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Old 05-23-15, 12:53 PM
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Heres the list thread. Have at it people.
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1. McLintock!
2. Sagebrush Trail
3. In Old Caliente
4. Rough Riders' Round-Up
5. Hell Town
6. The Kansan
7. White Comanche
8. Mohawk
9. Sheriff of Tombstone
10. Judge Priest
11. Hanging for Django
12. Grand Duel
13. It Can Be Done Amigo
14. Abilene Town
15. Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts
16. My Pal Trigger
17. Cowboy and the Senorita
18. Bells of San Angelo
19. Under California Stars
20. Downton Abbey: S5E1
21. Downton Abbey: S5E2
22. Downton Abbey: S5E3
23. Downton Abbey: S5E4
24. Downton Abbey: S5E5
25. Downton Abbey: S5E6
26. Downton Abbey: S5E7
27. Downton Abbey: S5E8
28. Downton Abbey: S5 Christmas Special
29. The Roaring Twenties
30. Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey E1
31. Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey E2
32. Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey E3
33. Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey E4
34. Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey E5
35. Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey E6
36. Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey E7
37. Dark Shadows E666
38. Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey E8
39. Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey E9
40. Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey E10
41. Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey E11
42. Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey E12
43. Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey E13
44. The Ugly Ones
45. The Rat Patrol S1E1
46. The Rat Patrol S1E2
47. The Rat Patrol S1E3
48. The Rat Patrol S1E4
49. The Rat Patrol S1E5
50. The Rat Patrol S1E6
51. The Rat Patrol S1E7
52. The Rat Patrol S1E8
53. Tora! Tora! Tora!
54. Day of Infamy
55. History vs. Hollywood – TORA! TORA! TORA!: A Giant Awakes
56. AMC Backstory: TORA! TORA! TORA!
57. Hardcore History 44 – Wrath of the Khans I
58. The Rat Patrol S1E9
59. The Rat Patrol S1E10
60. Thought Crimes: The Case Of The Cannibal Cop
61. Hardcore History 45 – Wrath of the Khans II
62. Psychic Confession
63. Xendrius Exposed E6
64. The Rat Patrol S1E11
65. The Rat Patrol S1E12
66. The Rat Patrol S1E13
67. The Rat Patrol S1E14
68. The Rat Patrol S1E15
69. The Rat Patrol S1E16
70. A Haunting: The Awakening
71. A Haunting: The Apartment
72. A Haunting: Ghost Hunter
73. The Legend
74. Uncle John's Bathroom Reader: Cat Lover's Companion
75. The Rat Patrol S1E17
76. The Rat Patrol S1E18
77. The Rat Patrol S1E19
78. Smoke & Mirrors and Steven Seagal: The Burning Pants of Popular Culture
79. I Sell The Dead
80. Dark Shadows E701
81. Dark Shadows E702
82. Dark Shadows E703
83. Dark Shadows E704
84. Dark Shadows E705
85. Dark Shadows E706
86. Dark Shadows E707
87. Dark Shadows E708
88. Dark Shadows E709
89. Dark Shadows E710
90. Dark Shadows E711
91. Dark Shadows E712
92. Dark Shadows E713
93. Dark Shadows E714
94. Dark Shadows E715
95. Dark Shadows E716
96. Dark Shadows E717
97. Dark Shadows E718
98. Dark Shadows E719
99. Dark Shadows E720
100. Dark Shadows E721
101. Dark Shadows E722
102. Dark Shadows E723
103. Dark Shadows E724
104. Dark Shadows E725
105. Dark Shadows E726
106. Dark Shadows E727
107. Dark Shadows E728
108. The De-Textbook
109. Dark Shadows E729
110. Dark Shadows E730
111. Dark Shadows E731
112. Dark Shadows E732
113. Dark Shadows E733
114. Dark Shadows E734
115. Dark Shadows E735
116. Dark Shadows E736
117. Dark Shadows E737
118. Dark Shadows E738
119. You Might Be a Zombie and Other Bad News (this was awful and historically inaccurate in so many things)
120. My Story of Service
121. Dark Shadows E739
122. Dark Shadows E740
123. Dark Shadows E741
124. Dark Shadows E742
125. Dark Shadows E743
126. Dark Shadows E744
127. Dark Shadows E745
128. Dark Shadows E746
129. Dark Shadows E747
130. Dark Shadows E748
131. Dark Shadows E749
132. Dark Shadows E750
133. Dark Shadows E751
134. Dark Shadows E752
135. Dark Shadows E753
136. Dark Shadows E754
137. Dark Shadows E755
138. Dark Shadows E756
139. Dark Shadows E757
140. Dark Shadows E758
141. Dark Shadows E759
142. Dark Shadows E760
143. Dark Shadows E761
144. Dark Shadows E762
145. Dark Shadows E763
146. Dark Shadows E764
147. Dark Shadows E765
148. Dark Shadows E766
149. Dark Shadows E767
150. Dark Shadows E758
151. Dark Shadows E759
152. Dark Shadows E760
153. Dark Shadows E761
154. Dark Shadows E762
155. Dark Shadows E763
156. Dark Shadows E764
157. Dark Shadows E765
158. Dark Shadows E766
159. Dark Shadows E767
160. Dark Shadows E768
161. Dark Shadows E769
162. Dark Shadows E770
163. Dark Shadows E771
164. Dark Shadows E772
165. Dark Shadows E773
166. Dark Shadows E774
167. Dark Shadows E775
168. Dark Shadows E776
169. Dark Shadows E777
170. Dark Shadows E778

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Hmm

The Sixth Annual Historical Appreciation Challenge


2014: 18.5 viewings
2013: 5 viewings
2012: 11.5 viewings
2011: 13.5 viewings
2010: 6 viewings

*First-time viewing

6/1
1. Atonement (2007* (BD)

6/2
2. Gigi (1958) (Turner Classic Films Best Picture Winners DVD)

6/3
3. No Day but Today (Rent documentary) (Rent two-disc SE DVD)
4. Rent (2007) (BD)

6/6
Les Miserables: live production at Ingraham HS

6/9
5. Easter Parade (1948) (two-disc DVD)
6. Judy Garland: By Myself* (American Masters documentary on Easter Parade two-disc DVD)
7. The Social Network (BD)

6/10
8. The Talented Mr. Ripley (DVD)

6/11
9. Easter Parade: On the Avenue (Easter Parade two-disc DVD)

6/18
10. Fiddler on the Roof (1971) (DVD)

6/20
11. Jersey Boys (2014) (BD)

6/23
12. Rome season 1 ep 1* (DVD)
12.5. Rome season 1 ep 2* (DVD)

6/24
13. Rome season 1 ep 3* (DVD)

6/25
13.5 Rome season 1 ep 4* (DVD)

6/26
14. Rome season 1 ep 5* (DVD)

6/27
Newsies the Musical, Boston Opera House*
14.5. Rome season 1 ep 6* (DVD)

6/28
15. Rome season 1 ep 7* (DVD)
15.5. Rome season 1 ep 8* (DVD)

6/29
16. Rome season 1 ep 9* (DVD)

6/30
16.5. Rome season 1 ep 10* (DVD)

Video games: Assassin's Creed, Ryse: Son of Rome

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May 25

1. Life on Location: Ice Alliance - NWI


May 26

2. Blue Planet: Frozen Seas - DVD


May 27

3. Life on Location: Time Warp - NWI
4. Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan - NWI
5. Wanted: Dead or Alive: Drop to Drink - Encore Westerns
6. Life on Location: Ninety Nine Percent - NWI
7. Wildest Africa: Ethiopia: Land of Extremes - NWI
8. Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom: To Rope a Grizzly - YouTube


May 28

9. Blue Planet: Open Ocean - DVD
10. The Great Raid - Starz Cinema
11. Crazy Wisdom - Gaiam TV
12. Spirit Space - Gaiam TV


May 29

13. Walking with Dinosaurs: Death of a Dynasty - Amazon Video
14. Blue Planet: The Deep - DVD
15. Hangar One: The UFO Files: Hunted by UFOs - History Channel
16. Nova: Deadliest Tornadoes - NWI


May 30

17. Search for the Great Sharks - Prime
18. Blue Planet: Seasonal Seas - DVD


May 31

19. Blue Planet: Coral Seas - DVD
20. Blue Planet: Tidal Seas - DVD


June 1

21. Blue Planet: Coasts - DVD
22. The Man Who Cracked the Nazi Code - Hulu
23. Ancient Assassins: Varangian Guard - AHC
24. Ancient Assassins: The Viking Berserkers - AHC
25. The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp: The Posse - Encore Westerns
26. Modern Marvels: '90s Tech - H2
27. Amazon Abyss - DVD


June 2

28. Orangutan Island: Growing Pains - Animal Planet
29. Dive to Shark Volcano - DVD
30. Being There: Antarctica - DVD
31. Being There: Between the Tides - DVD
32. Ancient Aliens: The Evidence - DVD


June 3

33. Escape to Chimp Eden: Trouble with Xena - Animal Planet
34. Flying Through Time: The F104 Starfighter - Prime
35. Flying Through Time: SR71 Blackbird - Prime


June 4

36. The Roy Rogers Show - Angel 2
37. Forensic Files: Insulated Evidence: The Michael Andrade Case - HLN
38. Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom: Winter Comes to Yellowstone - YouTube
39. Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom: Tiger Capture - YouTube


June 5

40. Bonanza - AngelTwo
41. Ancient Aliens: The Visitors - DVD


June 6

42. Investigating History: D-Day: The Secret Massacre - H2


June 7

43. 100 Years of Horror: Dracula and his Disciples - Hulu


June 8

44. Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom: King of Beasts - DVD


June 9

45. Scam City: Prague - Science
46. Ocean Giants: Giant Lives - NWI
47. Unusual Cultures: Transylvania and The Isle of Man - AWE
48. The Best of: Abu Dhabi Hotels - AWE
49. Focal Point: The God Particle - AWE
50. How It's Made: Manhole Covers - Science
51. Forbidden History: The Land of the Giants - AHC
52. Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom: Lion Country - DVD
53. Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom: Lions Under the Net - DVD
54. Geraldine Ferraro: Paving the Way - TMC
55. 100 Years of Horror: Blood Drinking Beings - Hulu
56. The Roy Rogers Show - Angel Two
57. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: Fifi's First Christmas - Insp


June 10

58. Walking with Beasts: New Dawn - Amazon Instant Video
59. Walking with Beasts: Whale Killer - Amazon Instant Video


June 11

60. Orangutan Island: Many Happy Returns - Animal Planet
61. Escape to Chimp Eden: Rise of Cozi - Animal Planet
62. Hitler and the Nazis: Peak of Power - Newsmax TV
63. Ancient Aliens: The Doomsday Prophecies - H2


June 12

64. Jet Bombers: English Electric Canberra - Roku
65. Animal Superpowers: Extreme Hunters - Roku
66. The Roy Rogers Show - WHT
67. The Lone Ranger (Series) - Angel Two
68. The Roy Rogers Show - Angel Two
69. Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom: El Tigre - DVD


June 13

70. Animal Superpowers: Extreme Killers - Roku
71. Guns of Fury - Encore Westerns
72. Colorado Serenade - Encore Westerns
73. Drive Thru History - Blaze
74. The Celts: In the Beginning - Roku
75. Photographers - National Geographic Channel


June 14

76. Walking with Prehistoric Beasts: Land of Giants - Amazon Instant Video
77. Ocean Giants: Deep Thinkers - NWI
78. Marvel: 75 Years: From Pulp to Pop - PS3


