111. Happy End
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Haneke
Actors: Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Mathieu Kassovitz, Fantine Harduin, Franz Rogowski, Laura Verlinden
Plot: The film explores the dynamics of a well to do family living in Calais, France on the
landscape of the on going refugee crisis. The film stars Isabelle Huppert as Anne
Laurent, a woman at the head of a construction company, Mathieu Kassovitz as
her brother Thomas, who is having an affair with a cello player, Jean Louis
Trintigant as Georges, the father of both of them, and Fantin Harduin as Eve,
Thomas’ disturbed daughter who recently lost her mother.
112. The Wizard of Lies
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Barry Levinson
Actors: Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Hank Azaria, Kristen Connolly, Lily Rabe, Alessandro Nivola
113. Human Flow
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Ai Weiwei
Actors: Peter Bouckaert, Wella Kouyou, Samah Nabeel, Muhammed Hassan, Israa Abboud, Boris Cheshirkov
Plot: Director and artist Ai Weiwei presents a story that has affected 65 million people around the world: whether through famine, climate change or war, the human race has never experienced this much displacement since WWII. Following families across the globe over the course of a year, from Afghanistan to Greece, Iraq to Mexico - 23 countries in all, Ai Weiwei explores the affect this has on people and families in a refugee crisis that has exploded and the very real impact it has worldwide.
114. Blade of the Immortal ( Mugen no jûnin )
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Takashi Miike
Actors: Takuya Kimura, Hana Sugisaki, Sôta Fukushi, Erika Toda, Hayato Ichihara, Chiaki Kuriyama
Plot: After his sister is murdered, Manji, a skilled samurai, goes on a quest for vengeance, slaughtering countless other samurai before a nun curses him with immortality. Decades later, he meets a young girl who is also on a quest to avenge the murder of her family. Reminded of his sister, Manji agrees to help her and finds himself up against a master swordsman and his powerful group, who wan to take over all dojos.
115. Kong: Skull Island
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jordan Vogt-Roberts
Actors: Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson, Toby Kebbell, Samuel L. Jackson, John Goodman, John C. Reilly
Plot: During the early 70s, on an uncharted island in the Pacific Ocean, a group of soldiers and explorers come across several dangerous creatures, including Kong, the king of the island.
116. Mayhem
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Joe Lynch
Actors: Steven Yeun, Samara Weaving, Steven Brand, Caroline Chikezie, Kerry Fox, Dallas Roberts
117. Dave Made a Maze
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Bill Watterson
Actors: Nick Thune, Kirsten Vangsness, John Hennigan, Stephanie Allynne, James Urbaniak, Adam Busch
Plot: Annie comes home to find that her struggling, artist boyfriend Dave has made a maze in the middle of their living room. And now Dave is trapped inside his maze and Annie enlist some of their friend to go inside and rescue him.
118. A Dark Song
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Liam Gavin
Actors: Mark Huberman, Susan Loughnane, Steve Oram, Catherine Walker
119. Alien: Covenant
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ridley Scott
Actors: Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Danny McBride, Billy Crudup, Demián Bichir, Carmen Ejogo
Plot: The colony ship Covenant is on a mission to a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy. Landing on what they believe to be an idyllic paradise, they instead find a much more dark and dangerous planet - one whose sole inhabitant seems to be David, a synthetic android and seemingly the only survivor of the Prometheus expedition.
120. Marjorie Prime
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Michael Almereyda
Actors: Jon Hamm, Geena Davis, Tim Robbins, Lois Smith, Stephanie Andujar, Hannah Gross
