Nathan's Insights

World Traveller: 7 Continents, 90 Countries, 871 Days Overseas

Top 100 Movie Review: No. 043 – To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

May 11, 2020

Ranked 043 on the IMDb Top 100 Movie List (as at May 2017). Watched movie during May 2020.

Cast: Gregory Peck (Atticus Finch), Mary Badham (Scout Finch), Phillip Alford (Jem Finch), John Megna (Charles Baker “Dill” Harris), Frank Overton (Sheriff Heck Tate), Rosemary Murphy (Miss Maudie Atkinson), Ruth White (Mrs Dubose), Brock Peters (Tom Robinson), Estelle Evans (Calpurnia), Paul Fix (Judge John Taylor), Collin Wilcox (Mayella Ewell), James Anderson (Robert E. Lee “Bob” Ewell), Robert Duvall (Arthur “Boo” Radley)
Director: Robert Mulligan
My rating: 9.5 / 10

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Destination: Swaziland (now Eswatini)

May 11, 2020

Established: Kingdom of Eswatini 1968
Population: 1,093,238 (census 2017)
Religion: Christianity (83%), African Traditional Religions (15%)
Language: Swazi, English
Capital: Mbabane
Order of Visit: Ninth
First Visit: 8 April 2006
Last Visit: 8 April 2006
Duration: 1 Day
Must Do: Enjoy the stunning countryside
Cities: None
Swaziland Journal Entry

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Top 100 Movie Review: No. 044 – An American in Paris (1951)

May 10, 2020

Ranked 044 on the IMDb Top 100 Movie List (as at May 2017). Watched movie during May 2020.

Cast: Gene Kelly (Jerry Mulligan), Leslie Caron (Lise Bouvier), Oscar Levant (Adam Cook), Georges Guétary (Henri Baurel), Nina Foch (Milo Roberts)
Director: Vincente Minnelli
My rating: 6.5 / 10

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Top 100 Movie Review: No. 045 – The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

May 9, 2020

Ranked 045 on the IMDb Top 100 Movie List (as at May 2017). Watched movie during May 2020.

Cast: Dana Andrews (Captain Fred Derry), Fredric March (Platoon Sergeant Al Stephenson), Harold Russell (Petty Officer 2nd Class Homer Parrish), Myrna Loy (Milly Stephenson), Teresa Wright (Peggy Stephenson), Virginia Mayo (Marie Derry), Cathy O’Donnell (Wilma Cameron), Hoagy Carmichael (Uncle Butch Engle)
Director: William Wyler
My rating: 8.0 / 10

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Top 100 Movie Review: No. 046 – My Fair Lady (1964)

May 7, 2020

Ranked 046 on the IMDb Top 100 Movie List (as at May 2017). Watched movie during May 2020.

Cast: Audrey Hepburn (Eliza Doolittle), Rex Harrison (Professor Henry Higgins), Stanley Holloway (Alfred P. Doolittle), Wilfrid Hyde-White (Colonel Hugh Pickering), Gladys Cooper (Mrs. Higgins), Jeremy Brett (Freddy Eynsford-Hill)
Director: George Cukor
My rating: 9.5 / 10

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Top 100 Movie Review: No. 043 – To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

Destination: Swaziland (now Eswatini)

Top 100 Movie Review: No. 044 – An American in Paris (1951)

Top 100 Movie Review: No. 045 – The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

Top 100 Movie Review: No. 046 – My Fair Lady (1964)