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

Top 100 Movie Review: No. 034 – Gladiator (2000)

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

Top 100 Movie Review: No. 036 – From Here to Eternity (1953)

Top 100 Movie Review: No. 037 – Saving Private Ryan (1998)