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Top 100 Movie Review: No. 031 – Apocalypse Now (1979)

June 8, 2020

Ranked 031 on the IMDb Top 100 Movie List (as at May 2017). Watched movie during June 2020.

Cast: Martin Sheen (Captain Benjamin L. Willard), Marlon Brando (Colonel Walter E. Kurtz), Robert Duvall (Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore), Frederic Forrest (Jay ‘Chef’ Hicks), Sam Bottoms (Lance B. Johnson), Laurence Fishburne (Tyrone ‘Clean’ Miller), Albert Hall (Chief Phillips), Harrison Ford (Colonel Lucas), Dennis Hopper (Photojournalist), G.D. Spradlin (General R. Corman)
Director: Francis Coppola
My rating: 9.0 / 10

Note: This Review is based on the 2001 Redux edition of the movie.

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Top 100 Movie Review: No. 032 – Amadeus (1984)

June 4, 2020

Ranked 032 on the IMDb Top 100 Movie List (as at May 2017). Watched movie during June 2020.

Cast: F. Murray Abraham (Antonio Salieri), Tom Hulce (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart), Elizabeth Berridge (Constanze Mozart), Roy Dotrice (Leopold Mozart), Simon Callow (Emanuel Schikaneder), Christine Ebersole (Caterina Cavalieri), Jeffrey Jones (Emperor Joseph II)
Director: Milos Forman
My rating: 7.5 / 10

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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. 031 – Apocalypse Now (1979)

Top 100 Movie Review: No. 032 – Amadeus (1984)

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)