211. Elegy
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Isabel Coixet
Actors: Patricia Clarkson, Penélope Cruz, Sonja Bennett, Ben Kingsley, Deborah Harry, Dennis Hopper
Plot: An older man struggles with insecurity and the pre-defined rules of dating younger women. When he becomes involved with a beautiful woman half his age, he is hesitant to believe it might last and preemptively sabotages the relationship.
212. Choke
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Clark Gregg
Actors: Anjelica Huston, Sam Rockwell, Brad William Henke, Bijou Phillips, Paz de la Huerta, Gillian Jacobs
Plot: A sex addict tries to acomplish 2 things that seem to be releated. Save his mother and save his addiction. He knows his weaknesses but as the story unwinds it becomes more clear what the original problem is. As he goes from girl to girl while trying to help his mother, his sexual problems escalate.
213. Tokyo!
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Joon-ho Bong, Leos Carax, Michel Gondry
Actors: Ayako Fujitani, Denis Lavant, Jean-François Balmer, Ryo Kase, Teruyuki Kagawa, Nao Omori
214. The Accidental Husband
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Romance/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Griffin Dunne
Actors: Uma Thurman, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Colin Firth, Sam Shepard, Lindsay Sloane, Justina Machado
Plot: A talk-show host encourages a listener to break up with her boyfriend, and
when she does, he wants revenge.
215. Priceless ( Hors de prix )
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Pierre Salvadori
Actors: Audrey Tautou, Gad Elmaleh, Vernon Dobtcheff, Marie-Christine Adam, Jacques Spiesser, Annelise Hesme
216. Midnight Meat Train
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ryuhei Kitamura
Actors: Brooke Shields, Bradley Cooper, Vinnie Jones, Leslie Bibb, Roger Bart, Ted Raimi
Plot: Leon Kaufman is a struggling photographer who is fascinated by the night time culture of the city. He gets more grittier, provocative and risky which puts him in the path of a serial killer that butchers his victims that he finds on the subway.
217. Transsiberian
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Brad Anderson
Actors: Ben Kingsley, Woody Harrelson, Emily Mortimer, Kate Mara, Thomas Kretschmann, Eduardo Noriega
Plot: A couple travels across the frozen tundra from China through Russia when they encounter an odd traveling couple much like themselves. But their lives are twisted when a murder occurs and everything does not appear as it should.
218. Australia
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Baz Luhrmann
Actors: Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, David Wenham, Bryan Brown, Ray Barrett, Brandon Walters
Plot: An English aristocrat teams up with a rough stock-man in Australia in
order to save 2,000 cattle from barons eager to take her land. On the
cross-country trip over harsh land, the two come close together only to
face the horrors of WWII as Japanese strike following Pearl Harbor.
219. The Express
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Gary Fleder
Actors: Rob Brown, Dennis Quaid, Clancy Brown, Charles S. Dutton, Geoff Stults, Saul Rubinek
Plot: The dramatic story of the life of Ernie Davis, the first African American to ever win the Heisman trophy. It displays his troubles, the controversy and everything he must prove to show that he is the greatest college football athlete in the country. It also depicts his early childhood and the poverty he lived in before going to college.
220. Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jon Hurwitz
Actors: John Cho, Kal Penn, Roger Bart, Brad Dison, Paula Garcés, Danneel Harris
Plot: The two friends famous for their party habits are on a trip to Amsterdam
when they are suspected of being terrorists based on their race and
appearance. As they try to smuggle a bong on board for a special occasion,
they are sent to the most secure terrorist prison, Guantanamo Bay. The duo
must now plan their escape... or at least make the best of a bad
situation.
