881. Jean de Florette
Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Claude Berri
Actors: Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil, Elisabeth Depardieu, Margarita Lozano, Ernestine Mazurowna
Plot: An old man and his own living relative have been coveting the property
next door for its pristine spring water - perfect for watering their
flowers. When the owner dies, however, the new owner moves in. Blocking
the spring - they hope to drive the family away, but the new owner will
not give up even as his health fails and family despairs from having to
haul water from wells.
882. Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky
Actors: Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky, Jessie Miskelly, Jason Baldwin, Damien Wayne Echols, Christopher Byers
Plot: When a triple murder rocks the community of West Memphis, Arkansas, three boys with ties to Satanism are charged with the crime. Seen as guilty by man before the trail began, Paradise Lost takes a look at every angle and how justice can easily be clouded.
883. Under the Shadow
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Persian
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Babak Anvari
Actors: Narges Rashidi, Avin Manshadi, Bobby Naderi, Ray Haratian, Arash Marandi, Behi Djanati Atai
Plot: Stranded in their flat during the Iran/Iraq war, a young Iranian mother and her daughter are haunted by an evil spirit.
884. Judas and the Black Messiah
Year of Release: 2021
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Shaka King
Actors: Daniel Kaluuya, LaKeith Stanfield, Jesse Plemons, Martin Sheen, Dominique Fishback, Lil Rel Howery
Plot: As the Black Panther movement spread across the United States, J. Edgar
Hoover seeing a threat bigger than Communism seeks a scapegoat and finds
it in Fred Hampton, leader of the Chicago chapter. Bill O'Neal, seeking
to avoid jail for impersonating an FBI agent, is recruited to go
undercover - quickly rising to head of security and reporting on his
findings. But soon it becomes apparent jail is not good enough to stop
Hampton and O'Neal will have to decide how far he is willing to go to
appease the FBI.
885. Alice in Wonderland
Year of Release: 1951
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson
Actors: Kathryn Beaumont, Ed Wynn, Richard Haydn, Sterling Holloway, Jerry Colonna, Verna Felton
Plot: Based on the book by Lewis Carroll - when a bored young girl follows a white rabbit with a pocket watch, she ends up in Wonderland where she will meet a host of strange and wonderful creatures including the Mad Hatter, Cheshire Cat and the quick-to-anger Queen of Hearts.
886. The Longest Day
Year of Release: 1962
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton
Actors: Eddie Albert, Paul Anka, Arletty, Red Buttons, Sean Connery, Richard Burton
Plot: The allied invasion of Normandy during WW II is covered on an epic scale, told with an all star cast, and brilliantly recreated historic events.
887. I Am Legend
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Francis Lawrence
Actors: Will Smith, Alice Braga, Paradox Pollack, Salli Richardson, Sterling Wolfe, Charlie Tahan
Plot: Due to a terrible virus, a scientist believes he is the last human on earth. After three years of trying to survive from the infected, he seeks hope.
888. American Fiction
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Cord Jefferson
Actors: Jeffrey Wright, Sterling K. Brown, Issa Rae, Adam Brody, Elle Sciore, Miriam Shor
889. Terms of Endearment
Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: James L. Brooks
Actors: Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, John Lithgow, Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Lisa Hart Carroll
Plot: A mother/daughter duo have differences of opinions about how run each others lives and display love in different ways.
890. Mulan
Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Tony Bancroft, Barry Cook
Actors: Ming-Na, Eddie Murphy, June Foray, Miguel Ferrer, James Hong, Harvey Fierstein
Plot: A young Chinese girl dresses as a man and takes her father's place in the Imperial army.
