501. Soul
Year of Release: 2020
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Pete Docter, Kemp Powers
Actors: Tina Fey, Jamie Foxx, Alice Braga, Richard Ayoade, Graham Norton, Rachel House
Plot: A musician finds his passion for music waning and then he finds himself
without a body. Now he must rely on the help of an infant soul, still
learning about herself, in order to return back to himself.
502. Fruitvale Station
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ryan Coogler
Actors: Michael B. Jordan, Melonie Diaz, Octavia Spencer, Ariana Neal, Kevin Durand, Chad Michael Murray
Plot: Based on the true story of Oscar Grant, who wakes up on Dec. 21, 2008 and feels something in the air - and resolves to change things - with his mother, his girlfriend, his 4-year-old daughter - but change is not easy and as he interacts with the family, friends and strangers throughout the day - he ends at Fruitvale BART station, where one more encounter, with police officers, will shake a city to it core.
503. Hero ( Ying xiong )
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Yimou Zhang
Actors: Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Maggie Cheung, Donnie Yen, Ziyi Zhang, Daoming Chen
Plot: The story told through flashbacks of a Samurai type man shows how he kills three assassins who tried to murder the lord of china - before it was china.
504. Touch of Evil
Year of Release: 1958
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Orson Welles
Actors: Orson Welles, Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Joseph Calleia, Akim Tamiroff, Joanna Cook Moore
Plot: Set in a border town of Mexico, a battle between good cop and bad cop, in which corruption is the main plot point.
505. Joker
Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Todd Phillips
Actors: Joaquin Phoenix, Zazie Beetz, Robert De Niro, Bryan Callen, Shea Whigham, Frances Conroy
Plot: After his stand-up career goes nowhere, Arthur Fleck turns to crime in order to support his mother, a turn that leads him down a path of insanity, ultimately transforming into the supervillain known as The Joker.
506. Wings of Desire ( Himmel über Berlin, Der )
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Fantasy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Wim Wenders
Actors: Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander, Curt Bois, Peter Falk, Hans Martin Stier
Plot: A discontented angel wanders around Berlin, listening to people's thoughts, until he falls in love with a circus acrobat and decides to become human so he can be with her. Based on poems by Rainer Maria Rilke.
507. 127 Hours
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Danny Boyle
Actors: James Franco, Lizzy Caplan, Kate Mara, Amber Tamblyn, Clémence Poésy, Darin Southam
Plot: When a mountain climber becomes trapped under a boulder in a remote area near Moab, Utah, he must resort to extreme measures in order to survive.
508. Threads
Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 3.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mick Jackson
Actors: Karen Meagher, Reece Dinsdale, David Brierly, Rita May, Nicholas Lane, Jane Hazlegrove
Plot: A docu-drama about the effects of nuclear war and the subsequent fallout
that takes place in the working-class town of Sheffield, England. Explores
the build-up, immediate and long-term aftermath of the catastrophic event.
509. Captain America: Civil War
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Actors: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Olsen, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner
Plot: With the world reeling from the incidents in Sakovia, a new accord is introduced to bring the heroes in line. But for Captain America, who is trying to protect his friend Bucky (aka The Winter Solider) it goes against all he stands for and soon creates a rift in The Avengers - one that will lead to a battle between the two sides.
510. Great Beauty, The ( grande bellezza, La )
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Paolo Sorrentino
Actors: Toni Servillo, Carlo Verdone, Sabrina Ferilli, Carlo Buccirosso, Iaia Forte, Pamela Villoresi
Plot: Jep Gambardella has been a lethal Lothario in Rome for decades. But after his 65th birthday he gets a shock from the past - one that will have him re-examining his lifestyle and maybe find true beauty.
