751. Sleuth
Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Actors: Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine
Plot: A man how is having an affair with another man's wife, is invited over for theater and games in which one of them takes it too far.
752. Miracle on 34th Street
Year of Release: 1947
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Family/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: George Seaton
Actors: Gene Lockhart, Maureen O'Hara, Edmund Gwenn, John Payne, Natalie Wood, Porter Hall
Plot: A department store Santa claims to be the real deal, but Doris Walker, who hired to man and rejects the fantasy behind the claim, begins to investigate his condition. It winds up in a court of law where a lawyer defends Kris Kringle and tried to prove he is indeed the real Santa Claus.
753. Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Year of Release: 1964
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Family
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Kizo Nagashima
Actors: Burl Ives, Billie Mae Richards, Paul Soles, Larry D. Mann, Paul Kligman
Plot: A young reindeer is outcast because of his glowing red nose. He goes to live amongst the misfit toys, only to become a hero when a foggy night threatens Santa's Christmas voyage.
754. To Live ( Huozhe )
Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Yimou Zhang
Actors: You Ge, Li Gong, Ben Niu, Deng Fei, Wu Jiang, Tao Guo
Plot: Follows the lives of Fugui and Jiazhen in a tumultuous period in Chinese history. From wealth to poverty the two manage to survive and even raise a family in this deeply personal story.
755. Mirror, The ( Zerkalo )
Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Russian
Genre: Drama/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
Actors: Margarita Terekhova, Ignat Daniltsev, Larisa Tarkovskaya, Alla Demidova, Anatoli Solonitsyn, Tamara Ogorodnikova
Plot: A Russian man in his 40s is going to die - he reflects back on growing up during WWII, his adolescence and family in a film that mixes flashbacks with historical footage to tell a personal story but also explore the story of Russia itself.
756. The Secret of Kells
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Tomm Moore, Nora Twomey
Actors: Brendan Gleeson, Liam Hourican, Mick Lally, Michael McGrath, Evan McGuire, Christen Mooney
Plot: A young boy goes on a quest in order to complete the magical Book of Kells while evading a barbarian invasion.
757. Die Hard: With a Vengeance
Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John McTiernan
Actors: Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Jeremy Irons, Graham Greene, Colleen Camp, Larry Bryggman
Plot: McClane is back trying to stop terrorists, only this time he has to play
games as a bomb squad with an unwanting friend (Jackson) around NYC.
758. Nashville
Year of Release: 1975
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Musical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Altman
Actors: Ned Beatty, Karen Black, Shelley Duvall, Scott Glenn, Barbara Baxley, Keith Carradine
Plot: During a political convention a group of unrelated people learn secrets
and lies about what is really going on.
759. Menace II Society
Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes
Actors: Tyrin Turner, Larenz Tate, Samuel L. Jackson, Anthony Johnson, Glenn Plummer, Jada Pinkett Smith
Plot: Caine Lawson is a young man in an urban nightmare. Following his graduation, he tries to free himself from the violence and drugs in Watts, CA.
760. Tree of Wooden Clogs, The ( Albero degli zoccoli, L' )
Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ermanno Olmi
Actors: Luigi Ornaghi, Francesca Moriggi, Omar Brignoli, Antonio Ferrari, Teresa Brescianini, Giuseppe Brignoli
Plot: Ermanno Olmi's epic film charts the destinies of four families in an Italian peasant community in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The title refers to the landlord's tree a peasant cuts down so his son can have shoes to go to school.
