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The 100 Project: The Top 10 Movies of 1993
1993 is one of those years where my favorites and what most people think are the best are really at odds. I'll definitely listen to the arguments for many of my honorable mentions as better films than...
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The Irishman
Directed by Martin Scorsese.2019. Rated R, 209 minutes.Cast: Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Al Pacino, Ray Romano, Bobby Cannavale, Harvey Keitel, Stephen Graham, Anna Paquin, Stephanie Kurtzuba, Kathrine...
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The 100 Project: The Top 10 Movies of 1994
I knew that 1994 had a reputation as a good year for movies. Somehow, I was still floored when I went to my Letterboxd account and pulled up all the movies I watched from that year. Narrowing it down...
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The 100 Project: The Top 10 Movies of 1995
1995 was a year where my love of both hood movies and more mainstream fare had a head-on collision. The result is an oddball list with some legitimately great movies sitting just outside my top 10....
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Steel
Directed by Kenneth Johnson.1997. Rated PG-13, 97 minutes.Cast: Shaquille O'Neal, Annabeth Gish, Judd Nelson, Richard Roundtree, Ray J, Irma P. Hall, Hill Harper, Charles Napier, Kevin Grevioux, Thom...
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Worry and Hope
If you've been a somewhat regular reader of mine you know a few things about me. If this is your first time, let me give you the quick rundown. I'm human, Black, a husband, a dad, a lover of both good...
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Da 5 Bloods
Directed by Spike Lee.2020. Rated R, 154 minutes.Cast: Delroy Lindo, Jonathan Majors, Clarke Peters, Norm Lewis, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Melanie Thierry, Jean Reno, Chadwick Boseman, Lê Y Lan, Johnny Tri...
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The 100 Project: The Top 10 Movies of 1996
Looking back at the list of films I saw that were released in 1996, I have to say it was not a great cinematic year. Don't get me wrong, there are some really good movies that I return to again and...
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The 100 Project: The Top 10 Movies of 1997
1997 was a surprise for me. I just didn't realize how many of these movies came out in the same year. There are a number of films I've returned to over and over in the 23 years that have passed. There...
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We Are the Missing
Directed by Andrew J.D. Robinson.2020. Not Rated, 83 minutes.Cast: Maissa Houri, Mark Templin, Willow Mcgregor, Eleonora Poutilova, Gabrielle Banville, Olivia Piercey, Katherine Stella Duncan, Chantel...
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The 100 Project: The Top 10 Movies of 1998
During 1998, my son turned one, and my second child was conceived. What that means is I wasn't seeking out a ton of movies that made me contemplate the world around me. When I got to sit down and watch...
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Happy Birthday, America - Get Well Soon
I've done Happy Birthday posts for Independence Day several times on this site. These posts are made up of pictures of various movie appearances by the American flag. This year, I have some words to...
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The 100 Project: The Top 10 Movies of 1999
1999 was an odd year in a lot of ways. For over 99% of the population, I'm assuming, this was the first time we were experiencing the uncertainty of leaving one century and entering another. It was...
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On My Mind: Embracing it All
It always bugs me when I go to my local Barnes & Noble. It’s nice and all, but they put the movies and music section upstairs. Thankfully, there’s an escalator for me to drag these tired bones over...
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The 100 Project: Top 50 Movies of the 1990s
After having gone through every year of the 1990s and writing about every movie that made my top 10 in the year they were released, it was time to compile them into a top 50 for the decade. In case you...
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The 100 Project: Top 10 Movies of 2000
We've arrived at the turn of the century. While there was certainly some hope for what we could become as we arrive in the year many of us thought of as "the future," there was also plenty of cynicism...
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The 100 Project: Top 10 Movies of 2001
2001 started off as a rather happy-go-lucky year. We had survived the Y2K scare a year before and we were just beginning our journey into a new, and hopefully better, millennium. That all changed on...
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Announcement: Against the Crowd Blogathon 2020
It's THAT time!!!Even the precipitous and ongoing fall of western civilization cannot stop the Against the Crowd Blogathon. This is the 7th annual edition. That means it's getting pretty old in...
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The 100 Project: Top 10 Movies of 2002
In 2002, the residue of 9/11 was just starting to show up on big screens. In lots of ways, it was business as usual at the movies with a few exceptions. Sure, a number of films hit theaters only after...
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The 100 Project: Top 10 Movies of 2003
Cinema in 2003 had some very serious things going on as 9/11 became a wider spread theme. Truth told, I skipped most of it. Escapism was the name of my game. I saw some movies with heavy topics, but by...
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