131. Shortcomings
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Randall Park
Actors: Justin H. Min, Sherry Cola, Ally Maki, Tavi Gevinson, Debby Ryan, Sonoya Mizuno
132. Smoking Causes Coughing ( Fumer fait tousser )
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Quentin Dupieux
Actors: Gilles Lellouche, Vincent Lacoste, Anaïs Demoustier, Jean-Pascal Zadi, Oulaya Amamra, Tanguy Mercier
Plot: A down-on-their luck vigilante group known as the "tobacco-forces" is commanded by their rat boss to take a weekend getaway in hopes of refueling their passion and teamwork before returning to continue saving the world.
133. Nyad
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Actors: Annette Bening, Jodie Foster, Anne Marie Kempf, Carolyn McCormick, Anna Harriette Pittman, Eric T. Miller
134. Consecration
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Christopher Smith
Actors: Jena Malone, Danny Huston, Thoren Ferguson, Ian Pirie, Janet Suzman, Steffan Cennydd
135. It Lives Inside
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Bishal Dutta
Actors: Megan Suri, Neeru Bajwa, Mohana Krishnan, Betty Gabriel, Vik Sahay, Gage Marsh
136. The Wrath of Becky
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Matt Angel, Suzanne Coote
Actors: Lulu Wilson, Kate Siegel, Courtney Gains, Seann William Scott, Matt Angel, Alison Cimmet
137. Pain Hustlers
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Yates
Actors: Emily Blunt, Chris Evans, Chloe Coleman, Catherine O'Hara, Andy Garcia, Brian d'Arcy James
Plot: Liza, a struggling single mother lands a sales gig at a floundering drug company that is nearly bankrupt and having no luck selling their fast-acting cancer pain-relief medication. After initially failing to land any new prescriptions in her assigned area, Liza finally cracks the market thanks to one Dr. Lydell - the $9 million dollar man as he is known. The wheels begin to be greased and soon the once-struggling company is the hottest new IPO on the market - but where there is money and greed there is also trouble.
138. Hidden Strike
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Scott Waugh
Actors: John Cena, Jackie Chan, Pilou Asbæk, Rachael Holoway, Chunrui Ma, Rima Zeidan
139. Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Kirk DeMicco, Faryn Pearl
Actors: Lana Condor, Jane Fonda, Toni Collette, Will Forte, Annie Murphy, Sam Richardson
Plot: A shy, sheltered teen, Ruby is content with trying to just live a normal
life - even though she is secretly a kraken and not just any, but part of
long line of royalty. Far from being the monsters depicted in stories,
krakens watch over the seas - and their arch-rivals, mermaids, are much
more destructive and deadly. Which is why when a new mermaid comes to
town, Ruby must finally embrace her legacy and save those she holds dear.
140. Pocket Dial Murder
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Roxanne Boisvert
Actors: Kirsten Comerford, Steve Byers, Erica Anderson, Mathieu Bourassa, Dawn Lambing, Darius Rathe
Plot: Stacey receives a pocket dial from her husband Jeff's cell phone and can
hear what appears to be a woman being murdered. When Jeff comes home, he
says he lost his phone and when the victim is revealed to be an
acquaintance to Jeff, Stacey can't help but believe she now lives with a
murderer.
