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2003 - 252 films seen 1. Kill Bill, Vol.1 2. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 3. Oldboy 4. The Last Samurai 5. X-Men 2 6. Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World 7. 21 Grams 8. Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior 9. Cold Mountain 10. Lost in Translation Runner-ups: Big Fish, A Mighty Wind, Bubba Ho-Tep, Bad Santa, and House of 1000 Corpses. Uncle Bingo's Kartoon Korner: Finding Nemo & The Triplets of Belleville Larry's Choice: House of the Dead

Here are the 1001 Movies to See Before You Die entries for 2002: Adaptation Bowling for Columbine Bus 174** Chicago City of God Far From Heaven Gangs of New York Hero Irreversible Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers The Pianist Rabbit-Proof Fence** Russian Ark** Talk to Her Uzak** **denotes films I have not seen

Then watch and learn! Just kidding. But I found 15, plus 2 toons and a funny stinker...so it's just like every other year for me.

Tommy Boy

Oswald, Lee Harvey - Gary Oldman in JFK

Lee J. Cobb

Keener, Catherine

The Red Kimono

Flying Down to RIo

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Bogie, I don't know Open Hearts or An Amazing Couple. In America was originally on my runner-up list. I'm the one person that didn't see My Big Fat Greek Wedding.

Welcome, LiamCasey! I like the shout out for Blade 2. I felt it was better than the first, probably due to director Guillermo Del Toro. And you're dead on about ST: Nemesis. It was terrible. Current star Tom Hardy would probably like to forget that early role.

Swithin, I haven't seen The Magdalene Sisters. I also liked The Hours, Dirty Pretty Things, and Road to Perdition. Glad to see someone else liked 28 Days Later, as well!

2002 - 225 films seen 1. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2. Bowling for Columbine 3. The Pianist 4. Adaptation 5. Punch-Drunk Love 6. The Bourne Identity 7. Gangs of New York 8. 28 Days Later 9. The Ring 10. Signs Runner-ups: Hero, The Twilight Samurai, Talk to Her, Public Enemy, and Auto Focus. Uncle Bingo's Kartoon Korner: Lilo & Stitch & Ice Age Larry's Choice: Heart of America

Here are the 1001 Movies to See Before You Die entries for 2001: A. I.: Artificial Intelligence Amelie Fat Girl** Kandahar Lantana Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Monsoon Wedding Mulholland Dr. No Man's Land The Piano Teacher** The Royal Tenenbaums The Son's Room** Spirited Away What Time Is It There?** Y Tu Mama Tambien **denotes films I have not seen

Bogie, you saw Ginger Snaps? That doesn't seem like one you would see, for some reason. Is it because it's Canadian?

How, exactly, is George Washington "unsung"? Besides the holiday celebrating his birth, he's on two forms of currency, our capital is named after him, we have a state named after him, the largest monument in the capital, his giant head carved in a mountain, his picture is in every classroom in the nation, there are countless books, films, tv miniseries, etc. So where's the unsung part? Oh, wait. MLK has one day in January. So we needed to complain about it.

The LORD OF THE RINGS films are a monumental achievement, in my opinion. I was never a particular fan of the books, although I read them, and I'm not the biggest fan of high fantasy in general. But Peter Jackson and crew, with those films, managed to create an epic, living, breathing world on a scale unlike anything since the original STAR WARS. There were times in those films that I was close to tears, thinking of the implications that the seamless effects work held. Nothing in the imagination of man, from past to future, would be out of reach to portray on the screen. Of course, most of the time this has led to mindless CGI noise flashing across the screen, but used properly and sparingly, some amazing things have and will be done. But, up to this point, nothing has yet been done with the skill and professionalism as the LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy.

Susan Blakely had a small role in THE TOWERING INFERNO with Jennifer Jones.

Shotaro Hanayagi

Rex Harrison

DON'T BOTHER TO KNOCK

Irwin, Bill

M - Judi Dench in CASINO ROYALE

You're right, Princess! My next clue would have been that he directed the film debut of Mae West! The thread is yours, your Highness...