151. The Ritual
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: David Bruckner
Actors: Rafe Spall, Arsher Ali, Robert James-Collier, Sam Troughton, Paul Reid, Matthew Needham
Plot: A group of college friends reunite to celebrate the memory of one they lost on a hiking trip. But when one gets injured, they decide to cut through the forest to save time - but this forest is home to a malevolent spirit, and it doesn't like being disturbed.
152. The Wall
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Doug Liman
Actors: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, John Cena, Laith Nakli
Plot: Two snipers face off in a test of will and skill as two American soldiers face off against an Iraqi sniper with a single wall between them.
153. The Zookeeper's Wife
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Niki Caro
Actors: Jessica Chastain, Daniel Brühl, Johan Heldenbergh, Iddo Goldberg, Efrat Dor, Shira Haas
Plot: Before WWII, the Warsaw Zoo was under the control of Antonina and Jan Zabinski. As the Nazi invasion started, the pair worked to save both the animals and people from the fascist regime.
154. Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Actors: Taron Egerton, Julianne Moore, Mark Strong, Channing Tatum, Jeff Bridges, Halle Berry
Plot: The Gentleman's Spy agency The Kingsman suffers an attack that leaves their headquarters destroyed and the world held hostage. All is not lost, however, as the British agency learns of a second secret agency in the United States. The two elite groups will have to come together in order to bring down a common, and very deadly, threat.
155. Blue My Mind
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Lisa Brühlmann
Actors: Luna Wedler, Zoë Pastelle Holthuizen, Regula Grauwiller, Georg Scharegg, Lou Haltinner, Yael Meier
156. Downsizing
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alexander Payne
Actors: Kristen Wiig, Matt Damon, Christoph Waltz, Neil Patrick Harris, Jason Sudeikis, Alec Baldwin
Plot: With overpopulation threatening mankind, scientists have discovered a way to shrink people to just 5 inches, in order to save resources and space. Paul and his wife, Audrey, see this as an opportunity to escape their stressed-out lives in order to shrink themselves and live in mini-luxury at a government-run downsizing community - but this new, small life comes with its own set of adventures.
157. The Foreigner
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Martin Campbell
Actors: Jackie Chan, Pierce Brosnan, Charlie Murphy, Michael McElhatton, Orla Brady, Rory Fleck Byrne
Plot: When his daughter is killed in a terrorist bombing, a businessman seeks answers to who is behind it. When he is stonewalled at every turn, he returns to a life long buried - and starts to play a cat-and-mouse game with a government official whose own dark past may hold the key to finding terrorists responsible.
158. A Cure for Wellness
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Gore Verbinski
Actors: Dane DeHaan, Jason Isaacs, Mia Goth, Harry Groener, Celia Imrie, Ivo Nandi
Plot: A young, idealistic executive is sent on assignment to retrieve their absent CEO from a "wellness center" located in a remote location in the Swiss Alps. Upon arriving, he can't shake the feeling that something is off about the spa's miraculous healing powers. But he finds himself shaken and questioning his sanity when he comes down with the same illness that keeps all the other guests there, hoping for a cure.
159. Atomic Blonde
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Leitch
Actors: Sofia Boutella, Charlize Theron, James McAvoy, John Goodman, Toby Jones, Eddie Marsan
Plot: MI6 Agent Lorraine Broughton is as beautiful as she is deadly. At the height of the Cold War another agent is found dead in Berlin. Broughton must join forces with an embedded station chief David Percival in order to smuggle out a priceless dossier.
160. Ghost in the Shell
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Rupert Sanders
Actors: Scarlett Johansson, Pilou Asbæk, Takeshi Kitano, Michael Pitt, Juliette Binoche, Michael Wincott
Plot: Based on the acclaimed sci-fi property, the film follows The Major, a unique cyborg-human operative working for Section 9. The secretive agency works to stop the worst threats to humanity in a future in which cybernetics and online connectivity have transformed the fundamental function of the world. As Section 9 investigates a man who wants to take down Hanka Robotics and their stop their advancement in cyber technology, The Major comes to realizes it all connects to her past - and how she came to be what she is now.
