I enjoyed celebrating the centennials of important people to film, a project that led to my award-winning fifth book, A Hundred in 2016, so much that I knew I had to continue in 2017. I'm enjoying this series, so I'm back for the 2020 edition, year five for me. Let's see if I can write more than last year.
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So, here's 2020 Centennials.
Each review here was posted on what would have been (or in some instances actually was) the one hundredth birthday of someone important to the film industry. The aim is to remember them with an interesting film from their career that, in the process, allows me to explore another aspect of history, whether to cinema, something wider or both.
Some of these people are famous, household names that we grew up watching. Some aren't. And some used to be, but a hundred years is a long time and things change. All, however, are important.
These carefully curated films vary by era, genre and nationality and, together, help to enrich my knowledge and maybe yours too. I'll collate these reviews into a new book, A Hundred in 2020, to be released at the beginning of 2021. Hopefully.
Rating System
1 - Abysmal | 2 - Bad | 3 - Poor | 4 - OK | 5 - Good | 6 - Excellent | 7 - Classic
| Latest Review (16 May 2020) | |||||
| Title | Year | H | D | Director(s) | IMDb |
| Hell is Empty | 1967 | 4 | 4 | John Ainsworth | IMDb |
| All 2020 Centennial Reviews | |||||
| Title | Year | H | D | Director(s) | IMDb |
| The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery | 1975 | 4 | 3 | Dean Hargrove | IMDb |
| Vicki | 1953 | 6 | 5 | Harry Horner | IMDb |
| Buck Rogers | 1939 | 3 | 3 | Ford Beebe & Saul A. Goodkind | IMDb |
| Gunfight at Comanche Creek | 1963 | 5 | 5 | Frank McDonald | IMDb |
| Nights of Cabiria | 1957 | 7 | 7 | Federico Fellini | IMDb |
| Sorcerer | 1977 | 6 | 6 | William Friedkin | IMDb |
| Hell is Empty | 1967 | 4 | 4 | John Ainsworth | IMDb |
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