191. Whale Rider
Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Family
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Niki Caro
Actors: Keisha Castle-Hughes, Cliff Curtis, Mabel Wharekawa, Elizabeth Skeen, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton
Plot: Based on tradition and culture a young girl fulfills her grandfathers wish and prayers.
192. House of Flying Daggers ( Shi mian mai fu )
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Action/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Yimou Zhang
Actors: Ziyi Zhang, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, Dandan Song, Hongfei Zhao, Jun Guo
Plot: A heroic warrior breaks an friend out of prison from a rival when romance,
possible betrayal and deception occurs.
193. Ice Age
Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Family/Animation
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Carlos Saldanha
Actors: Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Goran Visnjic, Jack Black, Cedric the Entertainer
Plot: In a time of cavemen and dinosaurs, a small baby goes on a fantastic journey with a Saber-toothed Tiger, a goofy Sloth and a Wooly Mammoth.
194. Up in the Air
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jason Reitman
Actors: George Clooney, Jason Bateman, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Melanie Lynskey, Danny McBride
Plot: A corporate downsizing expert finds his job, and frequent flyer-mile goal, on the line when he learns his company plans to switch to firing over the Internet. Although is life is empty, he plans on showing that this is a face-to-face job and just may find solace in a female frequent flyer.
195. Tokyo Godfathers
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Satoshi Kon, Shôgo Furuya
Actors: Toru Emori, Aya Okamoto, Yoshiaki Umegaki, Shôzô Îzuka, Seizô Katô, Hiroya Ishimaru
Plot: On Christmas a group of homeless outcasts in Tokyo find an abandoned child. They band together to care for it, but who does it belong to and how could anyone abandon a baby at Christmas?
196. C.R.A.Z.Y.
Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Romance/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée
Actors: Jean-Louis Roux, Danielle Proulx, Michel Côté, Marc-André Grondin, Émile Vallée, Maxime Tremblay
Plot: A boy growing up in Canada has a unique perspective on growing up with 4
brothers and a harsh father.
197. Atonement
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Joe Wright
Actors: Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Romola Garai, Vanessa Redgrave, Saoirse Ronan, Brenda Blethyn
Plot: A young girl accuses her sisters boyfriend of a crime he did not commit -
which sentences him to years of banishment. Based on the novel by Ian
McEwan.
198. Head-On ( Gegen die Wand )
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Fatih Akin
Actors: Birol Ünel, Sibel Kekilli, Catrin Striebeck, Meltem Cumbul, Zarah McKenzie, Stefan Gebelhoff
Plot: A man who tries his hardest to erase his Turkish past turns to drugs and alcohol - and thoughts of suicide. A young woman who yearns to break free from her family, yet can't bring herself to break her parent's heart likewise thinks suicide is the only escape. The two meet each other in the hospital and form a bond - marriage seems to be the answer to their problems. But this marriage of convenience soon turns into something much more as they learn to love each other.
199. Martyrs
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Pascal Laugier
Actors: Morjana Alaoui, Mylène Jampanoï, Catherine Bégin, Robert Toupin, Patricia Tulasne, Juliette Gosselin
Plot: Years after escaping from a regime of brutal torture, a young woman tracks down her captors and exacts her revenge. However, this is just the beginning of an ordeal that will lead to the truth behind her captivity and plumb the depths of horror.
200. Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage
Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Marc Rothemund
Actors: Julia Jentsch, Gerald Alexander Held, Fabian Hinrichs, Johanna Gastdorf, André Hennicke, Florian Stetter
Plot: This movie is a historical recreation of the last days of Sophie Scholl, a member of a non-violent German resistance movement during WWII.
After the German army suffered heavy losses at the battle of Stalingrad, a small number of University students, appalled with the stories of Nazi atrocities that were filtering through to them, set up an anti-war group called the White Rose.
In and around Munich University, a campaign is Spearheaded by the students as they organise leaflet handouts and daub graffiti over government buildings attacking Hitler and his policies.
