241. Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Douglas Mackinnon
Actors: Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Rupert Graves, Una Stubbs, Mark Gatiss, Andrew Scott
242. Central Intelligence
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber
Actors: Dwayne Johnson, Aaron Paul, Kevin Hart, Amy Ryan, Danielle Nicolet, Megan Park
Plot: A chance Facebook meeting between former bullied geek-turned-CIA agent and once big-man-one-campus-turned accountant sees the pair getting into a high-stakes game of espionage and shootouts and maybe reconnecting - if they can both stay alive.
243. Mermaid, The ( Mei ren yu )
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Stephen Chow
Actors: Yun Lin, Chao Deng, Yun-Lin Jhuang, Show Luo, Yuqi Zhang, Pierre Bourdaud
Plot: A man's plan for an estate project involves a reclamation of the sea - one that directly threatens a native mermaid population. Shan is sent on behalf of this group to convince Xuan to reconsider his plan - he does, but not before falling in love with her. But another group has plans for the mermaid and Xuan will have to figure out how to stop them in order to save Shan.
244. Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Mandie Fletcher
Actors: Gwendoline Christie, Cara Delevingne, Rebel Wilson, Joanna Lumley, Celia Imrie, Jennifer Saunders
Plot: Edina and Patsy are still living the high life, clubbing their way across London, spending money like it's going out of style. But after an incident at a major fashionable launch party, they find themselves in the middle of a media storm. Constantly having to dodge the paparazzi and realizing their nearly broke, the two flee to the French Riviera where they concoct a new plan that will allow them to live the lifestyles of the rich and famous forever more.
245. Suicide Squad
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: David Ayer
Actors: Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, Viola Davis, Joel Kinnaman, Cara Delevingne
Plot: You know them as the most devious and dangerous super villains of our time: Deadshot, Killer Croc, El Diablo, Enchantress, Slipknot, Harley Quinn, Captain Boomerang and The Joker... but the government knows them as The Suicide Squad - recruiting the baddest people on the planet for black ops missions in return for clemency. But how can you control those who have no control of their own?
246. What We Become ( Sorgenfri )
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Danish
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Bo Mikkelsen
Actors: Mille Dinesen, Troels Lyby, Marie Hammer Boda, Ole Dupont, Mikael Birkkjær, Benjamin Engell
Plot: Follows the life of a typical suburban middle-class family, along with some of their neighbors, as a nearby infection turns into something much more deadly, bringing in government agents and cutting their community off from the world.
247. Viral
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman
Actors: Analeigh Tipton, Michael Kelly, Sofia Black-D'Elia, Brianne Howey, Machine Gun Kelly, Travis Tope
Plot: Two teen girls become separated from their parents when their town faces a quarantine following a mysterious outbreak. At first the two explore their new-found freedom, partying and doing whatever they want - but as the infection begins to affect people they know, they soon turn to self preservation. Barricading themselves in with a neighbor, things get even worse when one of the sisters shows signs of the infection - and it soon become a choice between family or survival.
248. Emelie
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Michael Thelin
Actors: Sarah Bolger, Carly Adams, Thomas Bair, Randi Langdon, Elizabeth Jayne, Joshua Rush
249. The Monster
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bryan Bertino
Actors: Zoe Kazan, Ella Ballentine, Scott Speedman, Aaron Douglas, Chris Webb, Christine Ebadi
Plot: A mother and daughter break down on a deserted road and are stalked by a chilling monster.
250. Hardcore Henry
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ilya Naishuller
Actors: Sharlto Copley, Haley Bennett, Danila Kozlovsky, Cyrus Arnold, Ilya Naishuller, Will Stewart
Plot: A film shot entirely from a first-person perspective - when Henry wakes up, he has no memory - and within five minutes, the woman who has brought him back from the dead tells him she is his wife, before being kidnapped. On the run in the unfamiliar city of Moscow, Henry finds himself on the run from everyone - the warlord Akan who has plans for world domination, local authorities and more - the mysterious British man Jimmy claims to be a friend - but who can you trust when you don't even know yourself?
