991. Love and Death
Year of Release: 1975
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Woody Allen
Actors: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Georges Adet, Frank Adu, Edmond Ardisson, Féodor Atkine
Plot: A bumbling young man, in love with his beautiful cousin, sets off to fight
for Mother Russia against the invading troops of Napoleon. Eventually,
the couple hatches a madcap scheme to assassinate the warmongering leader,
with hilarious, if not altogether successful, results.
992. A Star is Born
Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Musical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bradley Cooper
Actors: Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Dave Chappelle, Sam Elliott, Bonnie Somerville, Anthony Ramos
Plot: Ally, an up-and-coming singer is about to give up on her dream, until she meets a seasoned musician, Jackson Maine, who becomes not just her mentor, but her lover. Yet while she begins to find fame and fortune, Jack finds himself pushed to the side, dealing with his own personal demons even as he struggles to remain relevant in Ally's life.
993. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance ( Boksuneun naui geot )
Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Chan-wook Park
Actors: Kang-ho Song, Ha-kyun Shin, Du-na Bae, Ji-Eun Lim, Bo-bae Han, Se-dong Kim
Plot: A man desperately wants to save his sister from dying of kidney failure - but he goes from being conned in a black market operation to kidnaping the daughter of a wealthy industrialist. As things go from bad to worse, anger and revenge take over.
994. Food, Inc.
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Robert Kenner
Actors: Michael Pollan, Eric Schlosser, Richard Lobb, Vince Edwards, Moe Parr, Troy Roush
Plot: Explores the way a handful of corporations control a vast amount of food Americans eat - and the danger of putting profits ahead of anything else.
995. Dont Look Back ( Don't Look Back )
Year of Release: 1967
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: D.A. Pennebaker
Actors: Bob Dylan, Albert Grossman, Bob Neuwirth, Joan Baez, Alan Price, Donovan
Plot: D.A. Pennebaker's documentary that follows Bob Dylan, 23, on a three-week tour of England in 1965. From airport to hotel to concert - this is the period Dylan was transitioning from acoustic to electric - and not everyone was happy about the chance. Joan Baez and Donovan make an appearance.
996. Viridiana
Year of Release: 1961
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Luis Buñuel
Actors: Silvia Pinal, Francisco Rabal, Fernando Rey, José Calvo, Margarita Lozano, Victoria Zinny
Plot: A novice visits her uncle shortly before taking her vows. Events lead her
to refuse her vows, and instead to stay on at her (now deceased) uncle's
manor with his son. The virtuous woman takes in beggars at the manor
until things get out of hand in Luis Bunuel's brilliant satire of
bourgeois values and the Catholic church.
997. Breaking the Waves
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Lars von Trier
Actors: Emily Watson, Stellan Skarsgård, Katrin Cartlidge, Jean-Marc Barr, Adrian Rawlins, Udo Kier
Plot: In a deeply religious community the naive Bess enters into a relationship with oil-rig worker Jan. When she prays to have Jan stay home for good - her prayers are answered in the form of an accident that leaves Jan paralyzed from the neck down. She stays, but there is no longer any physical contact between the two. Jan urges her to take on a lover and tell him the details - but as the trysts become more intimate and deviant, Bess if convinced it is all a part of God's plan.
998. An American Werewolf in London
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Landis
Actors: David Naughton, Griffin Dunne, Jenny Agutter, John Woodvine, Lila Kaye, Frank Oz
Plot: Two students on a walking trip through England are attacked by a werewolf. One is killed, the other bitten. Villagers deny the existance of the beast, but the bitten student soon changes...
999. Changeling
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Clint Eastwood
Actors: Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich, Jeffrey Donovan, Colm Feore, Gattlin Griffith, Devon Conti
Plot: Based on a true story, a woman's son is kidnapped and returned to her months later. Unfortunately, it's not her son and the corrupt LA police department refuse to admit the mistake.
1000. Cape Fear
Year of Release: 1962
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Actors: Robert Mitchum , Gregory Peck, Polly Bergen, Lori Martin, Jack Kruschen , Martin Balsam
Plot: A sadistic ex-con tracks down a Southern lawyer, and wages a campaign of terror on him and his family.
