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  • Top 100 Movie Review: No. 051 – Patton: A Salute to a Rebel (1970)

    Ranked 051 on the IMDb Top 100 Movie List (as May 2017). Watched April 2020. Cast: George C. Scott (General George S. Patton Jr.), Karl Malden (General Omar N. Bradley), Stephen Young (Captain Chester B. Hansen), Michael Bates (General Bernard Montgomery), Edward Binns (Lieutenant General Walter Bedell Smith), Michael Strong (Brigadier General Hobart Carver), Frank Latimore…

  • Top 100 Movie Review: No. 058 – Braveheart (1995)

    Ranked 058 on the IMDb Top 100 Movie List (as at May 2017). Watched movie during the month of April 2020. Cast: Mel Gibson (William Wallace), Sophie Marceau (Princess Isabella), Angus Macfadyen (Robert the Bruce), Patrick McGoohan (King Edward “Longshanks”), Catherine McCormack (Murron MacClannough), Brendan Gleeson (Hamish), Peter Hanly (Prince Edward), David O’Hara (Stephen of Ireland)…

  • Top 100 Movie Review: No. 059 – Dances with Wolves (1990)

    Ranked 059 on the IMDb Top 100 Movie List (as at May 2017). Watched April 2020. Cast: Kevin Costner (Lt. John J. Dunbar/Dances With Wolves), Mary McDonnell (Stands With A Fist), Graham Greene (Kicking Bird), Rodney A. Grant (Wind In His Hair), Floyd Red Crow Westerman (Chief Ten Bears), Tantoo Cardinal (Black Shawl), Jimmy Herman (Stone…

  • Top 100 Movie Review: No. 064 – The Deer Hunter (1978)

    Ranked 064 on the IMDb Top 100 Movie List (as May 2017). Watched April 2020. Cast: Robert De Niro (Mike), Christopher Walken (Nick), John Savage (Steven), Meryl Streep (Linda), John Cazale (Stan), George Dzundza (John), Chuck Aspegren (Axel)  Director:  Michael Cimino My rating: 9.5 / 10

  • Top 100 Movie Review: No. 065 – All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

    Ranked 065 on the IMDb Top 100 Movie List (as May 2017).  Watched April 2020. Cast: Lew Ayres (Paul Bäumer), Louis Wolheim (Stanislaus ‘Kat’ Katczinsky), John Wray (Himmelstoss), Arnold Lucy (Professor Kantorek), Ben Alexander (Franz Kemmerich), Scott Kolk (Leer), Owen Davis, Jr. (Peter), William Bakewell (Albert Kropp),Russell Gleason (Müller)Director: Lewis MilestoneMy rating: 9.5 / 10

  • Top 100 Movie Review: No. 070: A Place in the Sun (1951)

    Ranked 070 on the IMDb Top 100 Movie List (as May 2017). Watched April 2019. Cast: Montgomery Clift (George Eastman), Elizabeth Taylor (Angela Vickers), Shelley Winters (Alice Tripp), Anne Revere (Hannah Eastman), Keefe Brasselle (Earl Eastman), Fred Clark (Bellows) Director:  George Stevens My rating: 6.0 / 10

  • Top 100 Movie Review: No. 053: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

    Ranked 053 on the IMDb Top 100 Movie List (as May 2017). Watched April 2020. Cast: Humphrey Bogart (Fred C. Dobbs), Walter Huston (Howard), Tim Holt (Curtin), Bruce Bennett (Cody) Director:  John Huston My rating: 8.5 / 10

  • Top 100 Movie Review: No. 062: The Pianist (2002)

    Ranked 062 on the IMDb Top 100 Movie List (as May 2017).  Watched April 2020. Cast: Adrien Brody (Wladyslaw Szpilman), Emilia Fox (Dorota), Michal Zebrowski (Jurek), Ed Stoppard (Henryk), Maureen Lipman (Mother), Frank Finlay (Father), Jessica Kate Meyer (Halina), Julia Rayner (Regina), Thomas Kretschmann (Captain Wilm Hosenfeld) Director: Roman Polanski My rating: 9.5 / 10

  • Top 100 Movie Review: No. 067 – The French Connection (1971)

    Ranked 067 on the IMDb Top 100 Movie List (as May 2017). Watched December 2019. Cast: Gene Hackman (Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle), Roy Scheider (Buddy “Cloudy” Russo), Fernando Rey (Alain Charnier), Tony Lo Bianco (Sal Boca), Marcel Bozzuffi (Pierre Nicoli), Frédéric de Pasquale (Devereaux), Bill Hickman (Mulderig), Ann Rebbot (Marie Charnier) Director: William Friedkin My rating: 6.0…

  • Top 100 Movie Review No. 078 The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

    Ranked 78 on the IMDB Top Movies (list as at May 2017). Watched August 2018. Cast: Henry Fonda (Tom Joad), Jane Darwell (Ma Joad), John Carradine (Jim Casy), Charley Grapewin (William James “Grandpa” Joad), Dorris Bowdon (Rose of Sharon), Russell Simpson (Pa Joad), O. Z. Whitehead (Al Joad) Director: John Ford My rating: 9.5 / 10