June 15

79. Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics - Amazon Instant Video
80. Ocean Giants: Voices of the Sea - NWI
81. Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom: Round-up on the Rupununi - DVD
82. Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom: Netting a Jaguar - DVD


June 16

83. Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom: Cheetah Country - DVD
84. The Black Dakotas - Encore Westerns
85. How It's Made: Retractable Ball Point Pens - Science
86. Dungeons of Alcatraz - AHC
87. Animal Superpowers: Extreme Survivors - Roku
88. Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom: Lions of Gir Forest - DVD
89. Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom: The Prowling Night Lions - DVD
90. Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom: Wonderful Ways of the Wild - DVD


June 17

91. The Roy Rogers Show - Angel Two


June 18

92. Nature: The Himalayas - DVD
93. Prehistoric Predators: Sabertooth - DVD
94. Prehistoric Predators: Wolf - DVD
95. Croc Labyrinth - Nat Geo Wild


June 19

96. Life After People: The Bodies Left Behind - History Channel
97. Flying Through Time: A7 Corsair II - Prime
98. Dogfights: Mig Alley - DVD
99. Ancient Aliens: Aliens and Cover Ups - History Channel
100. Ancient Aliens: Strange Abductions - History Channel
101. Prehistoric Predators: Bear - DVD


June 20

102. Africa: Kalahari - DVD
103. Baghdad ER - HBO On Demand
104. 100 Years of Horror: Frankenstein's Friends - Hulu
105. Walking with Prehistoric Beasts: Next of Kin - Amazon Instant Video
106. Hitler the Junkie - National Geographic Channel


June 21

107. Animal Atlas: The In-Vertebrate Crowd - Local Channel
108. Ancient Aliens: The Mission - DVD
109. 100 Years of Horror: Baron Frankenstein - Hulu


June 22

110. Ancient Aliens: Closer Encounters - DVD
111. Ancient Aliens: The Return - DVD
112. Ancient Aliens: Mysterious Places - DVD
113. An Apology to Elephants - HBO On Demand


June 23

114. How It's Made: Tea - Science
115. How It's Made: Front-End Loaders - Science
116. Ancient Aliens: Gods and Aliens - DVD
117. Ancient Aliens: Underwater Worlds - DVD


June 24

118. Ancient Aliens: Underground Aliens - DVD
119. Escape to Chimp Eden: The Family Jao: Cheaper by the Dozen - Animal Planet
120. Big Cat Diary: Kidogo's Cubs: Family Ties - Animal Planet
121. One Six Right - Amazon Instant Video
122. Ancient Aliens: Aliens and the Third Reich - DVD
123. Ancient Aliens: Alien Tech - DVD


June 25

124. Stories We Tell - Epix
125. The Vietnam War: The Invisible Enemy - Newsmax TV
126. Trekkies - Epix 3
127. Ancient Aliens: Angels and Aliens - DVD
128. Ancient Aliens: Unexplained Structures - DVD
129. Ancient Aliens: Alien Devastations - DVD
130. Ancient Aliens: Alien Contacts - DVD
131. Ancient Aliens: Aliens and the Old West - DVD
132. SEC Storied: Lolo Jones - SEC Network


June 26

133. Prehistoric Planet: Dawn of the Dinosaurs - DVD
134. Ancient Aliens: Aliens and the Red Planet - H2 On Demand


June 27

135. Drive Thru History - Blaze
136. Ancient Aliens: Alien Breeders - H2 On Demand
137. Ancient Aliens: The Ultimate Evidence: The Monoliths - History Channel On Demand


June 28

138. Ancient Aliens: Aliens and Monsters - DVD
139. Ancient Aliens: Aliens and Sacred Places - DVD
140. Life: Challenges of Life - BBC America
141. Ancient Aliens: Aliens and Temples of Gold - DVD
142. Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood - Reelz
143. How It's Made: Dress Forms - Science
144. How It's Made: Crayons - Science
145. How It's Made: Custom Steering Wheels - Science
146. Prehistoric Planet: Jurassic Giants - DVD


June 29

147. 30 For 30: Brothers in Exile - ESPN2
148. In Search of Aliens: The Alien Code - H2 On Demand
149. 30 For 30: There's No Place Like Home - NWI
150. Prehistoric Planet: Jurassic Beach - DVD
151. Prehistoric Planet: Sky King - DVD
152. Once Upon a Time in the West - Epix Drive In
153. Prehistoric Planet: Dinosaurs of the Ice Forest - DVD
154. Prehistoric Planet: Death of the Dinosaurs - DVD
155. 10 Things You Don't Know About: Abraham Lincoln - H2


June 30

156. Ancient Aliens: Aliens and Mysterious Rituals - DVD
157. Ancient Aliens: Aliens and Ancient Engineers - DVD
158. Ancient Aliens: Aliens, Plagues, and Epidemics - DVD
159. Ancient Aliens: Aliens and Lost Worlds - DVD
160. Ancient Aliens: Aliens and Deadly Weapons - DVD
161. Ancient Aliens: Aliens and Evil Places - DVD
162. Ancient Aliens: Aliens and the Founding Fathers - DVD

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June 1
1. Selma (2014)
2. Tornado Alley: Real Time Tornado - Henryville

June 2
3. Cleveland Abduction (2015)
4. Cleveland Abduction: Beyond the Headlines
5. 12 Years a Slave (2013)

June 5
6. Valkyrie (2008)
7. The Aviator (2004)

June 8
8. Atari: Game Over (2014)

June 10
9. Act of Valor (2012)

June 11
10. Civil War Battlefields (1997)

June 12
11. Black Hawk Down (2001)

June 13
12. The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)
13. Houdini (1953)

June 20
14. The Lone Ranger (2013)

June 21
15. American Dreams - Pilot
16. American Dreams - The End of Innocence
17. American Dreams - New Frontier

June 22
18. American Dreams - Pryor Knowledge

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**LIST FINAL**

- First time viewing
▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲ - Rating on a 1 to 10 scale

May 25th

May 26th
1. Texas Rising (2015): Pt1 ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
2. Texas Rising (2015): Pt2 ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲

May 27th

May 28th

May 29th

May 30th

May 31st
3. Mrs. Miniver (1942) ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
4. Casablanca (1942) ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
5. Barbarians II (2007): "Vandals" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
6. Barbarians II (2007): "Saxons" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
7. Barbarians II (2007): "Franks" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
8. Barbarians II (2007): "The Lombards" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲

June 1st
9. Modern Marvels (2002): "Axes, Swords, and Knives" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
10. Mankind: The Story of All of Us (2012): E1 "Inventors" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
11. Mankind: The Story of All of Us (2012): E2 "Iron Men" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲

June 2nd
12. Mankind: The Story of All of Us (2012): E3 "Empires" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
13. Mankind: The Story of All of Us (2012): E4 "Warriors" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲

June 3rd
14. Mankind: The Story of All of Us (2012): E5 "Plague" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
15. Mankind: The Story of All of Us (2012): E6 "Survivors" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲

June 4th
16. Mankind: The Story of All of Us (2012): E7 "New World" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
17. Mankind: The Story of All of Us (2012): E8 "Treasure" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
18. Mankind: The Story of All of Us (2012): E9 "Pioneers" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲

June 5th
19. Mankind: The Story of All of Us (2012): E10 "Revolutions" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
20. Mankind: The Story of All of Us (2012): E11 "Speed" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
21. Mankind: The Story of All of Us (2012): E12 "New Frontiers" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
22. Mysteries of the Bible (1995): S2E6 "Abraham: One Man, One God" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
23. Mysteries of the Bible (1995): S3E2 "Herod the Great" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲

June 6th
24. Mysteries of the Bible (1997): S4E11 "The 10 Commandments" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
25. Ancient Mysteries (1994): S1E3 "The Lost Ark of the Covenant" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
26. Barry Lyndon (1975) ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
27. Anzio (1968) ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
28. The Caine Mutiny (1954) ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
29. Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
30. Third Reich: The Rise & Fall (2010): Part 1 - The Rise ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
31. Third Reich: The Rise & Fall (2010): Part 2 - The Rise ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲

June 7th
32. Mysteries of the Bible (1995): S4E2 "Jacob's Ladder" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
33. Mysteries of the Bible (1995): S3E1 "Joseph: Master of Dreams" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
34. Mysteries of the Bible (1995): S4E6 "Cain and Abel: A Murder Mystery" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
35. Mysteries of the Bible (1995): S2E5 "Queen Esther: Far Away and Long Ago" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
36. Kiss Them for Me (1957) ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
37. Solomon and Sheba (1959) ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
38. At War with the Army (1950) ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲

June 8th
39. Dead Men's Secrets (2004): S2E16 "The Secrets of the Sea Wolves" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
40. Elizabeth (1998) ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
41. Mysteries of the Bible (1995): S4E9 "King Solomon" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
42. Mysteries of the Bible (1995): S2E1 "King David: Poet Warrior" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲

June 9th
43. Mysteries of the Bible (1995): S3E4 "The Last Revolt" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
44. Mysteries of the Bible (1995): S2E4 "Archenemy: The Philistines" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
45. The Tudors (2009): S3E1 "Civil Unrest" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
46. The Tudors (2009): S3E2 "The Northern Uprising" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲

June 10th
47. The Tudors (2009): S3E3 "Dissension and Punishment" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
48. The Tudors (2009): S3E4 "The Death of a Queen" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
49. The Tudors (2009): S3E5 "Problems in the Reformation" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲

June 11th
50. The Tudors (2009): S3E6 "Search for a New Queen" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
51. The Tudors (2009): S3E7 "Protestant Anne of Cleves" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲

June 12th
52. The Tudors (2009): S3E8 "The Undoing of Cromwell" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
53. Mysteries of the Bible (1995): S1E6 "Jesus: Holy Child" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲

June 13th
54. Mysteries of the Bible (1995): S2E7 "The Execution of Jesus" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
55. History's Mysteries (1998): S4E2 "The Shroud of Turin" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
56. Becket (1964) ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
57. The Alamo (1960) ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
58. Robin Hood (2006): S1E1 "Will You Tolerate This?" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
59. The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972) ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
60. The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter (1984) ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲

June 14th
61. Robin Hood (2006): S1E2 "Sheriff Got Your Tongue?" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
62. Robin Hood (2006): S1E3 "Who Shot the Sheriff?" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲

June 15th
63. Robin Hood (2006): S1E4 "Parent Hood" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
64. Robin Hood (2006): S1E5 "The Tax Man Cometh" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
65. Robin Hood (2006): S1E6 "Turk" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
66. Robin Hood (2006): S1E7 "Brothers in Arms" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲

June 16th
67. Robin Hood (2006): S1E8 "Tattoo? What Tattoo?" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
68. Robin Hood (2006): S1E9 "A Thing or Two About Loyalty" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
69. Robin Hood (2006): S1E10 "Peace? Off!" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
70. Robin Hood (2006): S1E11 "Dead Man Walking" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲

June 17th
71. Robin Hood (2006): S1E12 "The Return of the King" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
72. Robin Hood (2006): S1E13 "A Clue: No" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
73. Robin Hood (2006): S2E1 "Sisterhood" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
74. Robin Hood (2006): S2E2 "Booby and the Beast" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲

June 18th
75. Robin Hood (2006): S2E3 "Childhood" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
76. Robin Hood (2006): S2E4 "The Angel of Death" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
77. Robin Hood (2006): S2E5 "Ducking and Diving" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
78. Robin Hood (2006): S2E6 "For England...!" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
79. Robin Hood (2006): S2E7 "Show Me the Money" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
80. Robin Hood (2006): S2E8 "Get Carter!" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲

