221. I, Tonya
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Craig Gillespie
Actors: Margot Robbie, Sebastian Stan, Bobby Cannavale, Mckenna Grace, Allison Janney, Caitlin Carver
Plot: From an early age, Tonya Harding seemed destined for skating glory, putting in the work and time necessary to hone her skills. But her rising star in U.S. Figure Skating is threatened when her ex-husband becomes involved.
222. Fruitvale Station
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ryan Coogler
Actors: Michael B. Jordan, Melonie Diaz, Octavia Spencer, Ariana Neal, Kevin Durand, Chad Michael Murray
Plot: Based on the true story of Oscar Grant, who wakes up on Dec. 21, 2008 and feels something in the air - and resolves to change things - with his mother, his girlfriend, his 4-year-old daughter - but change is not easy and as he interacts with the family, friends and strangers throughout the day - he ends at Fruitvale BART station, where one more encounter, with police officers, will shake a city to it core.
223. Sicario
Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Actors: Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Daniel Kaluuya, Victor Garber, Jon Bernthal
Plot: Sicario translates to hitman in Mexico. When an idealistic FBI agent is
paired up with a consultant with a checkered past, she will have to learn
the hard way that combating the new war on drugs sometimes means getting
your hands dirty.
224. Shoplifters ( Manbiki kazoku )
Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
Actors: Kirin Kiki, Lily Franky, Sôsuke Ikematsu, Sakura Andô, Mayu Matsuoka, Jyo Kairi
Plot: A family of small-time crooks use shoplifting to help ends meet but their
operation comes under new scrutiny when they take in a child from the
streets.
225. Mississippi Burning
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alan Parker
Actors: Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif, R. Lee Ermey, Stephen Tobolowsky
Plot: Two FBI agents are sent to investigate the murders of civil rights workers
in the south during the 1960's.
226. Mommy
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Xavier Dolan
Actors: Anne Dorval, Antoine-Olivier Pilon, Suzanne Clément, Alexandre Goyette, Patrick Huard
Plot: A single mom's drama about raising her son, who's behavior deteriorates
into violence, due to a mild mental illness.
227. Little Miss Sunshine
Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jonathan Dayton
Actors: Abigail Breslin, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Paul Dano, Steve Carell, Alan Arkin
Plot: An extended family tries to make the trek to Little Olive's beauty pageant in their bus. They encounter mishap after mishap in their journey to California.
228. The Florida Project
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sean Baker
Actors: Brooklynn Prince, Bria Vinaite, Willem Dafoe, Mela Murder, Christopher Rivera, Valeria Cotto
Plot: A precocious six-year-old and her ragtag group of friends spend their Florida days full of childhood wonder, adventure and endless possibility - meanwhile, the adults in their lives struggle to merely get by.
229. In Bruges
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Martin McDonagh
Actors: Rudy Blomme, Olivier Bonjour, Mark Donovan, Colin Farrell, Ralph Fiennes, Brendan Gleeson
Plot: Two hitmen find themselves living in Bruges, Belgium where they disagree on life's final consequences: death and happiness.
230. Spartacus
Year of Release: 1960
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Actors: Kirk Douglas, Nina Foch, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, John Gavin
Plot: A slave by the name of Spartacus is trained like a gladiator only to escape to lead a revolt against the Romans.
