191. The Giver
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Phillip Noyce
Actors: Alexander Skarsgård, Meryl Streep, Jeff Bridges, Brenton Thwaites, Odeya Rush, Cameron Monaghan
Plot: In a seemingly perfect world, where everyone is always happy, Jonas, a 12-year-old boy, is chosen to be the community's Receiver of Memories. He trains with an old man known as The Giver - and is introduced to pain, sadness, war - and all the other unhappy truths of the "real" world. He soon realizes his perfect world isn't real - and he must come to terms with he choices and his future.
192. And the Oscar Goes To...
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Actors: Anjelica Huston, Billy Crystal, Tom Hanks, George Clooney, Helen Mirren, Steven Spielberg
Plot: A Turner Classic Movie original documenting the history of the Academy Awards.
193. Happy Christmas
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Joe Swanberg
Actors: Lena Dunham, Anna Kendrick, Melanie Lynskey, Joe Swanberg, Mark Webber, Jude Swanberg
Plot: Jenny has no direction in life - and winds up up in the home of her brother, Jeff, a budding film-maker, his stay-at-home wife (and would-be novelist), Kelly and their two-year-old son. But soon enough, Jenny's presence begins to disrupt things, and she and her friend Carson, put Kelly on a new path.
194. Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Joe Berlinger
Actors: James J. Bulger Jr., Tommy Donahue, Dick Lehr, Steve Davis, Patricia Donahue, Bob Long
195. Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Actors: Keira Knightley, Chris Pine, Kevin Costner, Kenneth Branagh, Colm Feore, Gemma Chan
Plot: Jack Ryan is a young covert CIA agent who must race to stop a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.
196. Jimi: All is by My Side
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Ridley
Actors: Imogen Poots, André Benjamin, Hayley Atwell, Burn Gorman, Ruth Negga, Ashley Charles
Plot: Before he became one of the most influential and incendiary rock musicians, Jimi Hendrix was just a man. This is the story of the man before the music, and the people in his life that shaped his future.
197. The Human Race
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Paul Hough
Actors: Paul McCarthy-Boyington, Eddie McGee, Brianna Lauren Jackson, Celine Tien, Ian Tien, Richard Gale
Plot: Veronica, along with 79 other random people, are forced to take part in a marathon with severe consequences - and only one winner. If you are lapped, you die. If you stray from the path, you die. Who has the stamina and will to be the last human walking?
198. Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons ( Xi you xiang mo pian )
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Stephen Chow, Chi-kin Kwok
Actors: Qi Shu, Zhang Wen, Bo Huang, Show Luo, Shing-Cheung Lee, Bingqiang Chen
Plot: Tang Sanzang is a Buddist who finds himself having to protect his village when a trio of demons shows up. While coming up with a plan, he finds himself falling for demon hunter Miss Duan and having an life-altering revelation when he meets up with the fabled Monkey King.
199. Rosewater
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jon Stewart
Actors: Shohreh Aghdashloo, Gael García Bernal, Golshifteh Farahani, Dimitri Leonidas, Kim Bodnia, Jason Jones
Plot: London journalist Maziar Bahari is in Iran covering the presidential election. But as he digs deeper into the truth, he becomes a target, soon landing in a detention center where he undergoes brutal interrogation during his nearly year-long ordeal.
200. Beyond the Lights
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood
Actors: Minnie Driver, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Danny Glover, Jordan Belfi, Elaine Tan, Nate Parker
Plot: Fame and stardom have driven Noni to the edge. But she finds a kindred spirit in Kaz, a young cop. He inspires her to find her own voice - and become the artist she really wants to be.