June 19th
81. Robin Hood (2006): S2E9 "Lardner's Ring" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
82. Robin Hood (2006): S2E10 "Walkabout" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
83. Robin Hood (2006): S2E11 "Treasure of the Nation" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
84. Robin Hood (2006): S2E12 "A Good Day to Die" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
85. Robin Hood (2006): S2E13 "We Are Robin Hood" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
86. Mysteries of the Bible (1996): S3E10 "The Lost Years of Jesus" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
87. Mysteries of the Bible (1996): S4E4 "The Last Supper" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
88. Mysteries of the Bible (1997): S4E8 "Paul the Apostle" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
89. Robin Hood (2006): S3E1 "Total Eclipse" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲

June 20th
90. Robin Hood (2006): S3E2 "Cause and Effect" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
91. Robin Hood (2006): S3E3 "Lost in Translation" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
92. El Cid (1961) ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
93. Never So Few (1959) ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
94. King Richard and the Crusaders (1954) ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
95. A Thousand and One Nights (1945) ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
96. Wake Me When the War Is Over (1969) ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
97. How Hitler Lost the War (1989) ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲

June 21st
98. Mysteries of the Bible (1996): S3E3 "The Bible's Greatest Secrets" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
99. Mysteries of the Bible (1996): S4E3 "Biblical Angels" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
100. Mysteries of the Bible (1996): S3E9 "Heaven and Hell" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
101. Mysteries of the Bible (1995): S2E3 "Apocalypse: The Puzzle of Revelation" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
102. Robin Hood (2006): S3E4 "Sins of the Father" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
103. Robin Hood (2006): S3E5 "Let the Games Commence" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲

June 22nd
104. Robin Hood (2006): S3E6 "Do You Love Me?" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
105. Robin Hood (2006): S3E7 "Too Hot to Handle" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
106. Robin Hood (2006): S3E8 "The King Is Dead, Long Live the King..." ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
107. Robin Hood (2006): S3E9 "A Dangerous Deal" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
108. Robin Hood (2006): S3E10 "Bad Blood" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲

June 23rd
109. Robin Hood (2006): S3E11 "The Enemy of My Enemy" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
110. Robin Hood (2006): S3E12 "Something Worth Fighting For: Part 1" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
111. Robin Hood (2006): S3E13 "Something Worth Fighting For: Part 2" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
112. Mysteries of the Bible (1998): S5E6 "Magic and Miracles" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
113. Mysteries of the Bible (1995): S2E6 "Prophets: Soul Catchers" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
114. Ancient Mysteries (1995): S3E17 "The Quest for the Holy Lance" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
115. The Lone Ranger (1950): E47 "The Wrong Man" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
116. The Lone Ranger (1950): E48 "The Beeler Gang" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
117. The Lone Ranger (1950): E49 "The Star Witness" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲

June 24th
118. The Lone Ranger (1950): E50 "The Black Widow" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
119. The Lone Ranger (1950): E51 "The Whimsical Bandit" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
120. The Lone Ranger (1950): E52 "Double Jeopardy" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
121. The Lone Ranger (1950): E53 "Million Dollar Wallpaper" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
122. The Lone Ranger (1950): E54 "Mission Bells" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
123. The Lone Ranger (1950): E55 "Dead Man's Chest" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
124. The Lone Ranger (1950): E56 "Outlaw's Revenge" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
125. The Lone Ranger (1950): E57 "Danger Ahead" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
126. The Lone Ranger (1950): E58 "Crime in Time" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲

June 25th
127. The Lone Ranger (1950): E59 "Drink of Water" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
128. The Lone Ranger (1950): E60 "Thieves' Money" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
129. The Lone Ranger (1950): E61 "The Squire" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
130. The Lone Ranger (1950): E62 "Masked Deputy" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
131. The Lone Ranger (1950): E63 "Banker's Choice" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
132. The Lone Ranger (1950): E64 "Desert Adventure" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
133. The Lone Ranger (1950): E65 "Bad Medicine" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
134. Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960) ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲

June 26th
135. Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
136. Battle of the Bulge (1965) ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲

June 27th
137. The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
138. Advance to the Rear (1964) ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲

June 28th
139. The Searchers (1956) ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
140. 3 Godfathers (1948) ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
141. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
142. The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952) ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲

June 29th
143. The Tudors (2010): S4E1 "Moment of Nostalgia" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
144. The Tudors (2010): S4E2 "Sister" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
145. The Tudors (2010): S4E3 "Something for You" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
146. The Tudors (2010): S4E4 "Natural Ally" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
147. The Tudors (2010): S4E5 "Bottom of the Pot" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
148. The Tudors (2010): S4E6 "You Have My Permission" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
149. The Tudors (2010): S4E7 "Sixth and the Final Wife" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲

June 30th
150. The Tudors (2010): S4E8 "As It Should Be" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
151. The Tudors (2010): S4E9 "Secrets of the Heart" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲
152. The Tudors (2010): S4E10 "Death of a Monarchy" ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲

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2015 Historical Appreciation Challenge

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☼ = First time viewing

May 27
01. The Warlords (2007)
02. Deadliest Catch - "Heavy Lies the Crown" (2015)

May 28
03. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)

May 30
04. The Marines Are Comng (1934)

May 31
05. The Grand Duel (1972)
06. Turn: Washington's Spies - "Thoughts of a Free Man" (2015)
07. Turn: Washington's Spies - "Hard Boiled" (2015)

June 1
08. Turn: Washington's Spies - "False Flag" (2015)
09. Turn: Washington's Spies - "Men of Blood" (2015)
10. Turn: Washington's Spies - "Sealed Fate" (2015)

June 2
11. Hu$tle (2004)
12. Deadliest Catch - "Zero Hour" (2015)
13. Turn: Washington's Spies - "Houses Divided" (2015)

June 3
14. The Whistleblower (2010)
15. Turn: Washington's Spies - "Valley Forge" (2015)
16. Turn: Washington's Spies - "Providence" (2015)

June 4
17. Turn: Washington's Spies - "The Prodigal" (2015)

June 5
18. Halt and Catch Fire - "SETI" (2015)
19. Aquarius - "Everybody's Been Burned" (2015)
20. Aquarius - "The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game" (2015)

June 6
21. The Last Samurai (2003)
22. Aquarius - "Never Say Never to Always" (2015)

June 7
23. Mildred Pierce - Part One (2011)
24. Mildred Pierce - Part Two (2011)
25. Mildred Pierce - Part Three (2011)
26. Halt and Catch Fire - "New Coke" (2015)

June 8
27. Mildred Pierce - Part Four (2011)
28. Mildred Pierce - Part Five (2011)

June 9
29. Restrepo (2010)

June 10
30. The Hanoi Hilton (1987)
31. Turn: Washington's Spies - "Gunpowder, Treason and Plot" (2015)

June 11
32. Blood for a Silver Dollar (1965)

June 12
33. Aquarius - "Home is Where You're Happy" (2015)
34. Deadliest Catch - "Hell's Bells" (2015)

June 13
35. The Book Thief (2013)

June 14
36. Broken Silence - "Some Who Lived" (2002)☼
37. Broken Silence - "Eyes of the Holocaust" (2002)☼

June 15
38. Keoma (1976)
39. Broken Silence - "Children from the Abyss" (2002)☼

June 16
40. Halt and Catch Fire - "The Way In" (2015)
41. The Making of the Mob: New York - "The Education of Lucky Luciano" (2015)

June 17
42. U-571 (2000)
43. Deadliest Catch - "Lunatic Fringe" (2015)
44. Broken Silence - "I Remember" (2002)☼

June 18
45. Hondo (1953)

June 19
46. Aquarius - "A Change is Gonna Come" (2015)
47. Broken Silence - "Hell on Earth" (2002)☼

June 20
48. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

June 21
49. Texas Rising - "From the Ashes" (2015)
50. Texas Rising - "Fate and Fury" (2015)
51. Texas Rising - "Blood for Blood" (2015)

June 22
52. Texas Rising - "Vengeance is Mine" (2015)
53. Texas Rising - "The Rise of the Republic" (2015)

June 23
54. The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)
55. Halt and Catch Fire - "Play With Friends" (2015)☼

June 24
56. Red Hill (2010)
57. The Making of the Mob: New York - "Equal Opportunity Gangster" (2015)

June 26
58. Deadliest Catch - "New Captain on the Block" (2015)

June 27
59. Sundown (1941)

June 28
60. Aquarius - "A Whiter Shade of Pale" (2015)
61. Halt and Catch Fire - "Infiltrator" (2015)

June 29
62. 54 (1998)
63. The Making of the Mob: New York - "King of New York" (2015)

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In for 7 or so.

All the President's Men
The Ten Commandments (1923)
The Ten Commandments (1956) with commentary
The Ten Commandments (1956) documentaries
Alien Anthology documentaries
Exodus: Gods and Kings
The Imitation Game
Fury
Jersey Boys
Wolf of Wall Street only the first half, then I got tired of all the fucks
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Gettysburg

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HyperWeather's iCheckMovies.com 100 Documentary Films widgetHyperWeather's iCheckMovies.com Biography widgetHyperWeather's iCheckMovies.com Documentary widgetHyperWeather's iCheckMovies.com War widgetHyperWeather's iCheckMovies.com Western widget
Start of challenge: 100 Documentary (4/118), Biography (19/50), Documentary (5/50), War (13/50), Western (4/50)

2010: 14
2011: 5.5
2012: 20.5
2013: 18.5
2014: 8

June 3rd
1. Aquarius S.1 "Everybody's Been Burned"*/"The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game"*

June 6th
2. Love & Mercy (2014)*

June 8th
3. The Queen of Versailles (2012)*

June 9th
4. Tiny: A Story About Living Small (2013)*

June 12th
4.5. North and South (2004) "Episode 1"*

June 13th
5.5. Planet Earth "From Pole to Pole"*/"Mountains"*

June 15th
6. Planet Earth "Fresh Water"*
7. Planet Earth "Caves"*/"Deserts"*

June 19th
8. Planet Earth "Ice Worlds"*/"Great Plains"*

June 21st
9. Planet Earth "Jungles"*/"Shallow Seas"*

June 22nd
10. Planet Earth "Seasonal Forests"*/"Ocean Deep"*

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2015 Historical Appreciation Challenge


