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Top 100 Movie Review: No. 033 – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

May 30, 2020

Ranked 033 on the IMDb Top 100 Movie List (as at May 2017).
Watched movie during May 2020.

Cast: Elijah Wood (Frodo Baggins), Sean Astin (Samwise Gamgee), Andy Serkis (Sméagol / Gollum), Ian McKellen (Gandalf), Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn Elessar) , John Rhys-Davies (Gimli), Orlando Bloom (Legolas), Billy Boyd (Peregrin Took), Dominic Monaghan (Meriadoc Brandybuck), Miranda Otto (Éowyn), David Wenham (Faramir), Hugo Weaving (Elrond), Bernard Hill (Théoden) , Liv Tyler (Arwen), Karl Urban (Éomer), Cate Blanchett (Galadriel), Extended Edition only: Christopher Lee (Saruman the White), Brad Dourif (Wormtongue)
Director: Peter Jackson
My rating: 9.0 / 10

Note: I watched the Four Hour Extended Edition for this review

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Andy Serkis, Bernard Hill, Best Director, Best Picture, Billy Boyd, Brad Dourif, Cate Blanchett, Christopher Lee, David Wenham, Dominic Monaghan, Elijah Wood, Hugo Weaving, Ian McKellen, John Rhys-Davies, Karl Urban, Liv Tyler, Miranda Otto, Orlando Bloom, Peter Jackson, Sean Astin, The Return of the King, Top 100 Movie Review, Viggo Mortensen
Top 100 Movie Review: No. 034 – Gladiator (2000)

May 29, 2020

Ranked 034 on the IMDb Top 100 Movie List (as at May 2017).
Watched movie during May 2020.

Cast: Russell Crowe (Maximus), Joaquin Phoenix (Commodus), Connie Nielsen (Lucilla), Oliver Reed (Proximo), Richard Harris (Marcus Aurelius), Derek Jacobi (Gracchus), Djimon Hounsou (Juba)
Director: Ridley Scott
My rating: 8.0 / 10

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Best Actor, Best Director, Best Picture, Connie Nielsen, Derek Jacobi, Djimon Hounsou, Gladiator, Joaquin Phoenix, Oliver Reed, Richard Harris, Ridley Scott, Russell Crowe, Top 100 Movie Review
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