201. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Harrison Ford, Shia LaBeouf, Ray Winstone, Cate Blanchett, John Hurt, Igor Jijikine
Plot: Dr. Jones is back again (for the last time?) and is put in place over 10 years since his last filmed adventure. This time it is during the cold war. The Nazis are gone, the WW II is over and now he is left with a sidekick and a couple of women to discover the myth and the truth about a mysterious Crystal Skull which may give great power to those who control it. Will Indy be able to handle the rigorous adventure so many years later?
202. First Day of the Rest of Your Life, The ( premier jour du reste de ta vie, Le )
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Rémi Bezançon
Actors: Jacques Gamblin, Zabou Breitman, Déborah François, Marc-André Grondin, Pio Marmaï, Roger Dumas
203. Ping Pong Playa
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jessica Yu
Actors: Jimmy Tsai, Roger Fan, Shelley Malil, Stephnie Weir, Adam Bobrow, Jim Lau
Plot: An aimless young Chinese-American finds his hoop dreams unexpectedly
sidelined when his parents are injured in an accident and he is forced to
give ping pong lessons.
204. The Yellow Handkerchief
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Udayan Prasad
Actors: William Hurt, Maria Bello, Kristen Stewart, Eddie Redmayne, Emmanuel Cohn, Veronica Russell
Plot: Three strangers find themselves on a road trip through Louisiana, each searching for something, or someone, to end their loneliness.
205. What Happens in Vegas
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Tom Vaughan
Actors: Cameron Diaz, Ashton Kutcher, Queen Latifah, Lake Bell, Dennis Farina, Rob Corddry
Plot: Two strangers hook up and get married in Vegas. Upon piecing together the night they realize that one of them one a huge jackpot with the other's money the night before. They stage huge schemes to get the money from one another and end up really falling in love.
206. Bedtime Stories
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Family
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Adam Shankman
Actors: Adam Sandler, Keri Russell, Guy Pearce, Courteney Cox, Russell Brand, Richard Griffiths
Plot: A handyman helps out his sister by babysitting her son and daughter. He finds out that when he tells bedtimes stories, anything the two say magically comes true.
207. The Children of Huang Shi
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Actors: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Radha Mitchell, Yun-Fat Chow, Michelle Yeoh, Guang Li, Matt Walker
Plot: A British journalist, George Hogg, finds himself saving an orphanage for boys during Japan's occupation of China in the 1930's.
208. Sita Sings the Blues
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Nina Paley
Actors: Annette Hanshaw, Aseem Chhabra, Sanjiv Jhaveri, Pooja Kumar, Debargo Sanyal, Reena Shah
209. Savage Grace
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Tom Kalin
Actors: Julianne Moore, Stephen Dillane, Hugh Dancy, Eddie Redmayne, Unax Ugalde, Lina Lambert
210. Brideshead Revisited
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Julian Jarrold
Actors: Michael Gambon, Emma Thompson, Matthew Goode, Patrick Malahide, Felicity Jones, Anna Madeley
Plot: Based on a novel that explores extramarital affairs, relationships and catholicism. It explores how religion can tear a family apart along with love and happiness. It takes a close look at why and how marriages fail.
