934. The Thin Red Line (1998)

Running Time: 171 minutesDirected By: Terrence MalickWritten By: Terrence Malick, from novel by James JonesMain Cast: Jim Caviezel, Nick Nolte, Sean Penn, Elias Koteas, Ben ChaplinClick here to view the trailerLIFE AND DEATH, BEAUTY AND UGLINESSRight now the current goal is to put in a little extra effort and finish up this season on Wednesday. Whether or not I get to that point will have to be seen, but I did knock off the longest picture I have...

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932. There's Something About Mary (1998)

Running Time: 119 minutesDirected By: Bobby Farrelly, Peter FarrellyWritten By: Ed Decter, John J. Strauss, Peter Farrelly, Bobby FarrellyMain Cast: Cameron Diaz, Ben Stiller, Matt Dillon, Chris Elliott, Lee EvansClick here to view the trailerCRUDENESS + HEART = *MEH*We're getting down to the wire here ladies and gentlemen and I am officially within ten movies of wrapping up this season, making a new TOP 20 list and having only 300 movies left to...

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929. Lola rennt/Run Lola Run (1998)

Running Time: 81 minutesDirected By: Tom TykwerWritten By: Tom TykwerMain Cast: Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup, Nina Petri, Armin RohdeClick here to view the trailerWHAT IF...Hoping to knock out a couple of movies tonight and wrap this season up as quickly as possible. First up for the evening is "Run Lola Run", which I bought on Blu-Ray years ago (my very first Blu-Ray purchase, in fact) and just got around to checking it out tonight....

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923. TITANIC (1997)

Running Time: 194 minutesDirected By: James CameronWritten By: James CameronMain Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Frances Fisher, Gloria StuartClick here to view the trailerGRANDIOSEYes, I'm watching backwards a little bit out of order, because my wife wanted to watch this one with me last night and so I jumped around a little bit. Don't worry though, even if I'd gone in perfect order, I'd have still gotten to "Titanic" by the end...

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935. Three Kings (1999)

Running Time: 114 minutesDirected By: David O. RussellWritten By: John Ridley, David O. RussellMain Cast: George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, Spike Jonze, Cliff CurtisClick here to view the trailerIT'S NOT THE THREE MARK WAHLBERG MOVIES IN THE BOOK THAT BOTHERS ME, IT'S MORE THE TWO JAMIE KENNEDY MOVIES...No, wait, I thought about and yes, three Mark Wahlberg movies in THE BOOK is also a little troubling. Not to mention two Cameron Diaz movies...

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177. Les Enfants du Paradis/The Children of Paradise (1945)

Running Time: 190 minutesDirected By: Marcel CarneWritten By: Jacques PrevertMain Cast: Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur, Marcel Herrand, Maria CasaresClick here to view the trailerFRENCH ROMANTICISMIt took me a while to get around to this one, as it's been sitting here on my desk for over a week. After watching "Henry V" and "Ivan the Terrible", I think it was the running time that intimidated me the most and possibly getting into another...

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201. Ladri di biciclette/The Bicycle Thief (1948)

Running Time: 89 minutesDirected By: Vittorio De SicaWritten By: Cesare Zavattini, Oreste Biancoli, Suso d'Amico, Vittorio De Sica, Adolfo Franci, Gerardo Guerrieri, from the novel Ladri di biciclette by Luigi BartoliniMain Cast: Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Gino Saltamerenda, Vittorio AntonucciClick here to view the trailerWHO KNEW A STOLEN BICYCLE COULD BE SO COMPELLING?Technically this wasn't supposed to be the next movie...

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The FINAL 15...and other notes

It's become sort of a tradition here at the '1001 Movies I (Apparently) Must See Before I Die' for me to swing in when only fifteen films remain in a season and tell you what those films are and give you any other notes that you may need to know. First, a few notes...1) I think it goes without saying (well I've said it plenty within my reviews) that when these fifteen films are done and the new TOP 20 is compiled, I'll be taking a hiatus. I don't...

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186. My Darling Clementine (1946)

Running Time: 97 minutesDirected By: John FordWritten By: Samuel G. Engel, Sam HellmanMain Cast: Henry Fonda, Victor Mature, Cathy Downs, Linda Darnell, Walter BrennanClick here to view the trailerEARP AGAINFor the curious, I'm going to try and squeeze in a couple reviews today and start to get this train rolling toward the finale. Last night I was able to take in John Ford's 1946 western offering, "My Darling Clementine" - a movie that I had actually...

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171. Ivan Grozny I i II/Ivan the Terrible, Parts One and Two (1944)

Running Time: 187 minutesDirected By: Sergei M. EisensteinWritten By: Sergei M. EisensteinMain Cast: Nikolay Cherkasov, Efrosinia Staritska, Vladimir Staritsky, Malyuta Skuratov, Alexei BasmanovClick here to view the trailerTERRIBLE? PRETTY MUCH!No, I didn't like this movie much at all, but it didn't come as any surprise to me and shouldn't come as any surprise to you, because Sergei Eisenstein was one of the guy's, early on, that I bashed on a weekly...

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170. HENRY V (1944)

Running Time: 137 minutesDirected By: Laurence OlivierWritten By: Dallas Bower, Alan Dent, from play by William ShakespeareMain Cast: Laurence Olivier, Max Adrian, Harcourt Williams, Felix Aylmer, Robert HelpmannV IS RIGHT OUT!If you followed me on Twitter (@adduvall1984) then you'd know that I had a hard time getting through this one. I tweeted about it last night, when I was midway through it and today, citing that the review was coming and "wouldn't...

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