161. Jack Reacher
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Christopher McQuarrie
Actors: Tom Cruise, Rosmund Pike, Robert Duvall, Werner Herzog, Richard Jenkins, David Oyelowo
Plot: From the page's of Lee Child's crime series: In America's heartland, a sniper takes out five people before a manhunt leads to the capture and arrest of a subject. The man proclaims his innocence, despite the mountain of evidence against hims, and has just one requst: "Get Jack Reacher". Reacher arrives, hoping to once and for all bury the man and bring justice, but as he goes deeper in the case, he uncovers far more than he bargained for.
162. Wadjda
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Arabic
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Haifaa Al-Mansour
Actors: Reem Abdullah, Waad Mohammed, Abdullrahman Al Gohani, Ahd, Sultan Al Assaf, Rehab Ahmed
Plot: The 10-year-old Wadjda is a headstrong, enterprising Saudi girl who pushes her parents to the limits in a conservative country. After getting in trouble for playing with a local boy, she spies a green bicycle she wants - even though bicycles are frowned upon for women. With her parents unwilling to buy it for her, she comes up with a few ideas to raise the money herself - when this backfires she thinks all is lost... but there is a Koran recitation competition at her school.
163. Silent Night
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Steven C. Miller
Actors: Jaime King, Malcolm McDowell, Brendan Fehr, Lisa Marie, Donal Logue, Ellen Wong
Plot: An updated version of cult horror film Silent Night, Deadly Night:
Christmas Eve - A small, Midwestern town is terrorized by a killer dressed
as Santa Claus. The local police force try to take him down as the bodies
pile up.
164. Big Miracle
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Ken Kwapis
Actors: Kristen Bell, Vinessa Shaw, Drew Barrymore, John Krasinski, Dermot Mulroney, Ted Danson
Plot: A small-town reporter manages to thaw relations between Cold War enemies the U.S. and U.S.S.R. when she reports on the plight of three California Grey Whales in the Arctic Circle.
165. The Lucky One
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Scott Hicks
Actors: Zac Efron, Blythe Danner, Taylor Schilling, Jay R. Ferguson, Riley Thomas Stewart, Joe Chrest
Plot: After surviving three tours of duty in Iraq, a Marine returns home and travels to North Carolina to find the woman he believes was his good luck charm.
166. Won't Back Down
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Daniel Barnz
Actors: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Holly Hunter, Viola Davis, Oscar Isaac, Lance Reddick, Rosie Perez
Plot: Two women, fed up with the state of education in the inner city, decide to fight for their children's future and put everything on the line by going up against a bureaucracy that isn't looking to budge.
167. Resolution
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead
Actors: Peter Cilella, Vinny Curran, Zahn McClarnon, Bill Oberst Jr., Kurt David Anderson, Emily Montague
168. A Late Quartet
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Yaron Zilberman
Actors: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christopher Walken, Imogen Poots, Catherine Keener, Wallace Shawn, Mark Ivanir
Plot: A string quartet enjoys world renown, but this does not mean they enjoy each others' company. Out of control egos, barely-contained lust and the impending march of death all threaten to fracture the group at any moment.
169. The Deep Blue Sea
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Terence Davies
Actors: Tom Hiddleston, Rachel Weisz, Simon Russell Beale, Karl Johnson, Ann Mitchell, Harry Hadden-Paton
Plot: A woman married to a British judge begins an affair with a Royal Air Force pilot and it takes a toll on her life.
170. The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Peter Lord, Jeff Newitt
Actors: Martin Freeman, David Tennant, Salma Hayek, Hugh Grant, Jeremy Piven, Brendan Gleeson
Plot: The Pirate Captain sets out on a quest to defeat his rivals Black Bellamy and Cutlass Liz for the coveted "Pirate of the Year" award. His crew is along for the ride from the tropical Blood Island to the foggy streets of London.
