791. Chungking Express ( Chung hing sam lam )
Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Mystery/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Kar Wai Wong
Actors: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Valerie Chow, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Lee-na Kwan, Faye Wong, Chen Jinquan
Plot: A story of two cops and two stories all of which are told in beautiful
splotches of color. Takes place in Hong Kong in the early 1990s.
792. The Insider
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Mann
Actors: Russell Crowe, Al Pacino, Christopher Plummer, Diane Venora, Debi Mazar, Rip Torn
Plot: A researcher about Tobacco companies comes under scrutiny as his life is threatened because he wants to tell the true story about how the tobacco industry deals with addiction.
793. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Francis Lawrence
Actors: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Sam Claflin, Donald Sutherland
Plot: Based on the second book in Suzanne Collin's Hunger Games trilogy: Following their dual victory in the Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta find themselves on the mandatory post-games victory tour through each of the districts. Katniss also finds herself torn between her relationship with Peeta and Gale. Yet their subversive victory has stirred up some districts and rumors of rebellion run rampant. The Capitol must figure out a way to quell this growing unrest and comes up with a novel solution for the 75th Annual Hunger Games: bringing back past winners to fight once again and this time there will be no compromise.
794. Friday
Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: F. Gary Gray
Actors: Ice Cube, Chris Tucker, Nia Long, Tommy 'Tiny' Lister, John Witherspoon, Anna Maria Horsford
Plot: Follows the hilarious events of a typical Friday of two friends.
795. Empire of the Sun
Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Havers, Joe Pantoliano, Leslie Phillips
Plot: A young, privileged boy is separated from his family after the Japanese invade British-controlled areas of China. Sent to a British internment camp where is attempts to capture some of his former life while affecting the adults around him.
796. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Year of Release: 1958
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Richard Brooks
Actors: Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives, Jack Carson, Judith Anderson, Madeleine Sherwood
Plot: A drunk man, who hurt himself hurtling on his old high school track, has a lack-luster marriage and a father, that he doesn't really know, who is about to die.
797. Hoop Dreams
Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Sport
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Steve James
Actors: William Gates, Arthur Agee, Emma Gates, Curtis Gates, Sheila Agee, Arthur 'Bo' Agee
Plot: A documentary detailing the lives of two high school basketball players.
798. When Marnie Was There ( Omoide no Mânî )
Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Actors: Geena Davis, Kiernan Shipka, Hailee Steinfeld, Vanessa Williams, Nanako Matsushima, Sara Takatsuki
Plot: Anna is a young girl who is a misfit with no friends, when illness has her move away from her foster parents out to the country, she befriends Marnie - a girl with long, flowing gold hair, among the sand dunes. But when a new family moves in, Marnie suddenly disappears and Anna learns the truth about her new friend.
799. Monsters University
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Dan Scanlon
Actors: John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Helen Mirren, Steve Buscemi, Charlie Day, Joel Murray
Plot: Before Monsters Inc., Mike and Sulley had to attend the University of Fear - where the two didn't exactly get along.
800. Lady Bird
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Greta Gerwig
Actors: Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Lucas Hedges, Timothée Chalamet, Tracy Letts, Beanie Feldstein
Plot: A rebellious girls attending a conservative Catholic high school in Sacramento looks to escape both her rote life and family by planning to attend college in New York.
