591. Ugetsu Monogatari
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Actors: Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyô, Kinuyo Tanaka, Eitarô Ozawa, Ikio Sawamura, Mitsuko Mito
Plot: Long hailed as one of the great achievements in Japanese cinema, Kenji
Mizoguchi's film, set against the backdrop of the civil wars of 16th
Century Japan, follow two men looking for glory: one as a potter, the
other as a would-be samurai. Their ambition causes them to abandon their
respective wives, leading to tragedy.
592. The Favourite
Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Actors: Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult, Joe Alwyn, Olivia Colman, Mark Gatiss
Plot: In early 18th century England, a frail Queen Anne is on the throne while war rages with the French. Her devoted friend, Sarah Churchill, governs the country in her stead while trying to keep the queen's health and temper under control The arrival of a new servant, Abigail, soon changes the dynamics as she at first endears herself to Sarah, and later, the queen herself.
593. King Kong
Year of Release: 1933
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Action
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack
Actors: Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot, Frank Reicher, Sam Hardy, Noble Johnson
Plot: An adventurous film crew leads a ship to an X on a rare map to find mysterious animals including Kong himself!
594. 3:10 to Yuma
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western
MPAA Rating: R
Director: James Mangold
Actors: Russell Crowe, Christian Bale, Gretchen Mol, Ben Foster, Peter Fonda, Kevin Durand
Plot: A rancher agrees to take in a prisoner before his court date while the prisoner tries to trick the rancher into letting him go.
595. Uncut Gems
Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie
Actors: Adam Sandler, Idina Menzel, Julia Fox, LaKeith Stanfield, Eric Bogosian, Judd Hirsch
Plot: Howard Ratner is a New York City jeweler who has gotten by on high stakes and good luck. But searching for the ultimate high of the win of a lifetime, he gets in over his head on risky bets - one that will put himself, his business and his family in danger.
596. Akira
Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Katsuhiro Ôtomo
Actors: Johnny Yong Bosch, Joshua Seth, Wendee Lee, Michelle Ruff, Jamieson Price, Mike Reynolds
Plot: The future and Neo-Tokyo where the leader of a violent biker gang becomes
involved with a shady military project that grants him amazing powers that
quickly spin out of control.
597. Klaus
Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Sergio Pablos
Actors: Rashida Jones, J.K. Simmons, Joan Cusack, Jason Schwartzman, Kendall Joy Hall, Sydney Brower
598. The Verdict
Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sidney Lumet
Actors: Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling, Jack Warden, James Mason, Milo O'Shea, Roxanne Hart
Plot: Frank Galvin (Paul Newman) in an Oscar-nominated role, is an alcoholic, ambulance-chasing, washed-up attorney. Picking up a medical malpractice suit that is gifted to him by a fellow attorney (Jack Warden), he goes against a high-powered law firm and takes it to court rather than settle, redeeming himself along the way.
599. Kung Fu Panda
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Mark Osborne
Actors: Jack Black, Jackie Chan, Dustin Hoffman, Lucy Liu, Angelina Jolie, Ian McShane
Plot: A young-ish panda is one of the laziest animals in the area (called the valley of peace). After a long selection process he becomes the one panda that must protect their home land from all the enemies. The sad thing is that Po doesn't really know much protection action and must learn it on the fly.
600. The Hunger Games
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Gary Ross
Actors: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Elizabeth Banks, Woody Harrelson, Stanley Tucci
Plot: Based on the best-selling novel by Suzanne Collins - in a dystopic future where the United States, now called Panem, is divided into 12 districts, each year the Capital holds the Hunger Games. Two young tributes from each district must fight to the death and viewing is mandatory. When Katniss Everdeen takes her sisters place as a tribute, it will catapult her and fellow tribute Peeta Mellark into a dark, dangerous world where they will have to use every advantage in order to survive.