01. Ancient Aliens [episode: Destination Orion] 6-1 *
02. The Dead Files [episode: The Obsession: Oregon, Illinois] 6-1 *
03. 1776 [4K remaster] / 168min version * / 6-2 BD
04. Myth Hunters [episode: Raider Ron and the Lost Ark] / 6-4 *
05. Atari: Game Over / 6-5 *
06. Hot Chip - Live at La Gaîté Lyrique - May 21, 2015 / 6-6 *
07. The 2 Bears - Mixmag Lab / LA - Sept. 11, 2014 / 6-7 *
08. Love & Mercy / 6-7 *
09. Discovering Alexandria: The Early Years / 6-8 *
10. Red Army / 6-9 BD *
11. The Dead Files [episode: From Beyond: Macon, Georgia / 6-10 *
12. Secrets of the Dead [episode: Caveman Cover-Up 6-12 *
13. Testament of Youth 6-13 *
14. Save the Titanic with Bob Ballad / 6-14 *
15. The Dead Files [episode: Afflicted: Covington, Louisiana] / 6-15 *
16. Diplomacy / 6-15 *
17. Potomac by Air: Our Nation's River / 6-15 *
18. Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000) / 6-16 *
19. Drain the Titanic / 6-17 *
20. Saint Laurent / 6-17 *
21. The Battle of the Atlantic / 1983 / 6-18 *
22. The Battered Bastards of Baseball / 6-19 *
23. Newsies (National Touring Production - National Theater) / 6-20 *
24. The Dead Files [episode: Torn Apart; Struthers, Ohio] / 6-21 *
25. Myth Hunters [episode: The Relics of Joan of Arc] / 6-22 *
26. Poldark [episode 1] / 6-23 *
27. Inside the Actor's Studio [episode: Jim Parsons] / 6-24 *
28. The Wolfpack / 6-24 *
29. Storm Surfers (3D) / 6-25 * BD
30. The Kids are Alright / 1979 / 6-26 * BD
31. Exodus God and Kings [with commentary track *] / 6-27 BD
32. Mark Ronson "Uptown Funk" with Grandmaster Flash, Mary J Blige and George Clinton - Glastonbury Music Festival [June 26, 2015] / 6-27 *
33. The Libertines "Handsome" - Glastonbury Music Festival [June 26, 2015] / 6-27 *
34. Royal Blood "Out of the Black" - Glastonbury Music Festival [June 26, 2015] / 6-27 *
35. Florence & the Machine - Glastonbury Music Festival (full 88min. set) [June 26, 2015] / 6-27 *
36. Suede - Glastonbury Music Festival (full 73min. set) [June 27, 2015] / 6-27 *
37. Super Furry Animals - Global Music Festival (fun 75min set) [June 26, 2015] / 6-28 *
38. Years & Years "Shine" - Glastonbury Music Festival [June 27, 2015] / 6-28 *
39. The Train / 6-28 * BD
40. Scripted / 6-28 *
41. Deadmau5 - Glastonbury Music Festival / 6-28 *
42. The Dead Files [episode: Perfect Storm: Delaware, Ohio[/b]] / 6-29 *
43. Ancient Aliens [episode: Mystery of Puma Punku] / 6-29 *
44. The Wrecking Crew / 6-29 * BD
45. Desiree / 6-29 * BD
46. Globe Trekker [episode: Isolated Islands: St. Helena] / 6-30 *
47. Finding Bigfoot [episode: A Squatch in the Ozarks] / 6-30 *
48. Myth Hunters [episode: Curse of Montezuma's Gold] / 6-30 *
49. Calamity Jane / 6-30 * BD
50. Apollo 13 [4K remaster *] 6-30 BD "In Memory of James Horner"


* first time watching

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My Third Historical Appreciation Challenge
*= first time watching

Possible List:
Chariots of Fire
The Buddy Holly Story
Voices of Auschwitz


June 4, 2014
1. Banksy Does New York (2014)*
2. Aquarius - Ep. 1.1 "Everybody's Been Burned"*
3. Aquarius - Ep. 1.2 "The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game"*

June 10, 2014
4. Aquarius - Ep. 1.3 "Never Say Never to Always"*

June 19, 2014
5. Sinking the Lusitania: An American Tragedy*

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05/26
(1) Salem ( 2015 ) TV weekly series concerning the Salem witches ( loosely based I might add ) in the time period of the 1600's. I have been surprised that this series has been so bloody for regular TV. 8.5/10

05/27
(2) Arrowhead (1953) Charlton Heston. Heston plays Ed Bannon chief of Scouts vs The Apaches. Good Calvary vs Indians film. 8/10

05/30
(3) Broken Arrow (1950) Jimmy Stewart. Tom Jeffords goes to see Cochise to talk of letting the mail go through first, then of peace with the Apaches. One of my favorite movies. 8/10

05/31
(4) Pork Chop Hill (1953) Gregory Peck. US soldiers plan to hold Pork Chop Hill during the Korean War. Pretty good, dark, war film. I'm glad that I bought it a few weeks ago. 8/10
(5) Platoon (1986) Charlie Sheen. Plight of a Viet Nam War volunteer soldier. Good movie for Memorial Day. 10/10

06/01
(6) The Real West- The Alamo. Documentary concerning the History and Battle of the Alamo. 7/10
(7) Western Legend and Lies-George Custer- Documentary about him and his final battles 7/10

06/02
(8) Centurion (2010) Michael Fasenbacher. A centurion Roman soldier leads survivors of an ambush lead by a suspicious guide. Good action movie. 9/10

06/05
(9) War Arrow (1953) Jeff Chandler. A Army Major tries to get Seminole Indians to help fight Kiowa Indians. A fan favorite of mine. 8/10

06/07
(10) Rio Conchos (1964). Jim Brown. A team of 2 hell raisers and 2 undercover Calvary men. Try to locate stolen rifles during the old west. 7/10
(11) Mississippi Burning (1988) Gene Hackman. A pair of FBI agents are sent to Mississippi to investigate the murder of 3 civil rights people. 9/10

06/08
(12) Mountain Men. (1980) Charlton Heston. The life of a beaver hunting mountain man in the old west. 8/10
(13) Fury (2014) Brad Pitt. A tank crew is trapped behind enemy German lines with no hope of survival. 9/10

06/11
(14) Apache Rifles. (1964) Audie Murphy. Captain Stanton takes over command for a short time,to help quiet down an Apache reservation rebellion. 7/10

06/14
(15) Fort Apache. (1948) John Wayne. A host of at the time stars litter this gem. A Colonel gets transferred out west to Fort Apache against his wishes. He proceeds to take it out on his Calvary men.
Probably my favorite John Wayne movie. 9/10
(16) The Crossing. (2000) Jeff Daniels. General Washington plans a dangerous crossing of the Delaware River to save the Revolutionary War. 8/10

06/15
(17) Geronimo An American Legend. (1993) Wes Studi. The life of Geronimo after he surrenders, the first time, to Turkey Creek. Leading up to his final surrender 9/10
(18) To Hell and Back (1955) Audie Murphy. The story of Audie Murphy. From his boyhood days to the end of his military career. 10/10

06/17
(19) Duel at Diablo. (1966) James Garner. Good western fare with the typical surroundings of Calvary vs. Indians. 8/10

06/18
(20) The 13th Warrior. (1999) Antonio Banderas. An Arab is picked as the 13th warrior to go with a group of Norsemen to help out a village that has been attacked. 8/10

06/20
(21) Legionnaire (1998) Jean Claude Van Damme. A boxer swindles a con man and flees. Finds himself joining the French Foreign Legion. Good underrated war film. 8/10
(22) Hot Shots (1991) Charlie Sheen. Sheen stars as a Navy pilot in a mission to take on Saddam Hussein. Nutty. Wanted a little break from the war movies. 6/10

06/23
(23) Napoleon's Waterloo. (2015) From the Smithsonian Channel A documentary about Napoleon and the Battle of Waterloo. 8/10

06/24
(24) High Noon. (1952) Gary Cooper. A Marshall sends a gunslinger to prison who gets paroled. Then he comes gunning for revenge. 8/10

06/26
(25) Patton (1970) George C. Scott. The famous WWII General is portrayed in this fabulous 70's era movie. I would of liked more battle scenes in it though. It's my only flaw. 8/10
(26) 300 Spartans. (1961) Richard Egan. The Battle of Thermopylae is the subject in this old time production that I have watched many times and will continue to do so for many more. Love this. It can be slow and boring at times, especially before the big fight. But it has been great for me over the years. And the dvd is well worth it. 8/10
(27) Jeremiah Johnson (1972) Robert Redford. Johnson traps hunts and survives during the 19th Century Colorado Indian wars. Saw this in the theatre when it was first released. 9/10

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The 2015 Historical Appreciation Challenge

June 1
1. Joan of Arc 1948

June 6
2. Love & Mercy

June 7
3. Amadeus Netflix Instant

June 10
4. Häxan
5. Far From the Madding Crowd 2015

June 13
6. The Great Escape

June 14
7. Aguirre, The Wrath of God

June 21
8. El Cid

June 28
9. What Happened, Miss Simone? Netflix Instant
10. Ed Wood


Checklist
Spoiler:
GENERAL
WHEN
Watch a film that takes place during five different centuries prior to the 20th Century (Note Century of setting):
XXX El Cid 1000s
XXX Joan of Arc 1400s
XXX Aguirre, The Wrath of God 1500s
XXX Amadeus 1700s
XXX Far From the Madding Crowd 1800s

WHERE
Watch 5 movies about historical events of different countries (Note Country of setting).
XXX Joan of Arc France
XXX Amadeus Austria
XXX El Cid Spain
--- Movie 4 (Country)
--- Movie 5 (Country)

WHO _/10
Watch at least five of the ten following subcategories:

FOLKLORE & FAITH
--- Film about prehistory
--- Film about the mythology of Antiquity (i.e., Greek gods, dramatization of Homeric poems, etc.)
--- Film about religious history (based on either recorded historical events or fables arising from Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, etc.)
XXX Film about a folk hero El Cid
XXX Film about either the Humanities (fine arts) or Sports figure/event Amadeus

HEY, THEY WERE THERE, TOO!: A LOOK AT MARGINALIZED PEOPLES
(Focus on prominent figures from history and/or depictions of their minority group's oppression, etc.)
--- Film about Women's History
--- Film about Race Relations
--- Film about the LGBTQ Community
--- Film about Religious Minority
--- Film about Immigrants

TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY
--- Watch at least two movies about the same person/event where each movie is from a different perspective (1/2)
--- Watch at least two movies about the same person/event where each movie is from a different perspective (2/2)

WAR _/10
Watch at least five of the following ten War subcategories:

--- Anti-War film
--- Military Comedy
XXX Prisoner of War/Escape film The Great Escape
--- Resistance Movement/Civilians film
--- Submarine film
--- War Spy
--- War film that was produced *during* that war
--- Film about war criminals
--- Film about veterans after the war (framing a "flashback" film doesn't count, so no Saving Private Ryan for this one)
--- Wartime propaganda film OR a film produced by the military

WESTERN _/10
Watch at least five of these ten Western subcategories:

--- The Union Pacific story. (The plot concerns construction of a railroad, a telegraph line, or some other type of modern technology or transportation.) Wagon train stories probably fall into this category.
--- The ranch story. (The plot concerns threats to the ranch from rustlers or large landowners attempting to force out the proper owners.)
--- The empire story. (The plot might involve building up a ranch empire or an oil empire from scratch, a classic rags-to-riches plot.)
--- The revenge story. (The plot often involves an elaborate chase and pursuit, but it may also include elements of the classic mystery story.)
--- The cavalry and Indian story. (The plot revolves around taming the wilderness for white settlers.)
--- The outlaw story. (The outlaw gangs dominate the action.)
--- The marshal story. (The lawman and his challenges drive the plot.)
--- "Export Western" - a Western not actually set in America. There have been numerous Westerns set in Australia, for instance. Samurai films could count for this, too, given the relationship between the two genres.
--- Western movie with a direct connection to a TV show, since Westerns were part of TV's golden age before the Space Generation
--- Neo-Western (i.e., a Western set in more contemporary times, to demonstrate the genre is still alive)

ZEITGEIST WILD CARDS
Because an argument can be made that some movies which fall outside the "obvious" scope of our challenge really are consistent with its spirit, you're permitted to watch and check off up to three optional movies of your choice.
--- Zeitgeist Wild Card #1
--- Zeitgeist Wild Card #2
--- Zeitgeist Wild Card #3

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In for a few more John Ford films.


