771. 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.
772. Mudbound
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Dee Rees
Actors: Carey Mulligan, Garrett Hedlund, Jason Mitchell, Jonathan Banks, Jason Clarke, Kerry Cahill
773. Empire of the Sun
Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Havers, Joe Pantoliano, Leslie Phillips
Plot: A young, privileged boy is separated from his family after the Japanese invade British-controlled areas of China. Sent to a British internment camp where is attempts to capture some of his former life while affecting the adults around him.
774. The Substance
Year of Release: 2024
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Coralie Fargeat
Actors: Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid, Hugo Diego Garcia, Joseph Balderrama, Oscar Lesage
Plot: Actress Elizabeth Sparkle is facing the harsh realization that her best
days are behind her but finds a new lease on life with an illicit black
market drug that allows a younger version of herself to emerge - for a
short time anyway. But as Elizabeth begins to to bask longer and longer in
this younger form it becomes harder to return to her older self - and it
is not without consequences.
775. The Sandlot
Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: David M. Evans
Actors: Tom Guiry, Patrick Renna, Mike Vitar, Chauncey Leopardi, Marty York, Brandon Quintin Adams
Plot: A new boy moves into a neighborhood and wants to learn how to play baseball. A group of local boys befriend him and teach him how to play. That summer they go through loads of comical adventures including an exploding tree house, group puking on carnival rides, fake drowning and a war involving a giant demon dog.
776. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Year of Release: 1991
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Fax Bahr, George Hickenlooper
Actors: Marlon Brando, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Sheen, Laurence Fishburne, Dennis Hopper, George Lucas
Plot: The making of Apocalypse Now is nearly as big of drama as the film turned
out to be. With a huge script and struggles all over, from budge to
casting to nature itself - the film may now be iconic, but it ended up
nearly destroyed Francis Ford Coppola.
777. Milk
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Gus Van Sant
Actors: Josh Brolin, Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, James Franco, Diego Luna, Alison Pill
Plot: Explores the life and career of Harvey Milk, who was the first openly gay man elected to public office in 1977 as a member San Francisco's Board of Supervisors.
778. The Red Shoes
Year of Release: 1948
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Actors: Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Moira Shearer, Robert Helpmann, Jean Short, Gordon Littmann
Plot: A young ballerina is torn between her professional life and love life.
779. This is England
Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Shane Meadows
Actors: Thomas Turgoose, Stephen Graham, Jo Hartley, Andrew Shim, Vicky McClure, Perry Benson
Plot: In England, circa 1983, a young boy whose father has been killed at war falls in with a group of teenage skinheads. An unflinching, often humorous and grippingly uncomfortable look at the politics of hate, disenfranchisement and what it means to love (or hate) your country. Based on the personal experiences of director Shane Meadows.
780. Friday
Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: F. Gary Gray
Actors: Ice Cube, Chris Tucker, Nia Long, Tommy 'Tiny' Lister, John Witherspoon, Anna Maria Horsford
Plot: Follows the hilarious events of a typical Friday of two friends.
