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  • Top 100 Movie Review: No. 035 – Titanic (1997)

    May 28, 2020

    Ranked 035 on the IMDb Top 100 Movie List (as at May 2017). Watched movie during May 2020.

    Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio (Jack Dawson), Kate Winslet (Rose Dewitt Bukater), Billy Zane (Cal Hockley), Kathy Bates (Molly Brown), Frances Fisher (Ruth Dewitt Bukater), Gloria Stuart (Older Rose), Bill Paxton (Brock Lovett), Bernard Hill (Captain Smith), David Warner (Spicer Lovejoy), Victor Garber (Thomas Andrews)
    Director:  James Cameron
    My rating: 9.0 / 10

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    Bernard Hill, Best Director, Best Picture, Bill Paxton, Billy Zane, David Warner, Frances Fisher, Gloria Stuart, James Cameron, Kate Winslet, Kathy Bates, Leonardo DiCaprio, Titanic, Top 100 Movie Review, Victor Garber
  • Top 100 Movie Review: No. 036 – From Here to Eternity (1953)

    May 27, 2020

    Ranked 036 on the IMDb Top 100 Movie List (as at May 2017). Watched movie during May 2020.

    Cast: Burt Lancaster (Sgt. Milton Warden), Montgomery Clift (Robert E. Lee Prewitt), Deborah Kerr (Karen Holmes), Donna Reed (Alma – aka Lorene), Frank Sinatra (Angelo Maggio), Philip Ober (Capt. Dana Holmes), Ernest Borgnine (Sgt. ‘Fatso’ Judson)
    Director:  Fred Zinnemann
    My rating: 8.0 / 10

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    Best Picture, Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed, Ernest Borgnine, Frank Sinatra, Fred Zinnemann, From Here to Eternity, Montgomery Clift, Philip Ober, Top 100 Movie Review
  • Top 100 Movie Review: No. 037 – Saving Private Ryan (1998)

    May 27, 2020

    Ranked 037 on the IMDb Top 100 Movie List (as at May 2017). Watched movie during May 2020.

    Cast: Tom Hanks (Captain Miller), Tom Sizemore (Sergeant Horvath), Edward Burns (Private Reiben), Barry Pepper (Private Jackson), Adam Goldberg (Private Mellish), Vin Diesel (Private Caparzo), Giovanni Ribisi (T-4 Medic Wade), Jeremy Davies (Corporal Upham), Matt Damon (Private Ryan), Ted Danson (Captain Hamill)
    Director:  Steven Spielberg
    My rating: 8.5 / 10

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    Adam Goldberg, Barry Pepper, Best Director, Edward Burns, Giovanni Ribisi, Jeremy Davies, Matt Damon, Saving Private Ryan, Steven Spielberg, Ted Danson, Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Top 100 Movie Review, Vin Diesel
  • Top 100 Movie Review: No. 038 – Unforgiven (1992)

    May 24, 2020

    Ranked 038 on the IMDb Top 100 Movie List (as at May 2017). Watched movie during May 2020.

    Cast: Clint Eastwood (Bill Munny), Gene Hackman (Little Bill Daggett), Morgan Freeman (Ned Logan), Richard Harris (English Bob), Jaimz Woolvett (The ‘Schofield Kid’)
    Director:  Clint Eastwood
    My rating: 9.5 / 10

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    Best Actor, Best Director, Best Picture, Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Jaimz Woolvett, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris, Top 100 Movie Review, Unforgiven
  • Top 100 Movie Review: No. 039 – Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

    May 16, 2020

    Ranked 039 on the IMDb Top 100 Movie List (as at May 2017). Watched movie during May 2020.