Historical Appreciation Challenge Edition

5/31/15

1) Becoming John Ford (2007)

6/29/15

2) Stagecoach (1939)

6/30/15

3) She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
4) The Horse Soldiers (1959)

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Historical Appreciation Challenge

2015-06-02
1. Aquarius "Everybody's Been Burned" (May 28, 2015) NBC On Demand
2. Aquarius "The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game" (May 28, 2015) NBC On Demand
3. Aquarius "Never Say Never To Always" (May 28, 2015) NBC On Demand
Note: They advertised during this that the entire series was now on demand, of course our demand only has episodes 1, 2, 3 & 8!
2015-06-03
4. Jersey Boys (2014) HBO On Demand
2015-06-04
5. Good Kill (2014) Movies On Demand ($6.99)
2015-06-06
6. Aquarius "Home Is Where You're Happy" (May 28, 2015) NBC On Demand
7. Aquarius "A Change Is Gonna Come" (May 28, 2015) NBC On Demand
8. Aquarius "A Whiter Shade Of Pale" (May 28, 2015) NBC On Demand
9. Aquarius "Cease To Resist" (May 28, 2015) NBC On Demand
Note: The rest finally showed up.
2015-06-07
10. Aquarius "Sick City" (May 28, 2015) NBC On Demand
11. Aquarius "Why?" (May 28, 2015) NBC On Demand
12. Aquarius "It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)" (May 28, 2015) NBC On Demand
13. Aquarius "Your Mother Should Know" (May 28, 2015) NBC On Demand
14. Aquarius "(Please Let Me Love You And) It Won't Be Wrong" (May 28, 2015) NBC On Demand
15. Aquarius "Old Ego Is A Too Much Thing" (May 28, 2015) NBC On Demand
2015-06-08
16. It Happened In Athens (1962) FXM On Demand
2015-06-09
17. Aquarius "The Summer Of Love, Part 1: Meet Charlie" (May 29, 2015) YouTube
18. Aquarius "The Summer Of Love, Part 2: Sweet Sadie" (May 29, 2015) YouTube
19. Aquarius "The Summer Of Love, Part 3: Charlie Vs. Martin" (May 29, 2015) YouTube
20. Aquarius "The Summer Of Love, Part 4: Heading To LA" (May 29, 2015) YouTube
21. Manson (2009-08-09) The History Channel
2015-06-11
22. Noah (2014) Epix On Demand
2015-06-12
23. The Old Negro Space Program (2005) YouTube
2015-06-15
24. Doc Of The Dead (2014) Epix On Demand
2015-06-16
25. Pearl Harbor (2001) Encore On Demand
2015-06-18
26. The Astronaut Wives Club "Launch" (June 18, 2015) WEWS ABC-5
2015-06-20
27. A Deadly Adoption (June 20, 2015) Lifetime
2015-06-22
28. Jeanne Eagels (1957) TCM
2015-06-24
29. She (1965) TCM
2015-06-25
30. Let's Sing A Song About The Moonlight (1948) DVD
31. On Moonlight Bay (1951) DVD
2015-06-26
32. By The Light Of The Silvery Moon (1953) DVD
33. The Astronaut Wives Club "Protocol" (June 25, 2015) ABC On Demand
34. Rio Conchos (1964) Encore On Demand
2015-06-30
35. Calamity Jane (1953) DVD
36. Hugo (2011) Epix On Demand

15 = Movies
15 = Hour Long TV Episodes
6 = Shorts


Total = 36 (All First Time Views)

Favorite = Hugo

Least Favorite (and the only one I didn't really care for) = Noah

__________________
Past Historical Totals:
1st (2010) = 36 (Didn't track FTVs)
2nd (2011) = 7 (7 FTVs)
3rd (2012) = 27 (24 FTVs)
4th (2013) = 34 (29 FTVs)
5th (2014) = 3 (2 FTVs)

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My 2010 Lists - (B-Movie/Make-Your-Own/Historical/Sci-Fi/Animation/Criterion/Horror/Holiday)
My 2011 Lists - (TV On DVD/Academy Award/B-Movie/Make-Your-Own/Historical/Sci-Fi/Animation/Horror/Comedy/Holiday)
My 2012 Lists - (TV On DVD/Leap Day/Action/B-Movie/Make-Your-Own/Historical/Sci-Fi/Animation/Criterion/Horror/Comedy/Holiday)
My 2013 Lists - (TV On DVD/Academy Award/Action/B-Movie/Make-Your-Own/Historical/Sci-Fi/Animation/Horror/Comedy/Holiday)
My 2014 Lists - (TV On DVD/Academy Award/Action/B-Movie/Make-Your-Own/Historical/Sci-Fi/Animation/Horror/Comedy/Holiday)
My 2015 Lists - (TV On DVD/Academy Award/Action/B-Movie/Make-Your-Own/Historical)

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The Sixth Annual June Historical Appreciation Challenge


*= first time viewing
blue= personal BluRay
black= personal DVD
green= streaming
orange= theatrical presentation
purple= borrowed or rented BD/DVD

May 26th
1. Mad Men: 1.1, "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" (2007 / United States)
Date: 1960s / Place: New York / Event/Person: historical fiction about Manhattan advertising executives
2. Mad Men: 1.2, "Ladies Room" (2007 / United States)

May 27th
3. Mad Men: 1.3, "Marriage of Figaro" (2007 / United States)
4. Mad Men: 1.4, "New Amsterdam" (2007 / United States)
5. Mad Men: 1.5, "5G" (2007 / United States)

May 29th
6. Mad Men: 1.6, "Babylon" (2007 / United States)
7. The Flowers of St. Francis (Francesco, giullare di Dio) (Roberto Rossellini, 1950 / Italy)*
Date: 1209 - 1214 / Place: Italy / Event/Person: biography of Saint Francis of Assisi ; founding of the Franciscan Orders

May 30th
8. Mad Men: 1.7, "Red in the Face" (2007 / United States)
9. Mad Men: 1.8, "The Hobo Code" (2007 / United States)
10. Mad Men: 1.9, "Shoot" (2007 / United States)
11. Mad Men: 1.10, "Long Weekend" (2007 / United States)
12. Mad Men: 1.11, "Indian Summer" (2007 / United States)

May 31st
13. Mad Men: 1.12, "Nixon vs. Kennedy" (2007 / United States)
14. Mad Men: 1.13, "The Wheel" (2007 / United States)
15. Mad Men: 2.1, "For Those Who Think Young" (2008 / United States)
16. Mad Men: 2.2, "Flight 1" (2008 / United States)

June 1
17. Mad Men: 2.3, "The Benefactor" (2008 / United States)
18. Atari: Game Over (Zak Penn, 2014 / United States / Netflix Instant)*
Date: 1972-2014 / Place: California ; New Mexico / Event/Person: history of Atari ; excavation of Alamogordo landfill
19. Mad Men: 2.4, "Three Sundays" (2008 / United States)
20. Mad Men: 2.5, "The New Girl" (2008 / United States)

June 2nd
21. Mad Men: 2.6, "Maidenform" (2008 / United States)
22. Mad Men: 2.7, "The Gold Violin" (2008 / United States)
23. Mad Men: 2.8, "A Night to Remember" (2008 / United States)
24. Mad Men: 2.9, "Six Month Leave" (2008 / United States)

June 3rd
25. Mad Men: 2.10, "The Inheritance" (2008 / United States)
26. Mad Men: 2.11, "The Jet Set" (2008 / United States)
27. Mad Men: 2.12, "The Mountain King" (2008 / United States)
28. Mad Men: 2.13, "Meditations in an Emergency" (2008 / United States)

June 4th
29. Mad Men: 3.1, "Out of Town" (2009 / United States)
30. Mad Men: 3.2, "Love Among the Ruins" (2009 / United States)
31. Mad Men: 3.3, "My Old Kentucky Home" (2009 / United States)

June 6th
32. Sergeant York (Howard Hawkes, 1941 / United States)*
Date: 1910s / Place: Tennessee ; France / Event/Person: biography of Alvin York ; World War I
33. Foyle's War: 3.4, "A War of Nerves" (2004 / United Kingdom)*

June 7th
34. Foyle's War: 4.1, "Invasion" (2006 / United Kingdom)*

June 8th
35. Altman (Ron Mann, 2014 / United States / Netflix Instant)*
Date: 1950 - 2014 / Place: Hollywood (mostly) / Event/Person: documentary about Robert Altman
36. Reel Injun (Neil Diamond, 2009 / United States / Netflix Instant)*
Date: 1800s - 2009 / Place: United States ; Canada / Event/Person: documentary about portrayal of Native Americans in cinema

June 10th
37. Battleship Potemkin (Sergei M. Eisenstein, 1925 / Soviet Union)

June 14th
38. Mad Men: 3.4, "The Arrangements" (2009 / United States)*
39. Mad Men: 3.5, "The Fog" (2009 / United States)*

June 16th
40. Life Itself (Steve James, 2014 / United States / Netflix Instant)*
41. Foyle's War: 4.2, "Bad Blood" (2006 / United Kingdom)*

June 17th
42. Foyle's War: 4.3, "Bleak Midwinter" (2007 / United Kingdom)*

June 19th
43. Foyle's War: 4.4, "Casualties of War" (2007 / United Kingdom)*
44. Foyle's War: 5.1, "Plan of Attack" (2008 / United Kingdom)*
45. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (Seth Gordon, 2007 / United States)*

June 20th
46. Foyle's War: 5.2, "Broken Souls (2008 / United Kingdom)*
47. Foyle's War: 5.2, "All Clear" (2008 / United Kingdom)*

June 21st
48. A Night to Remember (Roy Ward Baker, 1958 / United Kingdom)

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malazar's Sixth Annual Historical Appreciation Challenge List

2014: 16

Orange=TV/DVR/On Demand - 15 Entries
Blue=blu-ray - 4 Entries
Red=Streaming - 1 Entry

*Denotes First Time Watch
20/20 Entries First Time Watches (100%)

June 1
1. 42 (Brian Helgeland, 2013)*

June 2
2. Penny Dreadful S02E05 - Above the Vaulted Sky (2015)*

June 7
3. The Sword of Doom (Kihachi Okamoto, 1966)*
4. Penny Dreadful S02E06 - Glorious Horrors (2015)*

June 12
5. Ironclad (Jonathan English, 2011)*
6. Agent Carter S01E01 - Now is Not the End (2015)*
7. Agent Carter S01E02 - Bridge and Tunnel (2015)*

June 14
8. The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (Burt Kennedy, 1969)*
9. Agent Carter S01E03 - Time and Tide (2015)*
10. The Unforgiven (John Huston, 1960)*

June 15
11. Penny Dreadful S02E07 - Little Scorpion (2015)*

June 21
12. Agent Carter S01E04 - The Blitzkrieg Button (2015)*

June 23
13. Agent Carter S01E05 - The Iron Ceiling (2015)*
14. Top Gun (Ray Nazarro, 1955)*

June 24
15. Agent Carter S01E06 - A Sin to Err (2015)*

June 27
16. Agent Carter S01E07 - Snafu (2015)*

June 28
17. Vera Cruz (Robert Aldrich, 1954)*
18. Agent Carter S01E08 - Valediction (2015)*

June 29
19. Short Peace (Hiroaki Andô, Hajime Katoki, Shûhei Morita, Katsuhiro Ôtomo, 2013)*

June 30
20. Flesh + Blood (Paul Verhoeven, 1985)*

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DOC MOONLIGHT'S 2015 HISTORICAL APPRECIATION CHALLENGE LIST



*=First Time Viewing

June 1
1. DESADE (1969) (DVD)

June 2
2. THE LEGEND OF TOM DOOLEY (1960) (DVR)

June 7
3. ONE MAN'S HERO (1998) (DVD)

June 8
4. RIVER OF NO RETURN (1955) (Blu-Ray)

June 9
5. THE LAST COMMAND (1955) (DVD-R)

