221. Monsters
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Gareth Edwards
Actors: Whitney Able, Scoot McNairy, Kevon Kane
Plot: After six years, most of Mexico has been transformed by an alien invasion.
A cynical journalist, seeking a story, agrees to help an American tourist
traverse the infected zone and get to safety at the American border.
222. Micmacs ( Micmacs à tire-larigot )
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Actors: Dany Boon, André Dussollier, Nicolas Marié, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Yolande Moreau, Julie Ferrier
Plot: A man with every reason to hate weapons of war stumbles upon a unique group of friends. When he learns which two weapon manufacturers are responsible for his woes, he weaves an intricate plot to topple the titans using the skills of his new friends.
223. 13
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Géla Babluani
Actors: Mickey Rourke, Jason Statham, Ray Liotta, 50 Cent, Natasha Lyonne, Ray Winstone
Plot: When a young man takes over the identity of a dead man he accepts an invitation that leads to a deadly underworld where power and violence rule, and men gamble on the lives of other men.
224. Housemaid, The ( Hanyo - 2010 )
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sang-soo Im
Actors: Do-yeon Jeon, Jung-Jae Lee, Seo-Hyeon Ahn, Seo Woo, Yeo-Jong Yun
225. Like Dandelion Dust
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Family
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jon Gunn
Actors: Mira Sorvino, Barry Pepper, Cole Hauser, Kate Levering, Maxwell Perry Cotton, L. Scott Caldwell
Plot: Two families, one child - the Campbells are a well-adjusted family raising their 4-year-old Joey, until his biological father is released from prison and awarded custody.
226. Buried
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Rodrigo Cortés
Actors: Ryan Reynolds, Robert Paterson, Stephen Tobolowsky, Samantha Mathis, José Luis García Pérez, Erik Palladino
Plot: After an attack, a contractor working in Iraq wakes up to find he has been buried alive. With little time and scant resources, he must find a way to survive.
227. Mother and Child
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Rodrigo García
Actors: Naomi Watts, Samuel L. Jackson, Brittany Robertson, David Morse, Tatyana Ali, Annette Bening
Plot: Follows the story of three women: a 40-year old woman, who gave up her daughter for adoption when she became pregnant at 14, her now grown-up daughter, a lawyer not afraid to use sex appeal to get what she wants, and an African American woman looking to adopt a child of her own.
228. Cyrus
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass
Actors: Marisa Tomei, Jonah Hill, Catherine Keener, John C. Reilly, Matt Walsh, Katie Aselton
Plot: Seven years after his divorce, John finds out his ex is about to get married again. Reluctantly accepting an invitation to a party for his ex and fiance, John meets Molly and they hit it off. But Molly is not alone, she lives with her 21-year-old son Cyrus, and they share a special relationship. John has found love, but he must battle Cyrus for Molly and only one man may be left standing.
229. Chloe
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Atom Egoyan
Actors: Amanda Seyfried, Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore, Nina Dobrev, Max Thieriot, Meghan Heffern
Plot: A woman who suspects her husband of cheating hires an escort to entrap him. But what the good doctor doesn't know unwittingly puts her entire family in danger.
230. Armadillo
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Danish
Genre: Documentary/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Janus Metz Pedersen
Actors: Janus Metz Pedersen, Lars Skree
Plot: Janus Metz Pedersen directs this documentary following a group of Danish soldiers to Armadillo, an army base in the southern Afghan province of Helmand. Situated less than a kilometer away from Taliban positions, Pedersen captures the tense moments during six months in the soldiers' lives.
