271. Moonlight
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Barry Jenkins
Actors: Naomie Harris, Mahershala Ali, André Holland, Janelle Monáe, Trevante Rhodes, Ashton Sanders
Plot: Follows the life of Kevin from childhood, to adolescents to adulthood as he grows up in the drug-plagued inner-city Miami as he looks to rise above the violence and gangs to find love and change within himself.
272. Wreck-It Ralph
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Rich Moore
Actors: John C. Reilly, Jack McBrayer, Sarah Silverman, Jane Lynch, Alan Tudyk, Adam Carolla
Plot: An 8-bit bad guy longs to be the hero, so to earn the medal he rightfully deserves, he game jumps to the new first-person shooter Heroes Duty but just when success is at hand, he wrecks things and winds up in the candy-coated racing game sugar rush where he reluctantly teams up with glitch named Vanellope and finds out being a true hero means a lot more than just having a medal.
273. Hell or High Water
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Mackenzie
Actors: Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Jeff Bridges, Katy Mixon, Kevin Rankin, Gil Birmingham
Plot: With the family ranch on the line, two brothers decide to rob the very banks looking to foreclose on their homes. Taking only small bills and using a nearby casino to change out the money, they have a few days to complete the task. A Texas Ranger nearing retirement takes up the case but as both near the end point, more than money is put on the line.
274. The Holdovers
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 3.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alexander Payne
Actors: Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Tate Donovan, Carrie Preston, Michael Provost
275. Boogie Nights
Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Actors: Mark Wahlberg, John C. Reilly, Julianne Moore, Heather Graham, Burt Reynolds, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Plot: A young man has a gift, his gift gets him praises. He uses his gift to get
into the porn industry in the 70's. This is the story of him and his gift.
276. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Martin McDonagh
Actors: Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, Peter Dinklage, Caleb Landry Jones, Abbie Cornish
Plot: In this darkly comic tale a mother, who is frustrated at the lack of progress following the murder of her daughters months earlier, buys and posts three messages in billboards leading in to town, pointed directly at the well-liked chief of police. When other disparate characters begin to get involved in the proceedings, the grieving mother and Ebbing Police Department really get into it.
277. Skyfall
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Sam Mendes
Actors: Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Rhys Ifans, Javier Bardem, Naomie Harris, Ralph Fiennes
Plot: Loyalties will be tested as M finds herself at the mercy of part of her past she had thought was done for good. With M16 coming under attack, Bond will have to track down and eliminate the threat, no matter how it may affect his personal relationships.
278. 28 Days Later
Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Danny Boyle
Actors: Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Naomie Harris, Christopher Eccleston
Plot: An animal right's group accidentally releases a virus that turns England's population into rage-infested zombies. Only a few humans remain to fight off the flesh-hungry hoard.
279. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Actors: Emma Stone, Michael Keaton, Naomi Watts, Edward Norton, Zach Galifianakis, Andrea Riseborough
Plot: He once played an iconic superhero - but that was then, and this is now.
With a huge ego and family trouble - a washed-up actor will attempt to put
his troubles behind him at he mounts a comeback on Broadway.
280. Barry Lyndon
Year of Release: 1975
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Actors: Ryan O'Neal, Hardy Krüger, Steven Berkoff, Marisa Berenson, André Morell, Patrick Magee
Plot: A young man takes on a liberal approach to nobility when he gambles,
duels, and fights his way to becoming a nobleman while winning the heart
of a woman. Takes place during 18th Century Europe.