June 11 In Tribute to Sir Christopher Lee (1922-2015)
6. PIRATES OF BLOOD RIVER (1962) (DVD)
7. DEVIL SHIP PIRATES (1964)

June 12
8. A MOST VIOLENT YEAR (2014) (Blu-Ray)*

June 13
9. LIFE ITSELF (2014) (Netflix Streaming)*

June 15
10. HOW I WON THE WAR (1967) (DVD-Region 4)
11. 1789: LES AMANTS DE LA BASTILE (2014) (LG 3D WORLD Streaming)*

June 20
12. MINISTRY OF FEAR (DVD)

June 24
13. THE CASTILIAN (DVR)

June 25
14. A MAN CALLED SLEDGE (DVD)* In Tribute to Laura Antonelli (1941-2015)

June 26
15. PURSUIT OF THE GRAF SPEE (DVR-MGM HD)* In Tribute to Patrick Macnee (1922-2015) and Sir Christopher Lee (1922-2015)
16. CAT BALLOU (DVR)

June 27
17. NOAH (Blu-Ray)*
18. LOVE & MERCY (Theatrical)*


Spoiler:
GENERAL
WHEN
Watch a film that takes place during five different centuries prior to the 20th Century (Note Century of setting):
-X- ONE MAN'S HERO (19th Century)
-X- PIRATES OF BLOOD RIVER (17th Century)
-X- DEVIL SHIP PIRATES (16th Century)
-X- Movie 4 THE CASTILIAN (10th Century)
-X- Movie 5 NOAH (Pre-History)

WHERE
Watch 5 movies about historical events of different countries (Note Country of setting).
-X- LEGEND OF TOM DOOLEY (US Civil War)
-X- ONE MAN'S HERO (MEXICO- War for Texas Independence)
-X- DEVIL SHIP PIRATES (England/Spain Defeat of the Spanish Armada)
-X- 1789: LES AMANTS DE LA BASTILE (France-French Revolution)
-X- THE CASTILIAN (Spain-The Battle of Simancas)

WHO _/10
Watch at least five of the ten following subcategories:

FOLKLORE & FAITH
--- Film about prehistory
--- Film about the mythology of Antiquity (i.e., Greek gods, dramatization of Homeric poems, etc.)
-x- Film about religious history NOAH
-X- Film about a folk hero ONE MAN'S HERO (John Riley)
-X- Film about either the Humanities LIFE ITSELF (Roger Ebert)

HEY, THEY WERE THERE, TOO!: A LOOK AT MARGINALIZED PEOPLES
(Focus on prominent figures from history and/or depictions of their minority group's oppression, etc.)
--- Film about Women's History
--- Film about Race Relations
--- Film about the LGBTQ Community
-X- Film about Religious Minority- ONE MAN'S HERO (Irish Catholics in America)
-X- Film about Immigrants- ONE MAN'S HERO (Irish in America)

TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY
-X- ONE MAN'S ARMY (Texas War of Independence from the Mexican perspetive)
-X- THE LAST COMMAND (Texas War of Independence from the Texas perspective)

WAR _/10
Watch at least five of the following ten War subcategories:

-X- Anti-War film HOW I WON THE WAR
-X- Military Comedy HOW I WON THE WAR
-X- Prisoner of War/Escape film PIRATES OF BLOOD RIVER
--- Resistance Movement/Civilians film
--- Submarine film
-x- War Spy MINISTRY OF FEAR
-X- War film that was produced *during* that war MINISTRY OF FEAR
--- Film about war criminals
--- Film about veterans after the war (framing a "flashback" film doesn't count, so no Saving Private Ryan for this one)
--- Wartime propaganda film OR a film produced by the military

WESTERN _/10
Watch at least five of these ten Western subcategories:

--- The Union Pacific story. (The plot concerns construction of a railroad, a telegraph line, or some other type of modern technology or transportation.) Wagon train stories probably fall into this category.
--- The ranch story. (The plot concerns threats to the ranch from rustlers or large landowners attempting to force out the proper owners.)
--- The empire story. (The plot might involve building up a ranch empire or an oil empire from scratch, a classic rags-to-riches plot.)
-X- The revenge story. CAT BALLOU
-X- The cavalry and Indian story. RIVER OF NO RETURN
-X- The outlaw story. A MAN CALLED SLEDGE
--- The marshal story. (The lawman and his challenges drive the plot.)
--- "Export Western" - a Western not actually set in America. There have been numerous Westerns set in Australia, for instance. Samurai films could count for this, too, given the relationship between the two genres.
--- Western movie with a direct connection to a TV show, since Westerns were part of TV's golden age before the Space Generation
--- Neo-Western (i.e., a Western set in more contemporary times, to demonstrate the genre is still alive)

ZEITGEIST WILD CARDS
Because an argument can be made that some movies which fall outside the "obvious" scope of our challenge really are consistent with its spirit, you're permitted to watch and check off up to three optional movies of your choice.
--- Zeitgeist Wild Card #1
--- Zeitgeist Wild Card #2
--- Zeitgeist Wild Card #3

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2015 Historical Appreciation Challenge

2010 = 37 items
2011 = 15 items
2012 = 26 items
2013 = 7 items
2014: did not participate

* = First time viewing
DVDs unless otherwise noted


May 25
01. Corregidor (1943)* (Mill Creek Combat Classics 50 Movie Pack Disk: 11)
Released by Producers Releasing Corporation. Produced by Producers Releasing Corporation.
The fall of the Philippines PRC style, focusing on the lives and loves of group of doctors and nurses. Low budget is felt in limited battle scenes but stock footage is well used. Edgar Ulmer had a hand in the story. 5/10

02. The Lady From Chungking (1942)* (Mill Creek Combat Classics 50 Movie Pack Disk: 1)
Released by Producers Releasing Corporation. Produced by Producers Releasing Corporation.
The story of resistance fighters in a Chinese village during the Japanese invasion as they rescue downed Flying Tiger pilots and attempt to thwart the plans of a brutal Japanese general. Very well done. Anna Mae Wong is especially good as the leader of the guerrillas. 7/10


May 30
03. Feud of the Range (1939)* (Mill Creek Western Collection 250 Movie Pack Disk: 4)
Released by Metropolitan Pictures. Produced by Metropolitan Pictures.
A dishonest land speculator starts a range war so he can buy land cheap to sell to the railroad. Bob Steele is a lean and competent hero and sidekick Happy (Budd Buster) is a refreshing change, crabby and effective. Some stock footage poorly used but lots of action and a good story. 6/10

04. Frontier Justice (1936)* (Mill Creek Western Collection 250 Movie Pack Disk: 4)
Released by First Division. Produced by Diversion Pictures.
It's sheep men vs. cattle ranchers when Hoot Gibson plays the son of a rancher who returns home after his father is committed to an asylum for shooting a sheep! Gibson looks like an unlikely hero and plays the fool well but the joke is usually on the bad guys. Good action and very enjoyable. 6/10

05. Frontier Scout (1938)* (Mill Creek Western Collection 250 Movie Pack Disk: 4)
Released by Grand National Pictures. Produced by Fine Arts Film Company.
After working as a scout for General Grant during the Civil War, Wild Bill Hickok (George Houston) becomes a Marshall and is sent to investigate the disappearance of thousands of head of cattle. Al St. John is good as sidekick Whiney and has a short but funny scene with Mantan Moreland. Nothing special but fun and full of action. Wild Bill did join the Union Army and may have been a spy in Confederate territory but it doesn't seem like he ever worked directly for U.S. Grant. 5/10


June 02
06. Kansas Pacific (1953)* (Mill Creek Combat Classics 50 Movie Pack Disk: 1)
Time: Shortly before the Civil War begins Plot: Build a railroad through Kansas Stars: Sterling Hayden, Barton MacLane 5/10

June 04
07. Melody Trail (1935)* (TMG Gene Autry Collection 1)
Time: Out west Plot: Rodeo, songs, a dog, gypsies, cowgirls, romance, and oh yeah, rustlers Stars: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette 4/10

June 06
08. Forbidden Trails (1941)* (Mill Creek Western Collection 250 Movie Pack Disk: 4)
Time: Old west Plot: Revenge, blackmailed ex-con, high grade ore shipment Stars: The Rough Riders: Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, Raymond Hatton 6/10

June 07
09. Planet Earth (2006) Episode 1 : From Pole to Pole* and Episode 2 : Mountains* Blu-ray
Just amazing. 9/10

June 09
10. Oklahoma Blues (1948)* (WB Archive Monogram Cowboy Collection Vol. 1)
Time: Old west Plot: Singing cowboy mistaken for villain, outlaw gang land grab Stars: Jimmy Wakely, 'Cannonball' Taylor, Virginia Belmont (sultry) 5/10

June 11
11. Outlaw Gold (1950)* (WB Archive Monogram Cowboy Collection Vol. 1)
Time: Old west Plot: Rangers search for stolen gold Stars: Johnny Mack Brown 4.5/10

June 13
12. King of the Cowboys (1943)* (Mill Creek Western Collection 250 Movie Pack Disk: 5)
Time: Out west Plot: Saboteurs use a traveling show as cover Stars: Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette 6/10
13. 'Neath the Arizona Skies (1934)* (Mill Creek Western Collection 250 Movie Pack Disk: 6)
Time: Old west Plot: Outlaws try to steal a child's inheretance Stars: John Wayne, George Hayes, Yakima Canutt 5/10
14. The Renegade Ranger (1938)* (WB Archive Tim Holt Western Classics Collection Vol. 1)
Time: Old west Plot: Texas Rangers and a female Robin Hood take on a crooked tax collector who is collecting ranches Stars: George O'Brien, Tim Holt, Rita Hayworth 7/10

June 14
15. Planet Earth (2006) Episode 3 : Fresh Water* and Episode 4 : Caves* Blu-ray
Caves is my favorite episode so far. 10/10

June 15
16. The Naked Hills (1956)* (Mill Creek Western Collection 250 Movie Pack Disk: 6)
Time: 1848 - 1878ish Plot: During the Gold Rush a man becomes obsessed with striking it rich but is finally cured by the love of a good woman Stars: David Wayne, Keenan Wynn, Jim Backus 4.5/10

June 16
17. Man From Texas (1948)* (Mill Creek Western Collection 250 Movie Pack Disk: 6)
Time: Old west Plot: An outlaw tries to go straight for his family but finds out he has to rob a stage now and then to make ends meet, lighthearted Stars: James Craig, Lynn Bari, Johnny johnston 5/10

June 18
18. Partners of the Sunset (1948)* (WB Archive Monogram Cowboy Collection Vol. 1)
Time: Old west Plot: A gold digger marries a wealthy rancher and frames the rancher's son for the murder of his father. Stars: Jimmy Wakely, 'Cannonball' Taylor , Christine Larson 5.5/10

June 19
19. The Big Show (1936)* (TMG Gene Autry Collection 1)
Time: Out west Plot: To help a friend, Autry takes the place of a look-a-like actor and gets into a little bit of trouble Stars: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette 6/10 as a musical comedy 4/10 as an action packed western

June 20
20. Man From Sonora (1951)* (WB Archive Monogram Cowboy Collection Vol. 1)
Time: Old west Plot: An outlaw gang, run by a prominent citizen, steals Johnny's horse and pays the price. Good cast. Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Lyle Talbot, Phyllis Coates 5.5/10
21. Mystery Ranch (1934)* (Mill Creek Western Collection 250 Movie Pack Disk: 6)
Time: Out west Plot: An eastern writer of western stories is invited to a ranch to see how things really are in the wild west, fun action comedy Stars: Tom Tyler 5/10
22. Yellowneck (1955)* (Mill Creek War Classics 50 Movie Pack Disk: 2)
Time: Florida 1863 Plot: Five Confederate deserters try to cross to Everglades in order to get to the coast and find a ship to Cuba Stars: Lin McCarthy 5/10

