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2011 IMDB Top 250 movies (list on 12/31/2011)
Submitted by dashforcover on Sat, 12/31/2011 - 15:48Tags:
- 1 - The Shawshank Redemption (1994; Frank Darabont)
- 2 - The Godfather (1972; Francis Ford Coppola)
- 3 - The Godfather: Part II (1974; Francis Ford Coppola)
- 4 - The Good, the bad, and the ugly [Il Buono, il brutto, il cattivo] (1966; Sergio Leone)
- 5 - Pulp Fiction (1994; Quentin Tarantino)
- 6 - 12 Angry Men (1957; Sidney Lumet)
- 7 - Schindler's List (1993; Steven Spielberg)
- 8 - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975; Milos Forman)
- 9 - The Dark Knight (2008; Christopher Nolan)
- 10 - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003; Peter Jackson)
- 11 - Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Str
Top 200 Science Fiction
Submitted by dashforcover on Fri, 12/23/2011 - 22:58Tags:
- 1 - Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
- 2 - Dune - Frank Herbert
- 3 - Foundation - Isaac Asimov
- 4 - Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
- 5 - 1984 - George Orwell
- 6 - Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A Heinlein
- 7 - Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
- 8 - 2001: A Space Odyssey - Arthur C Clarke
- 9 - I, Robot - Isaac Asimov
- 10 - Starship Troopers - Robert A Heinlein
- 11 - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
2012 TV Log
Submitted by dashforcover on Thu, 12/15/2011 - 09:28- Deck the Halls (2011; Ron Underwood) 1/4
- Sense & Sensibility (2008; John Alexander) 2/10
2012 Movie Log
Submitted by dashforcover on Thu, 12/15/2011 - 09:25Tags:
A
- Airport (1970; George Seaton, Henry Hathaway) 2/4
B
- Batman Begins (2005; Christopher Nolan) 1/24
- Beauty and the Beast (1991; Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise) 1/24
- Blithe Spirit (1945; David Lean) 2/5
C
- Carlito's Way (Brian De Palma; 1993) 1/24
- Castle in the Sky [Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta] (1986; Hayao Miyazaki) 2/7
- Cinema Paradiso [Nuovo Cinema Paradiso] (1988; Giuseppe Tornatore) 1/17
D
- Don Juan DeMarco (1994; Jeremy Leven)
E
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004; Michel Gondry) 2/1
- The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005; Sc
2012 Reading Log
Submitted by dashforcover on Thu, 12/15/2011 - 08:55Tags:
A
- Abraham Lincoln by Ingri D'Aulaire. 1/23
B
- The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, v.5 by Richard F. Burton, translator. 1/13
- The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, v.6: in progress ; v.7: ; v.8: ; v.9: ; v.10: ; Supplement volumes: v.1: ; v.2: ; v.3: ; v.4: ; v.5: ; v.6 by Richard F. Burton, translator.
C
- The Cat Who Talked Turkey by Lillian Jackson Brown. 1/15
- The Cat Who Went Bananas by Lillian Jackson Brown. 1/25
- The Cat Who Dropped a Bombshell by Lillian Jackson Brown. 2/6
- Chickamauga by James Reasoner.
Clone of Guardian's 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read: The Definitive List
Submitted by Lendoxia on Wed, 09/21/2011 - 16:18Tags:
- Absolute Beginners - Colin MacInnes - State of the nation
- The Accidental Tourist - Anne Tyler - Love
- According to Queeney - Beryl Bainbridge - Comedy
- Ada or Ardor - Vladimir Nabokov - Science fiction and fantasy
- Adam Bede - George Eliot - Love
- The Adventures of Augie March - Saul Bellow - Comedy
- The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom - Tobias Smollett - Comedy
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain - War and travel
- The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle - Tobias Smollett - Comedy
- The Adventures of Roderick Random - Tobias Smollett - Comedy
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Mark T
The Guardian's 100 Greatest Non-Fiction Books
Submitted by dashforcover on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 06:07Tags:
- The Age of Extremes by Eric Hobsbawm (1994)
- Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton (1621)
- The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank (1947)
- The Autobiography of Alice B Toklas by Gertrude Stein (1933)
- Bad Blood by Lorna Sage (2000)
- Black Lamb and Grey Falcon by Rebecca West (1941) _Confessions by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1782)
- The Book of the City of Ladies by Christine de Pisan (1405)
- A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking (1988)
- Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown (1970)
- The Character of Physical Law by Richard Feynmann (1965)
- China Along the Yellow River
Clone of 1001 movies to see - 6 editions combined
Submitted by homewood84 on Sun, 04/24/2011 - 18:35Tags:
- 2 Or 3 Things I Know About Her [2 ou 3 choses que je sais d'elle] (1967; Jean-Luc Godard)
- 8½ (1963; Federico Fellini)
- 12 Angry Men (1957; Sidney Lumet)
- The 39 Steps (1935; Alfred Hitchcock)
- 42nd Street (1933; Lloyd Bacon)
- The 400 Blows [Les quatre cents coups] (1959; Francois Truffaut)
- 1900 (1976)
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968; Stanley Kubrick)
A
- A.I.
Clone of Guardian 1000 Films to See Before You Die
Submitted by RemixedCrazyLife on Tue, 03/29/2011 - 17:19Tags:
- 8 Mile (2002; Curtis Hanson)
- 8½ (1963; Federico Fellini)
- 24 Hour Party People (2002; Michael Winterbottom)
- The 39 Steps (1935; Alfred Hitchcock)
- The 400 Blows [Les quatre cents coups] (1959; Francois Truffaut)
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968; Stanley Kubrick)
A
- Ace in the Hole (1951)
- Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)
- An Actor's Revenge [Yukinojo Henge] (Kon Ichikawa; 1963)
- The Addiction (1995)
- The Adjuster (1991)
- The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
- The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938; Michael Curtiz, William Keighley)
- After H
Caldecott Medal and Honor Books
Submitted by frenchpanda on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 11:51Tags:
- This is a list of Caldecott Medal and Honor books that I own; I have read many more than this.
1938
- Medal Winner:
- Animals of the Bible, A Picture Book, illustrated by Dorothy P.
