241. Frozen
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee
Actors: Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Josh Gad, Jonathan Groff, Santino Fontana, Alan Tudyk
Plot: The kingdom of Arendelle are under a constant eternal winter due to the icy powers of Elsa. But that doesn't deter her sister, Anna, from trying to break the spell. Facing daunting conditions, mystical trolls and one wacky snowman, she will team up with rugged mountain man Kristoff (and his reindeer Sven) in order to save her kingdom.
242. Train to Busan ( Busanhaeng )
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Action/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sang-ho Yeon
Actors: Yoo Gong, Dong-seok Ma, Woo-sik Choi, Yu-mi Jeong, Sohee, Kim Soo-ahn
Plot: A father who spends more time with his work than with his daughter honors
her birthday wish to visit her mother, and his ex-wife. But boarding the
high-speed KTX train turns in to a fight for survival when a zombie
outbreak cripples South Korea and an infected passenger soon threatens
everyone on board.
243. The Salt of the Earth
Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Wim Wenders
Actors: Sebastião Salgado, Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Hugo Barbier, Jacques Barthélémy, Lélia Wanick Salgado
244. Frances Ha
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Noah Baumbach
Actors: Greta Gerwig, Mickey Sumner, Adam Driver, Michael Zegen, Patrick Heusinger, Justine Lupe
Plot: A 27-year-old New York woman tries to find her place in life - she works at a dance company but doesn't dance - has a best friend she hardly talks to and lives an apartment she doesn't really own.
245. Doctor Sleep
Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Mike Flanagan
Actors: Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Zahn McClarnon, Kyliegh Curran, Jacob Tremblay, Bruce Greenwood
Plot: It has been decades since the events of The Shining and Danny Torrence, now a middle-aged man, is trying to cope both with his father's legacy of alcoholism and his own gift, which he uses at a small town in Massachusetts, helping the elderly pass on as Doctor Sleep. But when he discovers a young girl with the most powerful Shine he has experienced, he must face both his past and the present when she comes under the gaze of The True Knot, a group that feeds on the Shine to sustain themselves.
246. 21 Jump Street
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Phil Lord, Chris Miller
Actors: Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, Brie Larson, Johnny Simmons, Johnny Depp, Ice Cube
Plot: A group of young police officers control youth crime by going undercover as students in local high schools.
247. Wind Rises, The ( Kaze tachinu )
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Actors: Hideaki Anno, Jun Kunimura, Mirai Shida, Miori Takimoto, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Masahiko Nishimura
Plot: Hayao Miyazaki's latest film focuses on the life of Jiro Horikoshi - the man responsible for the design of the Japanese Zero fighter that saw much use in WWII. It is also a reflection of life in Japan during the first half of the 20th century.
248. Zero Days
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Alex Gibney
Actors: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, George W. Bush, Hillary Clinton, Mikhail Gorbachev, Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan
Plot: A documentary examining the origins of the Stuxnet computer malware and the effects it has had on the geopolitical climate.
249. The Disaster Artist
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: James Franco
Actors: James Franco, Dave Franco, Zac Efron, Alison Brie, Zoey Deutch, Seth Rogen
Plot: In 2003, Tommy Wiseau set out to make a film - The Room would go on to become a cult film, known for how terrible it was and inspiring a Rocky Horror-like midnight screening. The Disaster Artist goes behind the scenes and shows how this epic of awfulness came about - based on Greg Sestero’s novel.
250. Brave
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Mark Andrews
Actors: Emma Thompson, Kelly Macdonald, Kevin McKidd, Robbie Coltrane, Julie Walters, Craig Ferguson
Plot: A young princess makes a reckless choice that has grave consequences for her kingdom unless she can summon the courage to face the curse head on in this mythological Scottish tale.