June 22
23. In Search of ... (1977) Ep. 1: Other Voices* Ep. 2: Strange Visitors* Ep. 3: Ancient Aviators* Ep. 4: The Bermuda Triangle*
Covering whether plants can communicate, pre-Columbian explorers of North America, giant figures in Peru and examples of missing ships and planes in the Bermuda Triangle

June 24
24. In Search of ... (1977) Ep. 5: Bigfoot* Ep. 6: Killer Bees* Ep. 7: Earthquakes* Ep. 8: The Mummy's Curse*
Covering bigfoot sightings, the origin of killer bees, what causes earthquakes and whether they can be predicted and the history of King Tut's curse

June 25
25. High Lonesome (1950)* (Mill Creek Western Collection 250 Movie Pack Disk: 5)
Time: Old west Plot: A drifter gets involved with a decades old grudge started by a range war Stars: John Barrymore Jr., Chill Wills, John Archer 6/10

June 27
26. Git Along Little Doggie (1937)* (Mill Creek Western Collection 250 Movie Pack Disk: 5)
Time: Out west Plot: Gene exposes a crooked oil well owner out to swindle the town, song dense but with solid Republic action Stars: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette 5/10

June 28
27. Cavalry Scout (1951)* (WB Archive Monogram Cowboy Collection Vol. 1)
Time: 1876 Plot: A civilian cavalry scout tracks down two Gatling guns stolen from an armory Stars: Rod Cameron, Jim Davis, James Arness 5.5/10
28. The Law West of Tombstone (1938)* (WB Archive Tim Holt Western Classics Collection Vol. 1)
Time: 1881 Plot: A big time liar talks his way into becoming mayor and judge of a western town but then has to face clever outlaws and the coming of formal elections. Broad humor Stars: Harry Carey, Tim Holt, Evelyn Brent 4.5/10

June 29
29. Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)* (Theatrical version) Blu-ray
Time: 1941 Plot:The attack and the events leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor Stars: Too many big names to list 7.5/10

June 30
30. Day of Infamy (2001)* (20 Min.) and History vs. Hollywood - Tora! Tora! Tora!: A Giant Awakes (2001)* (90 min.)
Two documentaries from Tora! Tora! Tora! disc. The first is a brief historical overview. The second is an extensive history of how the movie was made and an evaluation of the film's historical accuracy. It gets high marks with most issues being omissions rather than inaccuracies in the story.

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Legend:
Spoiler:
Formats: Blu-Ray (1) | DVD (2) | HDDVD (2) | Theater (1) | TV (0) | Netflix (1) | shomi (0) | Snag (1) | Other (i.e. iTunes, Digital Download, etc.) (0)

- First Time Viewing (feature length) (5)
- First Time Viewing (non-feature length) (0)
* - First Home Viewing (0)
* - First Time Using Owned Media (2)

All titles American unless otherwise indicated...
- UK (2)
- Latvia (1)
- Estonia (1)


Watched With: μ - M (4) | τ - N (0) | δ - D (0) (~ indicates only a partial viewing by other viewers)

Bold titles are feature length

Underlined titles indicate coming off the unwatched pile must have been purchased more than 1 month prior to challenge (3)

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Total Eligible Titles: 8 First Time Views: 5

Blu-ray: 1 DVD: 2 HD-DVD: 2 Theater: 1 TV: 0
Streamed: Netflix: 1 Snag: 1
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June 01:
01. The Fifth Estate (2013) μ
02. Atari: Game Over (2014) μ

June 02:
03. Life on Mars (UK) S01E01 (2006) * μ UK Detective Inspector Sam Neil gets hit by a car in 2006, passes out, and wakes up in 1973. Now he has to deal with barbaric police work (not to mention wide collars) in the past.

June 04:
04. Life on Mars (UK) S01E02 (2006) * μ

June 16:
05. Can't Stand Losing You: Surviving The Police (2012)

June 21:
06. World Trade Center (2006)
07. World Trade Center (with commentary) (2006) Commentary by real-life survivor Will Jimeno and rescuers Scott Strauss, John Busching and Paddy McGee

June 22:
08. Nazis and Blondes (2008) IMDB says 84min. but the cut I saw on Snag was only 58 min.




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2015 Historical Appreciation Challenge

Blu-Ray
Streaming
Theater
DVD

May 30
1. The Untouchables

June 3
2. The Homesman*
3. Temple Grandin*


June 4
4. Turn: Washington's Spies - S1:E2/3 (Who By Fire / Of Cabbages and Kings)*
5. The Outlaw Josey Wales


June 5
6. Young Mr. Lincoln*

June 6
7. Blackthorn*
8. Turn: Washington's Spies - S1:E4/5 (Eternity How Long / Epiphany)*
9. Slow West*


June 7
10. Turn: Washington's Spies - S1:E6/7 (Mr. Culpepper / Mercy Moment Murder Measure)*

June 8
11. Turn: Washington's Spies - S1:E8/9 (Challenge / Against Thy Neighbor)*
12. Turn: Washington's Spies - S1:E10 (The Battle of Setauket)*

June 9
13. Halt and Catch Fire - S1:E1/2 (I/O / FUD)*
14. Halt and Catch Fire - S1:E3/4 (High Plains Hardware / Close to the Metal)*

June 10
15. Halt and Catch Fire - S1:E5/6 (Adventure / Landfall)*

June 11
16. Halt and Catch Fire - S1: E7/8 (Giant / The 214s)*
17. Halt and Catch Fire - S1: E9/10 (Up Helly Aa / 1984)*
18. Ripper Street - S2: E1/2 (Pure as the Driven / Am I Not Monstrous?)*

June 13
19. Love and Mercy*
20. Aquarius - S1: E1/2 (Everybody's Been Burned / The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game)*

June 14
21. Aquarius - S1: E3/4 (Never Say Never to Always / Home is Where You're Happy)*

June 15
22. Aquarius - S1: E5/6 (A Change is Gonna Come / A Whiter Shade of Pale)*

June 16
23. Aquarius - S1: E7/8 (Cease to Resist / Sick City)*
24. Aquarius - S1: E9/10 (Why? / It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)*
25. Aquarius - Season 1: E11/12 (Your Mother Should Know / (Please Let Me Love You And) It Won't Be Wrong)*
26. Aquarius - Season 1:E13 (Old Ego Is a Too Much Thing)*

June 17
27. The Train*

June 18
28. Ripper Street - Season 2: E3/4 (Become Man / Dynamite and a Woman)*

June 20
29. Ripper Street - Season 2: E5/6 (Threads of Silk and Gold / A Stronger Loving World)*

June 24
30. Ripper Street - Season 2: E7/8 (Our Betrayal: Pt 1& 2)*

June 25
31. Yojimbo
32. A Fistful of Dollars

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Streaming
VOD

1. The Monuments Men (2014)
2. Turn: Washington's Spies - Thoughts of a Free Man (2015)
3. Turn: Washington's Spies - Hard Boiled (2015)
4. Turn: Washington's Spies - False Flag (2015)
5. Turn: Washington's Spies - Men of Blood (2015)
6. Turn: Washington's Spies - Sealed Fate (2015)
7. Turn: Washington's Spies - Houses Divided (2015)
8. The Butler (2013)
9. Turn: Washington's Spies - Valley Forge (2015)
10. Turn: Washington's Spies - Providence (2015)
11. Turn: Washington's Spies - The Prodigal (2015)
12. The African Queen (1951)
13. Remember the Titans (2000)
14. The Roosevelts: An Intimate History - Get Action (2014)
15. The Roosevelts: An Intimate History - In the Arena (2014)
16. Halt and Catch Fire - SETI (2015)
17. Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
18. Aquarius - Everybody's Been Burned (2015)
19. Aquarius - The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game (2015)
20. Aquarius - Never Say Never to Always (2015)
21. Aquarius - Home is Where You're Happy (2015)
22. Aquarius - A Change is Gonna Come (2015)
23. The Roosevelts: An Intimate History - The Fire of Life (2014)
24. Aquarius - A Whiter Shade of Pale (2015)
25. Halt and Catch Fire - New Coke (2015)
26. Secretariat (2010)
27. Turn: Washington's Spies - Gunpowder, Treason and Plot (2015)
28. Fruitvale Station (2013)
29. Aquarius - Cease to Resist (2015)
30. Aquarius - Sick City (2015)
31. Aquarius - Why? (2015)
32. The Roosevelts: An Intimate History - The Storm (2014)
33. The Roosevelts: An Intimate History - The Rising Road (2014)
34. The Roosevelts: An Intimate History - The Common Cause (2014)
35. The Roosevelts: An Intimate History - A Strong and Active Faith (2014)
36. Magic in the Moonlight (2014)
37. The Winds of War - The Winds Rise (1983)
38. The Winds of War - The Storm Breaks (1983)
39. The Winds of War - Cataclysm (1983)
40. Halt and Catch Fire - The Way In (2015)
41. The Astronaut Wives Club - Launch (2015)
42. The Winds of War - Defiance (1983)
43. The Winds of War - Of Love and War (1983)
44. The Winds of War - The Changing of the Guard (1983)
45. The Winds of War - Into the Maelstrom (1983)
46. Aquarius - It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (2015)
47. Aquarius - Your Mother Should Know (2015)
48. Halt and Catch Fire - Play with Friends (2015)
49. Ed Wood (1994)
50. Aquarius - (Please Let Me Love You And) It Won't Be Wrong (2015)
51. Aquarius - Old Ego Is a Too Much Thing (2015)
52. Jersey Boys (2014)
53. The Caine Mutiny (1954)
54. The Astronaut Wives Club - Protocol (2015)
55. Fury (2014)
56. Deutschland 83 - Quantum Jump (2015)
57. Deutschland 83 - Brave Guy (2015)
58. Halt and Catch Fire - Infiltrator (2015)

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Complete. 18 total.

May 25:

1: The Buster Keaton Story * EpixHD on Roku. Biopic on Buster Keaton starring Donald O'Conner. He's a good actor but this film really was about the least accurate biopic I've ever seen outside of Tony Curtis as Houdini.
2: Fall of Japan in color * Smithsonian Channel.

May 26:

3: Lon Chaney: Behind the Mask * EpixHD on Roku. Documentary on actor Lon Chaney
4: Draft Day * HBO on Demand Sports film

May 27:

5: Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl. * EpixHD on Roku. Documentary about 1920s actress Clara Bow

6: Nightmare Factory * EpixHD on Roku. Documentary on KNB Effects.

May 31:

7: TURN: Washington's Spies. Pilot.*
8: TURN: S1E2,3*
9: TURN: S1E4*
9.5: Halt and Catch Fire S2E1

June 1:

10: Aquarius S1E1,2

June 6:

11: Agatha Christie's Poirot S10E1

June 7:

12: The Aviator

June 11:

13: Turn

14: Casablanca

June 13:

15: Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)

June 14:

16: Get on Up

June 16:

17: Bessie

June 17:

18: Britain's Bloodiest Dynasty

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Title in BLACK = My own personal DVD collection.
Title in RED = Seen online.
Title in BLUE = Blu-Ray rental.
Title in Purple = Seen on regular TV

June 1
1. Bonnie & Clyde
(2013) Part 1 History Channel mini-series based on the notorious bank-robbing duo.
2. Bonnie & Clyde (2013) Part 2

June 2
3. Killing Kennedy
(2013) National Geographic Channel movie based on the book of the same name detailing the events of both Lee Harvey Oswald as well as JFK's up to their respective assassinations.

