511. Hero ( Ying xiong )
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Yimou Zhang
Actors: Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Maggie Cheung, Donnie Yen, Ziyi Zhang, Daoming Chen
Plot: The story told through flashbacks of a Samurai type man shows how he kills three assassins who tried to murder the lord of china - before it was china.
512. Once
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Carney
Actors: Alaistair Foley, Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová, Geoff Minogue, Hugh Walsh, Gerard Hendrick
Plot: The Guy (Glen Hansard of The Frames) and the Girl (Marketa Irglova) meet as they each try and make a living on the streets of Dublin, he playing his guitar and she selling flowers. They find a connection through their musical instruments, and by playing around in a store, they find that they, quite literally, make beautiful music together.
513. Ed Wood
Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tim Burton
Actors: Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jeffrey Jones, Patricia Arquette, Vincent D'Onofrio
Plot: The life and times of Master of Schlock Ed Wood and his relationship with an aging and drug-addicted Bela Lugosi (which won Martin Landau a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award in 1994).
514. 127 Hours
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Danny Boyle
Actors: James Franco, Lizzy Caplan, Kate Mara, Amber Tamblyn, Clémence Poésy, Darin Southam
Plot: When a mountain climber becomes trapped under a boulder in a remote area near Moab, Utah, he must resort to extreme measures in order to survive.
515. Threads
Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 3.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mick Jackson
Actors: Karen Meagher, Reece Dinsdale, David Brierly, Rita May, Nicholas Lane, Jane Hazlegrove
Plot: A docu-drama about the effects of nuclear war and the subsequent fallout
that takes place in the working-class town of Sheffield, England. Explores
the build-up, immediate and long-term aftermath of the catastrophic event.
516. Baraka
Year of Release: 1992
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Other
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ron Fricke
Actors: Patrick Disanto
Plot: Ron Fricke presents this silent documentary, a collection of expertly photographed scenes from tribal villages to strip mining operations, that carries an environmental theme throughout.
517. Kiki's Delivery Service ( Majo no takkyûbin )
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Family
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Actors: Kirsten Dunst, Debbie Reynolds, Phil Hartman, Janeane Garofalo, Tress MacNeille, Matthew Lawrence
Plot: A young witch sets off on her own for a year of training in a far-away city and finds adventure and challenges await.
518. Grizzly Man
Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Werner Herzog
Actors: Timothy Treadwell, Franc G. Fallico, Amie Huguenard
Plot: Timothy Treadwell spent 13 summers in the Alaskan wilderness in what he saw as a quest to understand and protect grizzly bears but he would find out his good intentions could not tame the wild animals.
519. Incredibles 2
Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Brad Bird
Actors: Holly Hunter, Craig T. Nelson, Sarah Vowell, Huck Milner, Samuel L. Jackson, Bob Odenkirk
Plot: In a bid to let "supers" get back to their heroic ways, Elastigirl becomes the new face of super heroes in a global tour of her prowess. But that leaves Mr. Incredible to take on a heroic task himself, namely taking care of his kids (including the ever-shifting Jack-Jack), on his own.
520. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: J.J. Abrams
Actors: John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher
Plot: Thirty years after the events in "Return of the Jedi", the New Republic has been formed and now-General Leia leads an offshoot called The Resistance against the remnants of the Empire who have risen from the ashes to for The First Order. With Luke Skywalker missing following a betrayal leading to the destruction of his nascent Jedi Academy, The First Order, led by the mysterious Supreme Leader Snoke and his apprentice Kylo Ren, will stop at nothing to destroy the last Jedi. Leia sends her best pilot, Poe Dameron on a mission for a crucial piece of information that may lead The Resistance to Luke before The First Order can find him...
