191. Beasts of the Southern Wild
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Benh Zeitlin
Actors: Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry, Jonshel Alexander, Levy Easterly, Lowell Landes, Nicholas Clark
Plot: Six-year-old Hushpuppy grows up in "the Bathtub" a southern Delta community where her father, Wink, seems harsh but is only preparing her for life on her own. A storm and a sudden illness brings on this life much sooner than expected and as beasts menace her, growing ever closer and larger, she will have face down her fears.
192. Jodorowsky's Dune
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Frank Pavich
Actors: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Michel Seydoux, H.R. Giger, Chris Foss, Brontis Jodorowsky, Devin Faraci
Plot: Alejandro Jodorowsky is a cult filmmaker best known for his surrealistic tales El Topo, The Holy Mountain and Santa Sangre. Yet in the mid 1970s, he attempted to create his masterpiece - adapting Frank Herbert's 1965 novel, Dune, to the big screen. Spending $2 million to convince the likes of artist H.R. Giger, Salvador Dali, actor Orson Welles and musician Mick Jagger and to help in creating his epic, he failed to convince investors (and a purported hours long running time didn't help) and in the end was a failed vision. But the director still has his Dune bible - and we get a glimpse of what could have been.
193. Call Me by Your Name
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Actors: Amira Casar, Timothée Chalamet, Armie Hammer, Michael Stuhlbarg, Esther Garrel, Victoire Du Bois
Plot: In the summer of 1983, 17-year-old Elio Perlman lives a life of sophistication and comfort in Northern Italy. While an old soul in a young man's body, Elio is still innocent, especially when it comes to matters of love. A visiting college graduate student working with his father forms an immediate bond and it will awaken something in him.
194. Boy and the Beast, The ( Bakemono no ko )
Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Mamoru Hosoda
Actors: Shôta Sometani, Kôji Yakusho, Aoi Miyazaki, Suzu Hirose, Sumire Morohoshi, Mamoru Miyano
195. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Peter Jackson
Actors: Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Evangeline Lilly, Benedict Cumberbatch
Plot: Bilbo Baggins, with Thorin and company, have successfully navigated the Misty Mountains. Now they face the new danger of the Mirkwood Forest - and Gandalf has left them to themselves. If they can make it to the human settlement of Lake-town, Biblo will have to live up to his "burglar" contract and use the secret door of Lonely Mountain and confront the dragon Smaug.
196. The Theory of Everything
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: James Marsh
Actors: Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Emily Watson, David Thewlis, Harry Lloyd, Maxine Peake
Plot: The life of one of the world's most brilliant physicists, Stephen Hawking, with emphasis on the relationship he shares with his wife, Jane.
197. A Quiet Place
Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: John Krasinski
Actors: John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, Noah Jupe, Millicent Simmonds, Cade Woodward, Evangelina Cavoli
Plot: A family leaves in fear and isolation following a global event that has unleashed a horror that will attack at the slightest sound.
198. Ida
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Polish
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski
Actors: Agata Kulesza, Agata Trzebuchowska, Joanna Kulig, Dawid Ogrodnik, Adam Szyszkowski, Jerzy Trela
Plot: In 1960s Poland, a young woman is on the verge of taking her vows to
become a nun when she uncovers a dark secret involving her family dating
back to the Nazi occupation.
199. Doctor Strange
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Scott Derrickson
Actors: Benedict Cumberbatch, Tilda Swinton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, Mads Mikkelsen, Michael Stuhlbarg
Plot: Brilliant, but arrogant, Dr. Stephen Strange is talented, but is willing to bend in order to make more money. An accident leaves his hands injured - and accident he never truly recovers from. After bottoming out - he hears about an Ancient One - a supposed sorcerer who may be able to finally give him back his life. But once he finds him, he finds the plans for him are much grander.
200. Weiner
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Josh Kriegman, Elyse Steinberg
Actors: Anthony Weiner, Jordan Zain Weiner, Sydney Leathers, Adam S. Barta, Donald Trump, Jon Stewart
