151. Big Jake
Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western/Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: George Sherman
Actors: John Wayne, Richard Boone, Patrick Wayne, Christopher Mitchum, Bruce Cabot, Bobby Vinton
Plot: The McCandles ranch is run over by a gang of cutthroats led by the evil
John Fain. They kidnap little Jacob McCandles and hold him for a million
dollar ransom. There is only one man who is brave enough and smart enough
to bring him back, and that man is Big Jake.
152. Black Christmas aka Silent Night, Evil Night
Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bob Clark
Actors: Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder, John Saxon, Marian Waldman, Andrea Martin
Plot: A sorority house is terrorized by a stranger who makes frightening phone
calls and then murders the sorority sisters during Christmas break.
153. Slap Shot
Year of Release: 1977
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Sport
MPAA Rating: R
Director: George Roy Hill
Actors: Paul Newman, Strother Martin, Michael Ontkean, Jennifer Warren, Jerry Houser, Jennifer Warren
Plot: An aging coach for lousy minor league hockey team needs his team to win or
watch it fold. Turning to dirty tactics and bloody fights, plus the rough
Hanson brothers, the team just may be able to save themselves.
154. Cheech and Chong's Up in Smoke
Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Lou Adler
Actors: Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Strother Martin, Edie Adams, Richard Novo, Arthur Roberts
Plot: Two hippie potheads compete in a battle of the bands contest together.
155. The Last Wave
Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Peter Weir
Actors: Richard Chamberlain, Olivia Hamnett, David Gulpilil, Frederick Parslow, Vivean Gray, Nandjiwarra Amagula
Plot: A Sydney lawyer is called on to defend five Aboriginals in court over a ritualized murder. Determined to break their silence, he is drawn deeper into a prophesy that portends an Armageddon where all shall drown.
156. Playtime
Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jacques Tati
Actors: Jacques Tati, Yves Barsacq, Georges Montant, Billy Kearns, John Abbey, Rita Maiden
157. Rocky II
Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sport
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Sylvester Stallone
Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Burgess Meredith, Tony Burton
Plot: Rocky takes another shot at Apollo Creed, who will win this time?
158. Marriage of Maria Braun, The ( Ehe der Maria Braun, Die )
Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Actors: Hanna Schygulla, Ivan Desny, Gottfried John, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Klaus Löwitsch, Gisela Uhlen
159. The Poseidon Adventure
Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Ronald Neame
Actors: Gene Hackman, Red Buttons, Shelley Winters, Fred Sadoff, Roddy McDowall, Ernest Borgnine
Plot: A sinking ship full of vacationers try to survive with no way out as they
crawl through an upside down ship.
160. Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Cimino
Actors: Clint Eastwood, Jeff Bridges, Geoffrey Lewis, Catherine Bach, Gary Busey, Jack Dodson
Plot: Seven years ago, a group of thieves pulled off an audacious bank robbery
with the help of an anti-tank gun. Yet when the loot goes missing, the
crew gets back together to repeat the robbery.
