721. Beverly Hills Cop
Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Martin Brest
Actors: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Lisa Eilbacher, Ronny Cox, Steven Berkoff
Plot: A Detroit cop (Eddie Murphy) takes a leave of absence to look into the murder of a troubled old friend. The trail leads to Beverly Hills, where the irreverent Murphy investigates his friend's former employer (Steven Berkoff). Improvising his way through Beverly Hills, Murphy's "bad cop" approach rubs the local "good cops" (John Ashton, Judge Reinhold, Ronny Cox) the wrong way... until his investigation actually turns up some real evidence.
722. Paprika
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Satoshi Kon
Actors: Megumi Hayashibara, Tôru Furuya, Kôichi Yamadera, Katsunosuke Hori, Toru Emori, Akio Ôtsuka
Plot: A new device allows scientists to delve into a patient's dreams to help them analyze their problems, but when a techno-terrorist steals the new technology no one is safe, and soon the line between dreams and reality begin to blur.
723. Jodorowsky's Dune
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Frank Pavich
Actors: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Michel Seydoux, H.R. Giger, Chris Foss, Brontis Jodorowsky, Devin Faraci
Plot: Alejandro Jodorowsky is a cult filmmaker best known for his surrealistic tales El Topo, The Holy Mountain and Santa Sangre. Yet in the mid 1970s, he attempted to create his masterpiece - adapting Frank Herbert's 1965 novel, Dune, to the big screen. Spending $2 million to convince the likes of artist H.R. Giger, Salvador Dali, actor Orson Welles and musician Mick Jagger and to help in creating his epic, he failed to convince investors (and a purported hours long running time didn't help) and in the end was a failed vision. But the director still has his Dune bible - and we get a glimpse of what could have been.
724. From Here to Eternity
Year of Release: 1953
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Actors: Donna Reed, Deborah Kerr, Montgomery Clift, Burt Lancaster, Philip Ober, Frank Sinatra
Plot: The second in command and a Captain's wife fall in love while another private is punished for not boxing during WWII Hawaii.
725. Mysterious Skin
Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NC-17
Director: Gregg Araki
Actors: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michelle Trachtenberg, Brady Corbet, Elisabeth Shue, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Richard Riehle
Plot: Based on the acclaimed novel by Scott Heim, "Mysterious Skin" explores the
hearts and minds of two very different boys who come to find the key to
their future happiness lies in the exorcism of their collective demons.
726. Beasts of the Southern Wild
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Benh Zeitlin
Actors: Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry, Jonshel Alexander, Levy Easterly, Lowell Landes, Nicholas Clark
Plot: Six-year-old Hushpuppy grows up in "the Bathtub" a southern Delta community where her father, Wink, seems harsh but is only preparing her for life on her own. A storm and a sudden illness brings on this life much sooner than expected and as beasts menace her, growing ever closer and larger, she will have face down her fears.
727. Santa Claus is Comin' to Town
Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Family
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.
Actors: Fred Astaire, Mickey Rooney, Keenan Wynn, Paul Frees, Joan Gardner, Robie Lester
Plot: A mailman is answering questions about Santa Claus and winds up telling the origin story of the man who delivers the toys every Christmas.
728. Superman
Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Richard Donner
Actors: Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Marlon Brando, Ned Beatty, Margot Kidder
Plot: The story of an outsider from another planet who has Jesus like abilities
- based on the comic of the same name.
729. Blindspotting
Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Carlos López Estrada
Actors: Daveed Diggs, Rafael Casal, Janina Gavankar, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Ethan Embry, Tisha Campbell-Martin
Plot: Three days before his probation officially ends, Oakland native Collin, doing everything he can to keep clean (curfew, avoiding drugs and holding down a job), witnesses a police officer gunning down a defenseless man. This throws his world off balance as he contends with his hot-headed friend Miles and tries to reconcile with his girlfriend, Val.
730. God's Own Country
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Francis Lee
Actors: Josh O'Connor, Alec Secareanu, Gemma Jones, Ian Hart, Liam Thomas, Melanie Kilburn
