970. Hable con ella/Talk to Her (2002)

Running Time: 112 minutesDirected By: Pedro AlmodovarWritten By: Pedro AlmodovarMain Cast: Javier Camara, Dario Grandinetti, Leonor Watling, Rosario FloresClick here to view the trailerWATCH OUT FOR THAT GIANT HOLE!Yes, that's the best subtitle I could come up with - sorry if it's too low brow.In high school, I took Spanish, because you were forced to take a language as one of your electives (with Spanish and French being the only two choices) and...

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947. GLADIATOR (2000)

Running Time: 155 minutesDirected By: Ridley ScottWritten By: David Franzoni, John Logan, William NicholsonMain Cast: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed, Derek JacobiClick here to view the trailerGLADI-HATERI'm watching things from the new side slightly out of order because my wife and I happened to both be off today and she wanted to watch this with me. I'd only seen "Gladiator" once before and I've never been as gaga over...

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988. Apocalypto (2006)

Running Time: 138 minutesDirected By: Mel GibsonWritten By: Mel Gibson, Farhad SafiniaMain Cast: Rudy Youngblood, Dalia Hernandez, Jonathan Brewer, Mayra Serbulo, Morris BirdyellowheadClick here to view the trailerTHE GREAT GIBSON?I was hesitant to watch "Apocalypto", because...well I don't really have an acceptable "because" - I was just skeptical, that's all. One thing that may have led to my skepticism is the lack of faith I have in Gibson as...

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989. The Departed (2006)

Running Time: 151 minutesDirected By: Martin ScorseseWritten By: William Monahan, Siu Fai Mak, Felix ChongMain Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin SheenClick here to view the trailerON MY JOURNEY I MET A MAN NAMED MARTINThis is kind of a special review, because it's the first time on the blog that I'm going to get the chance to talk about Martin Scorsese - a favorite director of mine, one that I discovered slowly,...

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147. High Sierra (1941)

Running Time: 100 minutesDirected By: Raoul WalshWritten By: John Huston, from novel by W.R. BurnettMain Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Ida Lupino, Henry Travers, Joan Leslie, Alan CurtisClick here to view the trailerGEEZ BOGEY, GO AWAY!My (seemingly) never ending quest to find an, at least suitable Humphrey Bogart picture will not end today, with the reviewing of "High Sierra" - a film that I did not like...not in the slightest.This time around, in my seventh...

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117. La femme du boulanger/The Baker's Wife (1938)

Running Time: 127 minutesDirected By: Marcel PagnolWritten By: Marcel Pagnol, from the novel Jean le Bleu by Jean GionoMain Cast: Raimu, Ginette Leclerc, Fernand Charpin, Robert Vattier, Charles BlavetteGIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREADThe single most hard to find film of the entire "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die" book, has finally come into my grasp and into my field of vision and I have to say, while it was very hard to find, I think it's...

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77. Las Hurdes/Land Without Bread (1933)

Running Time: 27 minutesDirected By: Luis BunuelWritten By: Luis Bunuel, Rafael Sanchez VenturaMain Cast: (voice): Abel JacquinBUNUEL TO PETA - "SCREW YOU"Another one that I initially had to skip, during my days of moving in strict chronology, "Las Hurdes" finally stopped eluding me when I tracked it down via the interwebs, sometime last year. The film is a short documentary by Luis Bunuel - one that wasn't awful, as I kind of expected.The film was...

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69. Me and My Gal (1932)

Running Time: 79 minutesDirected By: Raoul WalshWritten By: Philip Klein, Barry Conners, Arthur KoberMain Cast: Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Marion Burns, George Walsh, J. Farrell MacDonaldDON'T BE A "BEZARK"...SEE THIS MOVIE!Continuing right along with my new format (watching the five oldest films that I have left to watch, before jumping to the end and watching the five newest), we come to "Me and My Gal", a film I was forced to record off of Turner...

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60. La Chienne/The Bitch (1931)

Running Time: 91 minutesDirected By: Jean RenoirWritten By: Andre Girard, from novel by Georges de La FouchardiereMain Cast: Michel Simon, Janie Mareze, Georges Flamant, Magdeleine Berubet, Roger GaillardNote: This review will begin the initiation of a new format here at 1001 Movies I (Apparently) Must See Before I Die. Feeling the need to shake things up a bit, just to add a little spice to my journey, I've decided to start moving in a new order....

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778. ARIEL (1988)

Running Time: 74 minutesDirected By: Aki KaurismakiWritten By: Aki KaurismakiMain Cast: Turo Pajala, Susanna Haavisto, Matti Pellonpaa, Eetu Hilkamo, Erkki PajalaSATURNINEEven though I'm due at work at 7:00am and it's currently twenty minutes till midnight, I've decided to pop in and write up my thoughts on the film I've just finished: "Ariel". This movie had been sitting near the top of my Netflix queue for some time now and finally, after being...

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419. My Fair Lady (1964)

Running Time: 172 minutesDirected By: George CukorWritten By: Alan Jay Lerner, from the play Pygmalion by George Bernard ShawMain Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Gladys CooperClick here to view the trailerA DOUBLE SHOT OF CUKOR: 2 of 2From an analysis of Quentin Tarantino's work & an extra long "Pulp Fiction" review to the second part of a George Cukor double shot & "My Fair Lady" - Welcome to 1001...

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