891. 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.
892. 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.
893. 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
894. 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.
895. 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.
896. 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.
897. Cross of Iron
Year of Release: 1977
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Actors: James Coburn, Maximilian Schell, James Mason, David Warner, Klaus Löwitsch, Vadim Glowna
Plot: During WWII, battle-hardened Rolf Steiner leads many successful missions but when a new Prussian commander is assigned, the man wants only one thing - an Iron Cross to maintain his families honor. The two men cannot coexist as honor and arrogance collide.
898. Russian Ark ( Russkiy kovcheg )
Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Russian
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Aleksandr Sokurov
Actors: Sergei Dontsov, Mariya Kuznetsova, Leonid Mozgovoy, Mikhail Piotrovsky, David Giorgobiani, Aleksandr Chaban
Plot: Fantasy following a 19th century French aristocrat - who is quite critical of the Russian way of life - as he travels through the Russian State Hermitage Museum and interacts with historical figures covering over 200 years of Russian history.
899. Woman in the Dunes ( Suna no onna )
Year of Release: 1964
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hiroshi Teshigahara
Actors: Kyôko Kishida, Eiji Okada, Koji Mitsui, Sen Yano, Kinzo Sekiguchi
Plot: A naturalist professor, looking in the desert for insects, becomes imprisoned by a woman living in the valley of sand dunes.
900. Onibaba
Year of Release: 1965
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kaneto Shindô
Actors: Nobuko Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Kei Sato, Jukichi Uno, Taiji Tonoyama
Plot: As a feudal war ravages Japan, a soldier leaves behind his wife and mother. Together they scrounge by waylaying tired and wounded soldiers and selling their arms to a greedy merchant. An old friend returns and spells out the fate of the missing husband and son - soon the young widow gives into lust and the mother is left lonely, jealous and plotting her revenge.
