891. The Last Emperor
Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Historical/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Actors: Peter O'Toole, Joan Chen, Ruocheng Ying, Vivian Wu, Ryuichi Sakamoto, John Lone
Plot: The story of the last emperor of China as told through flash backs and flash forwards.
892. 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.
893. The Royal Tenenbaums
Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Wes Anderson
Actors: Gene Hackman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Stiller, Anjelica Huston, Luke Wilson, Own Wilson
Plot: A distant family, including three child prodigies long forgotten, are brought together by patriarch Royal Tenenbaum who is hoping to mend past mistakes.
894. Collateral
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Mann
Actors: Tom Cruise, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jamie Foxx, Peter Berg, Mark Ruffalo, Bruce McGill
Plot: An innocent Cab Driver (Fox) gets caught up in the middle of hit jobs when a hit man brings him into his murders through out L.A. He tries to do the right thing but is put to the test when the hit man tries to become his friend.
895. Escape from Alcatraz
Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Don Siegel
Actors: Clint Eastwood, Fred Ward, Bruce M. Fischer, Paul Benjamin, Roberts Blossom , Frank Ronzio
Plot: A group of incarcerated men discover a way to escape from the unescapeable
Alcatraz Prison in which they try to dig and decoy their way out.
896. 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.
897. I Saw the Devil ( Akmareul boatda )
Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ji-woon Kim
Actors: Byung-hun Lee, Gook-hwan Jeon, Ho-jin Jeon, San-ha Oh, Yoon-seo Kim, Min-sik Choi
Plot: After his pregnant fiance is viciously murdered by a serial killer, a detective plots an elaborate and intricate revenge plot for the man responsible.
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. 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.
900. 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.
