771. Frost/Nixon
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ron Howard
Actors: Frank Langella, Sam Rockwell, Kevin Bacon, Michael Sheen, Oliver Platt, Rebecca Hall
Plot: After three years of silence following Watergate, Richard Nixon agrees to an all-inclusive interview with an unlikely choice of interviewer: British showman David Frost. Each man wants to have the upper hand but all the planning and preparation will come down to one historical interview.
772. Tale of Two Sisters, A ( Janghwa, Hongryeon )
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Horror/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ji-woon Kim
Actors: Kap-su Kim, Jung-ah Yum, Su-jeong Lim, Seung-bi Lee, Geun-yeong Mun
Plot: Two girls return from a hospital stay to a foreboding house where their cold, distant father, a seemingly unstable step mother and a vengeful ghost make their lives dark and mysterious.
773. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Guy Ritchie
Actors: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Jared Harris, Noomi Rapace, Stephen Fry, Rachel McAdams
Plot: Sherlock Holmes and Watson have seemingly met their match when the Crown Prince of Austria is found dead and they deduce it is a murder and not a suicide. The clues point to Professor Moriaty - a brilliant yet decidedly evil man. A gypsy who knows about the crime becomes a part of the team as Holmes goes on a cross-country chase to stop Moriaty.
774. Wallace & Gromit in The Wrong Trousers
Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Nick Park
Actors: Peter Sallis
Plot: Wallace and Gromit are a dynamic duo - but Gromit finds himself being pushed out by a new lodger, and master criminal - who just happens to be a penguin. Using a pair of remote-controlled trousers, Wallace is about to become a criminal himself - but Gromit is wise to the ploy and will stop the penguin at any cost.
775. Carlito's Way
Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Brian De Palma
Actors: Al Pacino, Penelope Ann Miller, John Leguizamo, Sean Penn, Luis Guzman, Ingrid Rogers
Plot: A gangster is released from prison as he pledges to stay out of trouble in New York City.
776. Celebration, The ( Festen )
Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Danish
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Thomas Vinterberg
Actors: Ulrich Thomsen, Henning Moritzen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Paprika Steen, Birthe Neumann, Trine Dyrholm
Plot: It is Helge's 60th birthday party, and his rather large family has
gathered for the celebration. But amidst this gathering a shadow hands
over the preceding, as a recent suicide by his daughters hangs heavy.
Asking his son to say a few words, he is given a choice between to cards -
he chooses the Speech of Truth - and the truth may be too much for the
family to bear.
777. Robin Hood
Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Wolfgang Reitherman
Actors: Peter Ustinov, Brian Bedford, Terry-Thomas, Monica Evans, Phil Harris, Andy Devine
Plot: Disney animates Robin Hood in this imaginative retelling where animals sub for humans. The outlaw and hero of the people Robin Hood and his gang of merry men take on the evil Sheriff of Nottingham and usurper Prince John.
778. Doctor Strange
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Scott Derrickson
Actors: Benedict Cumberbatch, Tilda Swinton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, Mads Mikkelsen, Michael Stuhlbarg
Plot: Brilliant, but arrogant, Dr. Stephen Strange is talented, but is willing to bend in order to make more money. An accident leaves his hands injured - and accident he never truly recovers from. After bottoming out - he hears about an Ancient One - a supposed sorcerer who may be able to finally give him back his life. But once he finds him, he finds the plans for him are much grander.
779. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Year of Release: 1991
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Fax Bahr, George Hickenlooper
Actors: Marlon Brando, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Sheen, Laurence Fishburne, Dennis Hopper, George Lucas
Plot: The making of Apocalypse Now is nearly as big of drama as the film turned
out to be. With a huge script and struggles all over, from budge to
casting to nature itself - the film may now be iconic, but it ended up
nearly destroyed Francis Ford Coppola.
780. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Peter Jackson
Actors: Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Evangeline Lilly, Benedict Cumberbatch
Plot: Bilbo Baggins, with Thorin and company, have successfully navigated the Misty Mountains. Now they face the new danger of the Mirkwood Forest - and Gandalf has left them to themselves. If they can make it to the human settlement of Lake-town, Biblo will have to live up to his "burglar" contract and use the secret door of Lonely Mountain and confront the dragon Smaug.
