551. Richard Pryor ...Here and Now
Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Documentary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Richard Pryor
Actors: Richard Pryor
Plot: A combination stand-up special and documentary that follows Richard Pryor
on one of his later tours. Still as foul-mouthed as ever - he never shies
away from speaking his mind.
552. X2 - X-Men United
Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Bryan Singer
Actors: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stuart, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry, Famke Janssen, Anna Paquin
Plot: Dissent against mutants is on the rise after an assissination attempt on the President of the United States.
553. Rambo: First Blood
Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Brian Dennehy, David Caruso, Bill McKinney, Jack Starrett
Plot: A Vietnam vet starts a war with a small town after being told he wasn't welcome there.
554. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Terry Gilliam
Actors: Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro, Gary Busey, Christina Ricci, Tobey Maguire, Mark Harmon
Plot: Movie adaptation of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson & his lawyer's journey to find the "real America" in Las Vegas.
555. Cinderella Man
Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Ron Howard
Actors: Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger, Paul Giamatti, Craig Bierko, Paddy Considine, Bruce McGill
Plot: The Biography of James Braddock as he boxed his way through the depression
to face off against boxing champion Max Baer.
556. Hugo
Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Family/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Martin Scorsese
Actors: Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz, Sacha Baron Cohen, Ben Kingsley, Helen McCrory, Jude Law
Plot: A 12-year-old orphan living in the walls of a Paris train station circa
1930 must unravel a mystery involving his late father and a robot.
557. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Nicholas Meyer
Actors: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols
Plot: Kirk and company encounter an old enemy.
558. Red Beard ( Akahige )
Year of Release: 1965
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Actors: Toshirô Mifune, Yuzo Kayama, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Reiko Dan, Miyuki Kuwano, Kyôko Kagawa
Plot: In 19th-century Japan, a young doctor reluctantly goes to work at a rural hospital. There, he first rebels against, then comes to respect and learn from, "Red Beard," the head doctor.
559. The Evil Dead
Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sam Raimi
Actors: Bruce Campbell, Betsy Baker, Ellen Sandweiss, Hal Delrich, Theresa Tilly, Ted Raimi
Plot: Five college age friends road trip to a remote location where they are
slowly swallowed by an evil presence one by one.
560. American Gangster
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ridley Scott
Actors: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Chiwetel Ejiofor, Josh Brolin, Carla Gugino
Plot: Based on a true story about a gangster who smuggles in drugs in the coffins of dead Vietnam soldiers while a detective tries to track him down.
