221. Arthur Newman
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Dante Ariola
Actors: Emily Blunt, Colin Firth, Anne Heche, Kristin Lehman, David Andrews, Sterling Beaumon
Plot: A man fakes his own death to start a new life and meets a kindred spirit in a woman who is trying to leave her past behind as well.
222. Any Day Now
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Travis Fine
Actors: Alan Cumming, Garret Dillahunt, Isaac Leyva, Frances Fisher, Gregg Henry, Chris Mulkey
Plot: When mentally-handicapped child is abandoned by his parents, a gay couple unofficially adopt him and raise him on their home, providing a loving connection that he never got from his real family. When officials discover this arrangement, they go to a biased court, where they will have to fight for everything they've come to love.
223. Albert Nobbs
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Rodrigo García
Actors: Mia Wasikowska, Aaron Johnson, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Brendan Gleeson, Glenn Close, Mark Williams
Plot: A woman struggles to find independence in 19th century Ireland and poses as a man so she can work as a butler at a top hotel. When she meets a painter it gives "Albert" the chance she needs to escape the lie she has been living.
224. Dark Horse
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Todd Solondz
Actors: Justin Bartha, Selma Blair, Jordan Gelber, Christopher Walken, Mia Farrow, Zachary Booth
Plot: Two lost 30-something souls: an avid toy collector and a black sheep of
her family with serious depression issues, begin an unstable relationship.
225. Tangled Ever After
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Action
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Nathan Greno, Byron Howard
Actors: Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi, Alan Dale, Nathan Greno, Kari Wahlgren, Paul F. Tompkins
Plot: Pascal and Maximus attempt to recover a runaway wedding ring.
226. Burn
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Tom Putnam, Brenna Sanchez
Actors: Donald Austin, Brendan Doogie Milewski, Craig Dougherty, Terrell Hardaway, Dennis Hunter, Dave Miller
Plot: A sobering documentary that shows a year in the life of the Detroit Fire Department.
227. Thieves, The ( Dodookdeul )
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Dong-Hoon Choi
Actors: Gianna Jun, Hae-suk Kim, Yun-seok Kim, Angelica Lee, Jung-Jae Lee, Hye-su Kim
Plot: The thief Popeye is hired by his former partner Macau Park (who still has a cache of gold from their last job) to steal a priceless diamond known as the 'Tear of the Sun' but Popeye has an ace up his sleeve: master safe cracker Pepsi - former flame of Park. Everyone has their own agenda - but only one can come out on top.
228. Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alex Gibney
Actors: Jamey Sheridan, John Slattery, Chris Cooper, Ethan Hawke, Matthew Ryan Hughes, Donagh Gleason
229. Assault, The ( assaut, L )
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Julien Leclercq
Actors: Vincent Elbaz, Grégori Derangère, Mélanie Bernier, Philippe Bas, Aymen Saïdi, Marie Guillard
Plot: France's special forces unit, the GIGN, must spring into action after terrorists get a hold of an Air France plane and plan to use it as weapon.
230. Craigslist Joe
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Adventure
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Joseph Garner
Actors: 357 Magnumm
Plot: With technology able to instantly connect anyone, anywhere the sense of community seems to have left these times. Joseph Garner made it a point to test whether, in these tough economic times, there was still community to be found. For 31 he set off across America with his toothbrush, a laptop and a cell phone with no contacts and turned to the digital community known as Craigslist to see if he could still connect with people.
