141. Thermae Romae ( Terumae romae )
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Comedy/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hideki Takeuchi
Actors: Hiroshi Abe, Aya Ueto, Kazuki Kitamura, Masachika Ichimura, Kai Shishido, Riki Takeuchi
Plot: An ancient Roman architect is too serious for his own good, and finds himself out of a job. Taking refuge in a local bathhouse - an anomaly suddenly finds himself as part of modern-day Japan. Astounded by the culture of the bathouses of Japan, he returns to his own time and commands much respect for his inventive new outlook - while he may just find love in Japan.
142. Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alison Klayman
Actors: Ai Weiwei, Huang Hung, Ying Gao, Inserk Yang, Yanping Liu, Changwei Gu
Plot: Beijing journalist Alison Klayman's unprecedented look into the life of controversial and internationally renowned Chinese artist and activist, Ai Weiwei.
143. Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Lisa Immordino Vreeland, Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt, Frédéric Tcheng
Actors: Diana Vreeland, Philippe De Montebello
Plot: A look into the life and influence of fashion icon Diana Vreeland, who first worked as fashion editor for Harper's Bazaar and later for Vogue.
144. Magic Mike
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Actors: Channing Tatum, Matthew McConaughey, Alex Pettyfer, Joe Manganiello, Matt Bomer, Olivia Munn
Plot: An up-and-coming male stripper is shown the ropes by some of the more experienced members of this specialized profession.
145. Hope Springs
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: David Frankel
Actors: Steve Carell, Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, Jean Smart, Susan Misner, Ben Rappaport
Plot: After 30 years of marriage, a middle-aged couple aren't sure where their relationship is headed. They decide that an intense weekend of couples therapy will decide where they ultimately end up.
146. The Expendables 2
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Simon West
Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger
Plot: Mr. Church once again approaches the crew for a job that should be a walk in the park for the seasoned mercs. Yet when one of their own falls, the group vows revenge, even if it means putting their lives on the line behind enemy lines and facing an dangerous, unexpected foe.
147. Underworld Awakening
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Måns Mårlind, Björn Stein
Actors: Kate Beckinsale, Michael Ealy, Sandrine Holt, Robert Lawrenson, Charles Dance, India Eisley
Plot: The vampire Selene has escaped imprisonment only to face a world where
both vampires and lycans face extinction at the hands of man, who has
discovered their secret existence.
148. The Raven
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: James McTeigue
Actors: John Cusack, Luke Evans, Brendan Gleeson, Alice Eve, Kevin McNally, Oliver Jackson-Cohen
Plot: During the final days of Edgar Allen Poe's life, he chases a serial killer whose murder's mirror the stories of Poe.
149. Cat in Paris, A ( vie de chat, Un )
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Animation/Crime
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jean-Loup Felicioli, Alain Gagnol
Actors: Dominique Blanc, Bruno Salomone, Jean Benguigui, Bernadette Lafont, Oriane Zani, Bernard Bouillon
Plot: Dino the cat leads a double life as both the pet of Zoe, a police woman's daughter, and a cat burglar working with by night. When Zoe decides to follow Dino after he drops off a valuable stolen bracelet, she uncovers a ring of gangsters, including her nanny.
150. Coriolanus
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ralph Fiennes
Actors: Gerard Butler, Ralph Fiennes, Jessica Chastain, Brian Cox, Vanessa Redgrave, James Nesbitt
Plot: A disgraced hero joins forces with his hated enemy in order to destroy the city that betrayed him: Rome.
