241. Must Love Dogs
Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Gary David Goldberg
Actors: Diane Lane, John Cusack, Elizabeth Perkins, Christopher Plummer, Dermot Mulroney, Stockard Channing
242. The Great Raid
Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Dahl
Actors: Benjamin Bratt, James Franco, Joseph Fiennes, Marton Csokas, Logan Marshall-Green, Robert Mammone
Plot: Based on the true story of the most successful raid in U.S. Military
history - after the Bataan Death March, hundreds of American POWs were
left to suffer in Japanese camps. As WWII was coming to a close, new
orders came down amounting to a death warrant. At Cabanatuan - over 500
soldiers, many of whom were sick or injured, thought they had been left
behind. But a daring plan was in order - one that would lead to the
greatest raid of the war.
243. The Longest Yard
Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Sport
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Peter Segal
Actors: Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Burt Reynolds, Nelly, Michael Irvin, Terry Crews
Plot: a former football star (Adam Sandler) goes to a texas prison to find out the warden wants him to play for the prison's football team. Instead, he assembles a prisoners team that's supposed to boost the guard's confidence.
244. Masters of Horror - Homecoming
Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Joe Dante
Actors: Jon Tenney, Thea Gill, Wanda Cannon, Terry David Mulligan, Robert Picardo, Beverley Breuer
Plot: Just before a crucial election, an unpopular war is being waged. An impassioned politician appears on TV and wishes the dead soldiers could come back. They do, for the one reason that matters: to vote!
245. Zathura
Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Action
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jon Favreau
Actors: Jonah Bobo, Josh Hutcherson, Dax Shepard, Kristen Stewart, Tim Robbins, Frank Oz
Plot: Two squabbling brothers and their indifferent sister find themselves hurled into space after starting an old, mechanical game called Zathura. They realize the only way to get back home is to finish what they started, which may be easier said than done as danger awaits after every roll of the dice.
246. Gay Sex in the 70's
Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Joseph F. Lovett
Actors: Larry Kramer, Richard A. Lynch, Tom Bianchi, Susan Tomkin, Alvin Baltrop, Lawrence Mass
247. The Brothers Grimm
Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Terry Gilliam
Actors: Matt Damon, Heath Ledger, Jonathan Pryce, Monica Bellucci, Lena Headey, Roger Ashton-Griffiths
Plot: A pair of phonies, who create fairy tales and then exploit the vitctims for solving the mystery with fake magic and spells stumble upon a real life fairy tell.
248. Aloha, Scooby-Doo
Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Tim Maltby
Actors: Frank Welker, Casey Kasem, Mindy Cohn, Grey DeLisle, Adam West, Tia Carrere
Plot: Shaggy, Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. gang head for Hawaii and the Big Kahuna of Hanahuna Surfing Contest, but strange happenings and an island curse cast a shadow over the competition.
249. The Business
Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Nick Love
Actors: Danny Dyer, Tamer Hassan, Geoff Bell, Georgina Chapman, Eddie Webber, Roland Manookian
250. Mulan 2
Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Family
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Darrell Rooney, Lynne Southerland
Actors: Ming-Na, B.D. Wong, Mark Moseley, Lucy Liu, Harvey Fierstein, Sandra Oh
Plot: Mulan is set to marry General Li Shang, much to the chagrin of guardian Mushu, who realized he will no longer be needed once the two are married. But the couple have one last mission before they are wed - accompany three princesses to Chang'an, China. Yet as Mulan gets to know the three, she realizes they are about to be married against their will - and Mulan rebels against the Emperor's edict, threatening her own marriage. When Mongolians attack - is could spell the end of the empire, unless they can be stopped.
