711. Dersu Uzala
Year of Release: 1975
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Actors: Yuri Solomin, Maksim Munzuk, Svetlana Danilchenko, Vladimir Kremena, Suimenkul Chokmorov , Dmitri Korshikov
Plot: A Russian military officer betrays Dersu and must take responsibility to a tragedy. He takes it upon himself to give Dersu a rifle which could give insight to the end of the film.
712. Nashville
Year of Release: 1975
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Musical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Altman
Actors: Ned Beatty, Karen Black, Shelley Duvall, Scott Glenn, Barbara Baxley, Keith Carradine
Plot: During a political convention a group of unrelated people learn secrets and lies about what is really going on.
713. Ida
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Polish
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski
Actors: Agata Kulesza, Agata Trzebuchowska, Joanna Kulig, Dawid Ogrodnik, Adam Szyszkowski, Jerzy Trela
Plot: In 1960s Poland, a young woman is on the verge of taking her vows to become a nun when she uncovers a dark secret involving her family dating back to the Nazi occupation.
714. Saw
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: James Wan
Actors: Cary Elwes, Leight Wannell, Danny Glover, Ken Lueng, Mike Butters, Dina Meyer
Plot: Two men wake up in a dingy bathroom, chained to the floor. They are the newest victims of Jigsaw, a serial killer who sets elaborate traps to prove a point.
715. Santa Claus is Comin' to Town
Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Family
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.
Actors: Fred Astaire, Mickey Rooney, Keenan Wynn, Paul Frees, Joan Gardner, Robie Lester
Plot: A mailman is answering questions about Santa Claus and winds up telling the origin story of the man who delivers the toys every Christmas.
716. Paprika
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Satoshi Kon
Actors: Megumi Hayashibara, Tôru Furuya, Kôichi Yamadera, Katsunosuke Hori, Toru Emori, Akio Ôtsuka
Plot: A new device allows scientists to delve into a patient's dreams to help them analyze their problems, but when a techno-terrorist steals the new technology no one is safe, and soon the line between dreams and reality begin to blur.
717. Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Year of Release: 1964
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Family
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Kizo Nagashima
Actors: Burl Ives, Billie Mae Richards, Paul Soles, Larry D. Mann, Paul Kligman
Plot: A young reindeer is outcast because of his glowing red nose. He goes to live amongst the misfit toys, only to become a hero when a foggy night threatens Santa's Christmas voyage.
718. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Peter Jackson
Actors: Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Evangeline Lilly, Benedict Cumberbatch
Plot: Bilbo Baggins, with Thorin and company, have successfully navigated the Misty Mountains. Now they face the new danger of the Mirkwood Forest - and Gandalf has left them to themselves. If they can make it to the human settlement of Lake-town, Biblo will have to live up to his "burglar" contract and use the secret door of Lonely Mountain and confront the dragon Smaug.
719. Mysterious Skin
Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NC-17
Director: Gregg Araki
Actors: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michelle Trachtenberg, Brady Corbet, Elisabeth Shue, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Richard Riehle
Plot: Based on the acclaimed novel by Scott Heim, "Mysterious Skin" explores the hearts and minds of two very different boys who come to find the key to their future happiness lies in the exorcism of their collective demons.
720. Paddington 2
Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Family
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Paul King
Actors: Hugh Grant, Ben Whishaw, Brendan Gleeson, Jim Broadbent, Peter Capaldi, Julie Walters
Plot: Paddington has found a happy home with the Brown family, as well as becoming a popular figure in the local community. With his Aunt Lucy's 100th birthday coming up, he finds himself picking up odd jobs in order to save away for the perfect present. Disaster strikes, however, when he finds the gift only to have it stolen away shortly after.
