221. Inside Man
Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Spike Lee
Actors: Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster, Christopher Plummer, Willem Dafoe, Chiwetel Ejiofor
Plot: The bank heist film with the catch phrase "This ain't no bank robbery!".
222. Yi Yi
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Edward Yang
Actors: Elaine Jin, Issei Ogata, Nien-Jen Wu, Su-Yun Ko, Kelly Lee, Jonathan Chang
Plot: Follows a family in Taipei as they struggle with emotion, conflict and try to discern the meaning of life itself.
223. 21 Grams
Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Actors: Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Benecio Del Toro, Danny Huston, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Melissa Leo
Plot: The lives of three people are forever changed by a single accident - the man driving the truck, the wife of the victim and a man in need of a heart transplant. All three lives intersect leading up to a final confrontation.
224. In the Shadow of the Moon
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: David Sington
Actors: Buzz Aldrin, Jim Lovell, Michael Collins, Eugene Cernan, Alan Bean, Dave Scott
225. I Love You, Man
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Hamburg
Actors: Paul Rudd, Jon Favreau, Jason Segel, Jaime Pressly, Lou Ferrigno, Rashida Jones
Plot: Peter Klaven has just been engaged to Zooey, the woman of his dreams, but
finds out that he has no male friends close enough to be his best man.
After a series of bizarre man-dates he finds his perfect best bud in the
form of Sydney Fife. As the two bond, his relationship with Zooey
deteriorates until he is forced to choose between his new best friend and
his would-be wife.
226. 5 Centimeters per Second ( Byôsoku 5 senchimêtoru )
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Makoto Shinkai
Actors: Kenji Mizuhashi, Yoshimi Kondou, Satomi Hanamura, Ayaka Onoue, Risa Mizuno, Yuka Terazaki
Plot: Two childhood friends, pulled apart by family and distance, arrange one final meeting.
227. Piano Teacher, The ( pianiste, La )
Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Haneke
Actors: Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot, Benoît Magimel, Susanne Lothar, Udo Samel, Anna Sigalevitch
Plot: Erika Kohut is a piano teacher at the Vienna Conservatory prestigious music school in Vienna. In her early forties and single, she lives with her overprotective and controlling mother in a hermetically sealed world of love-hate and dependency, where there is no room for men. Her sex life consists of voyeurism and masochistic self-injury. Lonely and alienated, Erika finds solace by visiting sex shops and experimenting with masochism. Ata a recital, she befriends Walter, a handsome young man, whom she seduces and with whom she begins an illicit affair. As Erika slowly drifts closer to the brink of emotional disorder, she uses the love-stricken Walter to explore her darkest sado-masochistic fantasies, which eventually lead to her undoing.
228. Lady Vengeance ( Chinjeolhan geumjassi )
Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Chan-wook Park
Actors: Yeong-ae Lee, Min-sik Choi, Seung-Shin Lee, Hye-jeong Kang, Yea-young Kwon, Shi-hoo Kim
Plot: After spending 13 years in prison for the kidnapping and murder of a 6-year-old boy, beautiful and shrewd Lee Guem-ja seeks revenge against the person who really committed the crime.
229. Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Lee Daniels
Actors: Gabourey 'Gabby' Sidibe, Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, Lenny Kravitz, Sherri Shepherd
Plot: Based off of the powerful novel, Precious is an illiterate fifteen year old girl who is pregnant with her father's second child. Her abusive mother leads her to believe that she is worthless, her situation leads her to believe that she is without value, and her image leads her to believe that she will never be precious. When an enigmatic alternative professor teaches her to write and to love, Precious realizes that the most powerful message is the one she gives herself.
230. The Station Agent
Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Thomas McCarthy
Actors: Peter Dinklage, Richard Kind, Patricia Clarkson, Michelle Williams, Bobby Cannavale, Jayce Bartok
Plot: A dwarf moves to isolation, but he can't seem to truly get away as he
makes friends (against his will) with a near by hot dog vendor and a woman
who had family problems.
