801. Milk
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Gus Van Sant
Actors: Josh Brolin, Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, James Franco, Diego Luna, Alison Pill
Plot: Explores the life and career of Harvey Milk, who was the first openly gay man elected to public office in 1977 as a member San Francisco's Board of Supervisors.
802. Man on Wire
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: James Marsh
Actors: Philippe Petit, Annie Allix, Jean-Louis Blondeau, Alan Welner, Paul McGill, Jean François Heckel
Plot: A documentary about Phillipe Petit's exciting but very illegal death-defying tightrope walk between the World Trade Center towers in 1974, with interviews from all the participants and real coverage of the event.
803. The Red Shoes
Year of Release: 1948
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Actors: Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Moira Shearer, Robert Helpmann, Jean Short, Gordon Littmann
Plot: A young ballerina is torn between her professional life and love life.
804. John Wick: Chapter Two
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Chad Stahelski
Actors: Keanu Reeves, Riccardo Scamarcio, Common, Ruby Rose, Ian McShane, Laurence Fishburne
Plot: John Wick wants nothing more than to leave his former life behind but an associate, one he is tied to by blood oath, calls on his help when he puts a plan in motion to take over an international assassins' guild. The call leads him to Rome, where he will square off against some of the world's deadliest assassins and hitmen.
805. 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.
806. 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.
807. This is England
Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Shane Meadows
Actors: Thomas Turgoose, Stephen Graham, Jo Hartley, Andrew Shim, Vicky McClure, Perry Benson
Plot: In England, circa 1983, a young boy whose father has been killed at war falls in with a group of teenage skinheads. An unflinching, often humorous and grippingly uncomfortable look at the politics of hate, disenfranchisement and what it means to love (or hate) your country. Based on the personal experiences of director Shane Meadows.
808. 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.
809. Kingsman: The Secret Service
Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Actors: Taron Egerton, Colin Firth, Samuel L. Jackson, Mark Strong, Sofia Boutella, Michael Caine
Plot: A street-wise punk with a set of fast hands (and a faster mouth), finds himself recruited by an underground spy agency. If he can pass their test, he will be one of the new initiated into their ranks - just a threat from a twisted tech genius threatens the world.
810. Lion
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Garth Davis
Actors: Dev Patel, Sunny Pawar, Nicole Kidman, Rooney Mara, David Wenham, Divian Ladwa
Plot: As a five-year-old, young Saroo finds himself alone on the bustling streets of Calcutta, separated from his family and far from home. After surviving many hardships, he finds himself adopted by an Australian couple. Fast-forward 25 years and he is ready to make the journey to track down his lost family.