June 3
4. The White Queen
(2013) Episodes: In love with the king / The price of power 10 episode mini-series about England's Queen Elizabeth I and her rise and fall from the throne.

June 4
5. The White Queen
(2013) Episodes: The storm / The bad queen

June 5
6. The Other Side of the Mountain
(1975) True story about a skier named Jill Kinmont with Olympic dreams who has a terrible accident that leaves her paralysed.

June 6
7. Julius Caesar
(2002) The rise of Caesar from the Roman Senate to his conquests and expansion of the Roman Empire up to his assassination at the hands of Brutus and Cassius along with conspirators in the Senate.

June 7
8. The White Queen
(2013) Episodes: War at first hand / Love and death

June 8
9. The White Queen
(2013) Episodes: Poison and Malmsey Wine / The King Is Dead

June 9
10. The White Queen
(2013) Episodes: The Princes in the Tower / The Final Battle

June 10
11. The Bible
(2013) Episodes: Homeland / Kingdom

June 11
12. True Grit
(2010) The Jeff Bridges version.

June 12
13. True Grit
(1969) The original John Wayne version.

June 13
14. Wonderland
(2003) True life crime tale of a multiple murder in the California drug scene in which porn star John Holmes was involved. Val Kilmer stars as Holmes in this tale that truly is stranger than fiction.

June 14
15. Big Eyes
(2014) The story of artist Margaret Keane who's melancholy paintings of big-eyed children were usurped by her husband who took credit for them. Director Tim Burton for once leaves Johnny Depp behind and casts Amy Adams and Christoph Waltz (in a fantastic performance) to tell this biographical story. Highly recommended.

June 15
16. Fury
(2014) Gripping WW II movie about a tank crew in the middle of Nazi Germany.

Spoiler:
GENERAL
WHEN
Watch a film that takes place during five different centuries prior to the 20th Century (Note Century of setting):
-X- The White Queen (15th century)
-X- Julius Caesar (1st century BC)

--- Movie 3 (Century)
--- Movie 4 (Century)
--- Movie 5 (Century)

WHERE
Watch 5 movies about historical events of different countries (Note Country of setting).
-X- Killing Kennedy (USA) The assassination of President Kennedy
-X- The White Queen (England) The War of the Roses

--- Movie 3 (Country)
--- Movie 4 (Country)
--- Movie 5 (Country)

WHO _/10
Watch at least five of the ten following subcategories:

FOLKLORE & FAITH
--- Film about prehistory
--- Film about the mythology of Antiquity (i.e., Greek gods, dramatization of Homeric poems, etc.)
-X- Film about religious history (based on either recorded historical events or fables arising from Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, etc.) - The Bible (2 episodes)
--- Film about a folk hero
--- Film about either the Humanities (fine arts) or Sports figure/event

HEY, THEY WERE THERE, TOO!: A LOOK AT MARGINALIZED PEOPLES
(Focus on prominent figures from history and/or depictions of their minority group's oppression, etc.)
-X- Film about Women's History - The White Queen
--- Film about Race Relations
--- Film about the LGBTQ Community
--- Film about Religious Minority
--- Film about Immigrants

TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY
--- Watch at least two movies about the same person/event where each movie is from a different perspective (1/2)
--- Watch at least two movies about the same person/event where each movie is from a different perspective (2/2)

WAR _/10
Watch at least five of the following ten War subcategories:

--- Anti-War film
--- Military Comedy
--- Prisoner of War/Escape film
--- Resistance Movement/Civilians film
--- Submarine film
--- War Spy
--- War film that was produced *during* that war
--- Film about war criminals
--- Film about veterans after the war (framing a "flashback" film doesn't count, so no Saving Private Ryan for this one)
--- Wartime propaganda film OR a film produced by the military

WESTERN _/10
Watch at least five of these ten Western subcategories:

--- The Union Pacific story. (The plot concerns construction of a railroad, a telegraph line, or some other type of modern technology or transportation.) Wagon train stories probably fall into this category.
--- The ranch story. (The plot concerns threats to the ranch from rustlers or large landowners attempting to force out the proper owners.)
--- The empire story. (The plot might involve building up a ranch empire or an oil empire from scratch, a classic rags-to-riches plot.)
-X- The revenge story. (The plot often involves an elaborate chase and pursuit, but it may also include elements of the classic mystery story.) - True Grit
--- The cavalry and Indian story. (The plot revolves around taming the wilderness for white settlers.)
--- The outlaw story. (The outlaw gangs dominate the action.)
--- The marshal story. (The lawman and his challenges drive the plot.)
--- "Export Western" - a Western not actually set in America. There have been numerous Westerns set in Australia, for instance. Samurai films could count for this, too, given the relationship between the two genres.
--- Western movie with a direct connection to a TV show, since Westerns were part of TV's golden age before the Space Generation
--- Neo-Western (i.e., a Western set in more contemporary times, to demonstrate the genre is still alive)

ZEITGEIST WILD CARDS-X- Zeitgeist Wild Card #1 Bonnie & Clyde
-X- Zeitgeist Wild Card #2 The Other Side of the Mountain
-X- Zeitgeist Wild Card #3 Wonderland

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History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.
Ambrose Bierce

1. Alone Across the Pacific (1963) * 97 min.
2. Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries: King Memses' Curse (2012) * 53 min.
3. Kansas Raiders (1950) * 80 min.
4. Fanfan la Tulipe (1952) * 100 min.
5. Murdoch Mysteries: Future Imperfect (2010) * 48 min.
6. Rien Que les Heures (1926) * 46 min.
7. Far from the Madding Crowd (2015) * 119 min.
8. Regen (1929) * 14 min.
9. Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries: Murder Most Scandalous (2013) * 57 min.
10. The Rustlers of Red Dog: Hostile Redskins! (1935) * 26 min.
11. The Rustlers of Red Dog: Flaming Arrows! (1935) * 17 min.
12. The Rustlers of Red Dog: Thundering Hoofs! (1935) * 20 min.
13. The Rustlers of Red Dog: Attack at Dawn! (1935) * 20 min.
14. The Rustlers of Red Dog: Buried Alive! (1935) * 18 min.
15. The Rustlers of Red Dog: Flames of Vengeance! (1935) * 19 min.
16. The Rustlers of Red Dog: Into the Depths! (1935) * 18 min.
17. Murdoch Mysteries: Love and Human Remains (2010) * 48 min.
18. The Rustlers of Red Dog: Paths of Peril (1935) * 18 min.
19. The Rustlers of Red Dog: The Snake Strikes! (1935) * 19 min.
20. Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries: Death Comes Knocking (2013) * 57 min.
21. Over Silent Paths (1910) * 16 min.
22. A Brief History of Time (1991) * 84 min.
23. The Theory of Everything (2014) * 123 min.
24. The Rustlers of Red Dog: Riding Wild! (1935) * 18 min.
25. The Rustlers of Red Dog: The Rustlers Clash! (1935) * 19 min.
26. The Rustlers of Red Dog: Law and Order! (1935) * 18 min.
27. Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries: Dead Man's Chest (2013) * 56 min.
28. Flaming Frontiers: The River Runs Red (1938) * 21 min.
29. Flaming Frontiers: Death Rides the Wind (1938) * 21 min.
30. Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries: Deadweight (2013) * 58 min.
31. Tarnation (2003) * 91 min.
32. Mr. Turner (2014) * 150 min.
33. The Round Up (2010) * 125 min.
34. Gunsmoke: Smoking Out the Nolans (1955) * 26 min.
35. New Land (1994) * 107 min.
36. Flaming Frontiers: Treachery at Eagle Pass (1938) * 19 min.
37. Gunsmoke: Kite's Reward (1955) * 26 min.
38. Murdoch Mysteries: The Curse of Beaton Manor (2010) * 48 min.
39. An Age of Kings: Richard II Part 1: The Hollow Crown (1960) * 60 min.
40. Murdoch Mysteries: Hangman (2010) * 48 min.
41. Ride Lonesome (1959) * 73 min.
42. Flaming Frontiers: A Night of Terror (1938) * 18 min.
43. Murdoch Mysteries: In the Altogether (2010) * 48 min.
44. Murdoch Mysteries:The Tesla Effect (2010) * 48 min.
45. An Age of Kings: Richard II Part 2: The Deposing of a King (1960) * 58 min.
46. Roger & Me (1989) * 91 min.
47. An Age of Kings: Henry IV Part 1: Rebellion from the North (1960) * 78 min.
48. Home of the Brave (1949) * 86 min.
49. Gunsmoke: The Hunter (1955) * 26 min.
50. An Age of Kings: Henry IV Part 2: The Road to Shrewsbury (1960) * 71 min.
51. Gunsmoke: The Queue (1955) * 26 min.
52. Comanche Station (1960) * 73 min.
53. An Age of Kings: Henry IV Part 3: The New Conspiracy (1960) * 59 min.
54. An Age of Kings: Henry IV Part 4: Uneasy Lies the Head (1960) * 75 min.
55. Fear and Desire (1953) * 61 min.
56. The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes: A Message from the Deep Sea (1971) * 49 min.
57. Ramona (1910) * 17 min.
58. Flaming Frontiers: Blood and Gold (1938) * 21 min.
59. Flaming Frontiers: Trapped by Fire (1938) * 21 min.
60. Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries: Murder à la Mode (2013) * 57 min.
61. An Age of Kings: Henry V Part 1: Signs of War (1960) * 61 min.
62. 1776 (1972) 165 min.
63. Flaming Frontiers: The Human Target (1938) * 21 min.
64. Murdoch Mysteries: Tattered and Torn (2011) * 48 min.
65. An Age of Kings: Henry V Part 2: The Band of Brothers (1960) * 58 min.
66. An Age of Kings: Henry VI Part 1: The Red Rose and the White (1960) * 59 min.
67 Murdoch Mysteries: Kommando (2011) * 48 min.
68. Flaming Frontiers: The Savage Horde (1938) * 17 min.
69. Flaming Frontiers: Toll of the Torrent (1938) * 20 min.
70. An Age of Kings: Henry VI Part 2: The Fall of a Protector (1960) * 60 min.
71. Flaming Frontiers: In the Claws of the Cougar (1938) * 19 min.
72. Murdoch Mysteries: Buffalo Shuffle (2011) * 48 min.
73. An Age of Kings: Henry VI Part 3: The Rabble from Kent (1960) * 58 min.
74. Flaming Frontiers: The Half Breed's Revenge (1938) * 19 min.
75. An Age of Kings: Henry VI Part 4: The Morning's War (1960) * 60 min.
76. An Age of Kings: Henry VI Part 5: The Sun in Splendour (1960) * 57 min.
77. Flaming Frontiers: The Indians Are Coming (1938) * 19 min
78. Flaming Frontiers: The Fatal Plunge (1938) * 20 min.
79. Flaming Frontiers: Dynamite (1938) * 20 min.
80. Flaming Frontiers: A Duel to Death (1938) * 18 min.
81. An Age of Kings: Richard III Part 1: The Dangerous Brother (1960) * 59 min.
82. An Age of Kings: Richard III Part 2: The Boar Hunt (1960) * 75 min.



* First time viewing.

Stats:
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Japan 1 Australia 6 US 41 France 3
Canada 9 UK 20 Netherlands 1 Israel 1

1910s 2 1920s 2 1930s 27 1940s 1 1950s 8 1960s 17 1970s 2 1980s 1 1990s 2 2000s 1 2010s 19

First time viewings: 81/82

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