131. The Boxtrolls
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Graham Annable, Anthony Stacchi
Actors: Elle Fanning, Simon Pegg, Toni Collette, Isaac Hempstead Wright, Ben Kingsley, Nick Frost
Plot: Based on the book "Here Be Monsters" by Alan Snow: A young orphan, raised by subterranean trash collectors, must find the hero inside when an evil exterminator threatens his family.
132. Night Moves
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Kelly Reichardt
Actors: Dakota Fanning, Jesse Eisenberg, Alia Shawkat, Peter Sarsgaard, James Le Gros, Lew Temple
Plot: Follows the lives of three environmentalists as they make a plan to destroy a dam.
133. Men, Women & Children
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jason Reitman
Actors: Ansel Elgort, Adam Sandler, Jennifer Garner, Kaitlyn Dever, Judy Greer, Dean Norris
Plot: In a world where the Internet and social media have made it easier to connect - it has made it harder to form personal connections. Following the lives of teenagers and their parents, we will see how technology has changed the face of relationships, communications, self-image and love - for better and worse.
134. Dracula Untold
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Gary Shore
Actors: Luke Evans, Zach McGowan, Dominic Cooper, Samantha Barks, Sarah Gadon, Charlie Cox
Plot: Before there was myth and legend, there was a man - Vlad Tepes, or Vlad "The Impaler" is the true-life ruler that Dracula is based on - and here his bloody history is brought to life.
135. Like Father, Like Son ( Soshite chichi ni naru )
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
Actors: Masaharu Fukuyama, Machiko Ono, Yôko Maki, Rirî Furankî, Megumi Morisaki, Shôgen Hwang
Plot: A successful businessman is given life-changing information - when his son was born, he was switched at birth with another boy. Now he must make a crucial decision - whether to take back his biological son, or to keep the boy he has raised as his own.
136. Listen Up Philip
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alex Ross Perry
Actors: Krysten Ritter, Elisabeth Moss, Jason Schwartzman, Jess Weixler, Jonathan Pryce, Kate Lyn Sheil
Plot: An author with anger issues slowly unravels as his second novel nears publication. He is given a chance to finally relax when his idol offers him an isolated summer home - the perfect time to reflect on his favorite subject - himself.
137. Ivory Tower
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Family
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Andrew Rossi
Actors: Andrew Delbanco, Anya Kamenetz, Daphne Koller
138. Just Before Losing Everything ( Avant que de tout perdre )
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Xavier Legrand
Actors: Léa Drucker, Anne Benoît, Miljan Chatelain, Mathilde Auneveux, Denis Ménochet, Claire Dumas
Plot: In this heart-stopping short, a woman attempts to sneak her children and herself away from her abusive husband.
139. Dormant Beauty ( Bella addormentata )
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Marco Bellocchio
Actors: Toni Servillo, Isabelle Huppert, Alba Rohrwacher, Michele Riondino, Maya Sansa, Pier Giorgio Bellocchio
140. Best Offer, The ( migliore offerta, La )
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
Actors: Geoffrey Rush, Jim Sturgess, Sylvia Hoeks, Donald Sutherland, Philip Jackson, Dermot Crowley
Plot: A master auctioneer finds himself drawn to a reclusive heiress and art collector - but this obsession will lead down a dangerous path.
