791. Frost/Nixon
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ron Howard
Actors: Frank Langella, Sam Rockwell, Kevin Bacon, Michael Sheen, Oliver Platt, Rebecca Hall
Plot: After three years of silence following Watergate, Richard Nixon agrees to an all-inclusive interview with an unlikely choice of interviewer: British showman David Frost. Each man wants to have the upper hand but all the planning and preparation will come down to one historical interview.
792. 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.
793. Wallace & Gromit in The Wrong Trousers
Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Nick Park
Actors: Peter Sallis
Plot: Wallace and Gromit are a dynamic duo - but Gromit finds himself being pushed out by a new lodger, and master criminal - who just happens to be a penguin. Using a pair of remote-controlled trousers, Wallace is about to become a criminal himself - but Gromit is wise to the ploy and will stop the penguin at any cost.
794. Celebration, The ( Festen )
Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Danish
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Thomas Vinterberg
Actors: Ulrich Thomsen, Henning Moritzen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Paprika Steen, Birthe Neumann, Trine Dyrholm
Plot: It is Helge's 60th birthday party, and his rather large family has
gathered for the celebration. But amidst this gathering a shadow hands
over the preceding, as a recent suicide by his daughters hangs heavy.
Asking his son to say a few words, he is given a choice between to cards -
he chooses the Speech of Truth - and the truth may be too much for the
family to bear.
795. 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.
796. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Guy Ritchie
Actors: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Jared Harris, Noomi Rapace, Stephen Fry, Rachel McAdams
Plot: Sherlock Holmes and Watson have seemingly met their match when the Crown Prince of Austria is found dead and they deduce it is a murder and not a suicide. The clues point to Professor Moriaty - a brilliant yet decidedly evil man. A gypsy who knows about the crime becomes a part of the team as Holmes goes on a cross-country chase to stop Moriaty.
797. How to Train Your Dragon 2
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Dean DeBlois
Actors: Gerard Butler, Kristen Wiig, Jay Baruchel, Jonah Hill, Kit Harington, America Ferrera
Plot: Set five years after the original film: Now that humans and dragons
coexist, Astrid and her gang participate in the latest sport, Dragon
Racing. Meanwhile, Hiccup and Toothless explore the surrounding uncharted
territories. During one such trip, the duo stumble upon a previously
unknown ice caves - home to hundreds of wild dragons, a mysterious rider
and a new battle that threatens the peace they have established.
798. 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.
799. Robin Hood
Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Wolfgang Reitherman
Actors: Peter Ustinov, Brian Bedford, Terry-Thomas, Monica Evans, Phil Harris, Andy Devine
Plot: Disney animates Robin Hood in this imaginative retelling where animals sub for humans. The outlaw and hero of the people Robin Hood and his gang of merry men take on the evil Sheriff of Nottingham and usurper Prince John.
800. 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.
