking to decode the 216-digit number of God's true name to Wall Street brokers hoping to crack the stock market. What he decides to do with the knowledge is the true shocker.
233. Tarzan
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Action
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Chris Buck, Kevin Lima
Actors: Tony Goldwyn, Minnie Driver, Glenn Close, Lance Henriksen, Wayne Knight, Brian Blessed
Plot: Tarzan tries to fit in with his adopted ape family and then has to save them and Jane from villainous poacher Clayton.
234. My Best Friend ( Mein liebster Feind - Klaus Kinski )
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Werner Herzog
Actors: Werner Herzog, Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, Claudia Cardinale, Benino Moreno Placido, Eva Mattes
Plot: From the time he was a teenager, Werner Herzog had a fascination with actor Klaus Kinski. When the two moved into an apartment later in life, Kinski flew into a rage and completely destroyed the bathroom. Thus a love-hate-respect developed between the two men and Herzog would cast Kinski in Aguirre, Wrath of God and more films - all the while, their turbulent relationship would continue.
235. Fist of Legend ( Jing wu ying xiong )
Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Gordon Chan
Actors: Jet Li, Shinobu Nakayama, Siu-hou Chin, Billy Chow, Yasuaki Kurata, Paul Chun
Plot: Chen Zhen leaves Shanghai for Kyoto and finds nothing but insult and abuse from the Japanese, especially after pursuing Mitsuko Yamada, daughter of the director. Yet when he learns of the death of his old kung fu master - he returns home determined to prove his master died not in a fight, but through poisoning. The honor of Chen and Japan are at stake, leading to one final, epic battle that will settle the score once and for all.
236. Character ( Karakter )
Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Dutch
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Mike van Diem
Actors: Jan Decleir, Fedja van Huêt, Betty Schuurman, Tamar van den Dop, Victor Löw, Hans Kesting
Plot: A man lives with his mother and has no contact from his father. His father, though, works to make his son the greatest lawyer - no matter the cost. He succeeds, but the wedge between the two becomes clear when a much-maligned bailiff is murdered and the son is forced to tell his tale.
237. Star Trek: First Contact
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jonathan Frakes
Actors: Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner, Jonathan Frakes, Michael Dorn, James Cromwell, Gates McFadden
Plot: Picard and company follow the Borg back in time to stop them from assimilating Earth before the Earth's first contact with aliens.
238. Howards End
Year of Release: 1992
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: James Ivory
Actors: Vanessa Redgrave, Helena Bonham Carter, Emma Thompson, Anthony Hopkins, Joseph Bennett, Prunella Scales
Plot: The machinations of the classes in early twentieth century Britain are illustrated through the interplay between three families: the Schlegels, a free-spirited set of siblings; the Wilcoxes, part of the landed gentry; and the Basts, a struggling lower-class couple. When Mrs. Wilcox bequeaths her beloved house, Howards End, to Margaret Schlegel on her deathbed, her family sets out to stymie their matriarch's final wish. But fate stands in the way of their actions.
239. Chaplin
Year of Release: 1992
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Richard Attenborough
Actors: Robert Downey Jr., Geraldine Chaplin, Moira Kelly, Anthony Hopkins, Dan Aykroyd, Marisa Tomei
Plot: The life and times of Charlie Chaplin: from his first stage performance before the age of ten to Vaudeville, to Mack Sennett's movies, to making his own movies, to winning an Oscar.
240. Ghost
Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Romance/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jerry Zucker
Actors: Demi Moore, Patrick Swayze, Whoopi Goldberg, Vincent Schiavelli, Tony Goldwyn, Rick Aviles
Plot: Sam promises Molly he will always love and protect when he is mugged and killed he is allowed to stay on earth in a supernatural form to discover the truth about his murder.
