May 2013 Recap

I really hope everyone enjoyed the TOP 20 list yesterday. I think the next time I do a TOP 20 list, I'm going to go through and put in some extra, added comments, just to make it a little more worth your while. I was pleased with the way the TOP 20 came out. I think I've said it before, but even I really have no idea how those lists are going to turn out until I sit down and plot them out. Anyway, it's a week late, but it's RECAP time. Let's get...

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TOP 20: #602 - #701

I know this is going to sound like me imitating a broken record, but I just can't believe that I only have three hundred movies to watch before I'm all finished with this journey. It really does seem like just yesterday when I set out to watch all 1001 of the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die" and here we are now with only 300 left to go. I know that seems like a lot, but when you've already dropped 701 in the bucket, it really isn't. Anyway,...

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667. AIRPLANE! (1980)

Running Time: 87 minutesDirected By: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry ZuckerWritten By: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry ZuckerMain Cast: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen, Peter Graves, Lloyd BridgesClick here to view the trailer300 TO GOSo "Open Your Eyes" was still on the fritz and wanting something that would be an easy watch and because I had plenty of serious TOP 20 contenders to choose from already, I came across "Airplane!" on...

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921. Ta'm e guilass/Taste of Cherry (1997)

Running Time: 95 minutesDirected By: Abbas KiarostamiWritten By: Abbas KiarostamiMain Cast: Homayoun Ershadi, Abdolrahman Bagheri, Safar Ali Moradi, Mir Hossein NooriClick here to view the trailer700 DOWNAnother quick update before my review: The copy of "Open Your Eyes" that I'd tracked down online isn't working properly for me. I'll try it again in the morning, but if it still isn't working I'll be forced to scramble and come up with a last minute...

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930. HAPPINESS (1998)

Running Time: 139 minutesDirected By: Todd SolondzWritten By: Todd SolondzMain Cast: Jane Adams, Lara Flynn Boyle, Cynthia Stevenson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Dylan BakerClick here to view the trailerPERVERSION IS EVERYWHEREFor the curious, the movies that have been/will be held over from the "Final 15" post are: "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir", "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" and "Beauty and the Beast". These three movies will be early views at the...

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853. The Crying Game (1992)

Running Time: 112 minutesDirected By: Neil JordanWritten By: Neil JordanMain Cast: Stephen Rea, Miranda Richardson, Forest Whitaker, Jaye Davidson, Adrian DunbarClick here to view the trailer"IT'S IN MY NATURE"Because my wife and I were both off from work today, because she felt like watching one more movie with me and because she didn't want to watch any of the ones I previously had scheduled, I let her pick just one more replacement from the DVD...

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