    Cast: Harrison Ford (Indiana ‘Indy’ Jones), Karen Allen (Marion), Paul Freeman (René Belloq), Ronald Lacey (Major Arnold Toht), John Rhys-Davies (Sallah), Denholm Elliott (Brody), Wolf Kahler (Colonel Dietrich)
    Director:  Steven Spielberg
    My rating: 8.0 / 10

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    Denholm Elliott, Harrison Ford, John Rhys-Davies, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Ronald Lacey, Steven Spielberg, Top 100 Movie Review, Wolf Kahler
  • Top 100 Movie Review: No. 040 – Rocky (1976)

    May 16, 2020

    Ranked 040 on the IMDb Top 100 Movie List (as at May 2017). Watched movie during May 2020.

    Cast: Sylvester Stallone (Rocky), Talia Shire (Adrian), Burt Young (Paulie), Carl Weathers (Apollo), Burgess Meredith (Mickey)
    Director:  John G. Avildsen
    My rating: 8.5 / 10

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    Best Director, Best Picture, Burgess Meredith, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, John G. Avildsen, Rocky, Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Top 100 Movie Review
  • Top 100 Movie Review: No. 041 – A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

    May 16, 2020

    Ranked 041 on the IMDb Top 100 Movie List (as at May 2017). Watched movie during May 2020.

    Cast: Vivien Leigh (Blanche), Marlon Brando (Stanley), Kim Hunter (Stella), Karl Malden (Mitch), Rudy Bond (Steve)
    Director:  Elia Kazan
    My rating: 8.5 / 10

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    A Streetcar Named Desire, Best Actor, Best Actress, Elia Kazan, Karl Malden, Kim Hunter, Marlon Brando, Rudy Bond, Top 100 Movie Review, Vivien Leigh
  • Top 100 Movie Review: No. 042 – The Philadelphia Story (1940)

    May 16, 2020

    Ranked 042 on the IMDb Top 100 Movie List (as at May 2017). Watched movie during May 2020.

    Cast: Cary Grant (C. K. Dexter Haven), Katharine Hepburn (Tracy Lord), James Stewart (Mike Connor), John Howard (George Kittredge), Ruth Hussey (Liz Imbrie)
    Director:  George Cukor
    My rating: 5.5 / 10

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    Best Actor, Cary Grant, George Cukor, James Stewart, John Howard, Katharine Hepburn, Ruth Hussey, The Philadelphia Story, Top 100 Movie Review
  • Destination: Belgium

    May 15, 2020

    Established: Treaty of Verdun – August 843,  Republic – 22 September 1792
    Population: 11,515,793 (2019)
    Religion: 62.8%% Christianity, 29.3% No religion, 6.8% Islam
    Language: Dutch, French, German
    Capital: Brussels
    Order of Visit: Eleventh
    First Visit: 04 May 2006
    Last Visit: 23 June 2009
    Duration: 9 Days
    Highlights: Atomium, Belgium waffles, Bruges Market Square, Chocó-Story Museum, Bruges Canal, Our Lady’s Cathedral, Grote Market, Steen Castle, Antwerp Diamond Museum, Fort Breendonk, Rubens House
    Cities: Antwerp, Bruges, Brussels
    Belgium Journal Entry

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  • Destination: France 

    May 13, 2020

    Established: Treaty of Verdun – August 843, Republic – 22 September 1792
    Population: 67,076,000 (2020 Estimate)
    Religion: 57.5% Roman Catholic, 35% Non-religious, 3.5% other faiths, 3% Protestant
    Language: French
    Capital: Paris
    Order of Visit: Tenth
    First Visit: 24 April 2006
    Last Visit: 8 July 2006
    Duration: 18 Days
    Highlights: Chateau De Versailles, Climbing the Eiffel Tower, Disneyland Paris, Notre Dame Cathedral, Moulin Rouge, The Louvre, Arc de Triumph, Auguste Rodin’s House, Sacre Coeur Monument, Night bike ride along the Seine River, Promenade des Anglais, Beaches at Cannes, The Palace of the Popes (Avignon) 
    Cities: Avignon, Cannes, Paris, Nice
    Frances Journal Entry

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    France
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