871. Terms of Endearment
Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: James L. Brooks
Actors: Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, John Lithgow, Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Lisa Hart Carroll
Plot: A mother/daughter duo have differences of opinions about how run each others lives and display love in different ways.
872. Alice in Wonderland
Year of Release: 1951
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson
Actors: Kathryn Beaumont, Ed Wynn, Richard Haydn, Sterling Holloway, Jerry Colonna, Verna Felton
Plot: Based on the book by Lewis Carroll - when a bored young girl follows a white rabbit with a pocket watch, she ends up in Wonderland where she will meet a host of strange and wonderful creatures including the Mad Hatter, Cheshire Cat and the quick-to-anger Queen of Hearts.
873. The Jungle Book
Year of Release: 1967
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Wolfgang Reitherman
Actors: Phil Harris, Sebastian Cabot, Louis Prima, George Sanders, Sterling Holloway, Bruce Reitherman
Plot: Based on Rudyard Kipling's tale of a boy raised by wolves, but with the Disney touch, talking animals, and memorable songs.
874. Russian Ark ( Russkiy kovcheg )
Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Russian
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Aleksandr Sokurov
Actors: Sergei Dontsov, Mariya Kuznetsova, Leonid Mozgovoy, Mikhail Piotrovsky, David Giorgobiani, Aleksandr Chaban
Plot: Fantasy following a 19th century French aristocrat - who is quite critical of the Russian way of life - as he travels through the Russian State Hermitage Museum and interacts with historical figures covering over 200 years of Russian history.
875. Three Colors: White ( Trzy kolory: Bialy )
Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Polish
Genre: Drama/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Actors: Zbigniew Zamachowski, Julie Delpy, Janusz Gajos, Jerzy Stuhr, Aleksander Bardini, Grzegorz Warchol
Plot: A Polish man is coldly abandoned by his French wife. After making a fortune, he sets about getting revenge. Second in Kieslowski's "Three Colors" trilogy, preceded by "Blue" and followed by "Red."
876. Judas and the Black Messiah
Year of Release: 2021
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Shaka King
Actors: Daniel Kaluuya, LaKeith Stanfield, Jesse Plemons, Martin Sheen, Dominique Fishback, Lil Rel Howery
Plot: As the Black Panther movement spread across the United States, J. Edgar Hoover seeing a threat bigger than Communism seeks a scapegoat and finds it in Fred Hampton, leader of the Chicago chapter. Bill O'Neal, seeking to avoid jail for impersonating an FBI agent, is recruited to go undercover - quickly rising to head of security and reporting on his findings. But soon it becomes apparent jail is not good enough to stop Hampton and O'Neal will have to decide how far he is willing to go to appease the FBI.
877. Before Sunset
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Richard Linklater
Actors: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Vernon Dobtcheff, Louise Lemoine Torres, Rodolphe Pauly, Mariane Plasteig
Plot: 9 years have passed since Jesse and Celine first met ("Before Sunrise") as they meet each other again in France to discuss their past and what could have been.
878. Bridge of Spies
Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Tom Hanks, Billy Magnussen, Alan Alda, Austin Stowell, Amy Ryan, Mark Rylance
Plot: At the height of the Cold War and American lawyer is recruited by the CIA in order to broker a deal with the Soviet Union for the release of a pilot being held in the U.S.S.R.
879. I Am Legend
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Francis Lawrence
Actors: Will Smith, Alice Braga, Paradox Pollack, Salli Richardson, Sterling Wolfe, Charlie Tahan
Plot: Due to a terrible virus, a scientist believes he is the last human on earth. After three years of trying to survive from the infected, he seeks hope.
880. Children of Heaven ( Bacheha-Ye aseman )
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Persian
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Majid Majidi
Actors: Amir Farrokh Hashemian, Mohammad Amir Naji, Bahare Seddiqi, Nafise Jafar-Mohammadi, Fereshte Sarabandi, Kamal Mirkarimi
Plot: Ali has lost his younger sister's shoes at the market. He comes up with a solution until he can somehow find a new pair: they will share his shoes.
