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April 11, 2008 - Dream On (Broadway Melody of 1929)

May 13, 2008 - Movie Roundup (All Quiet on the Western Front and Cimarron)

June 10, 2008 - Hotel Mutiny (Grand Hotel and Mutiny on the Bounty)

June 19, 2008 - Not-So-Great Ziegfeld (The Great Ziegfeld)

July 2, 2008 - It's a Tedious Life (Life of Emile Zola)

July 10, 2008 - Hold Fast to Dreams (You Can't Take It With You)

July 16, 2008 - Haunted Love (Rebecca)

July 23, 2008 - Memory's Golden Glow (How Green Was My Valley)

July 31, 2008 - A Rose Amid Thorns (Mrs. Miniver)

August 21, 2008 - The Charm of Music (Casablanca and Going My Way)

August 27, 2008 - Drinking Dangers (The Lost Weekend)

September 3, 2008 - Life on the Homefront (The Best Years of Our Lives)

September 11, 2008 - No Longer Silent (Gentleman's Agreement)

September 18, 2008 - Mad as the Wind (Hamlet)

October 1, 2008 - Eternal Passion (From Here to Eternity)

October 15, 2008 - Breaking Eggs (All the King's Men)

October 23, 2008 - 'S Wonderful (All About Eve and American in Paris)

October 30, 2008 - The Show Must Go On (Cecil B. DeMille's The Greatest Show on Earth)

November 6, 2008 - Small Triumphs (On the Waterfront and Marty)

November 13, 2008 - Long Voyage (Around the World in 80 Days)

December 11, 2008 - The Madness of War (The Bridge on the River Kwai)

January 7, 2009 - End of an Era (Gigi)

January 16, 2009 - That Chariot Race Movie
(Ben-Hur)

January 27, 2009 - A Big Film, Impact-Wise (The Apartment)

February 20, 2009 - Shakespeare's Cousin (West Side Story)

March 10, 2009 - Desert Saga (Lawrence of Arabia)

March 13, 2009 - Wanton Voyage (Tom Jones)

March 20, 2009 - A Loverly Musical (My Fair Lady)

March 25, 2009 - An Inside View of History (A Man for All Seasons)

April 10, 2009 - Joy, Pain, Sunshine and Rain (The Sound of Music)

April 17, 2009 - Call Him Mister Tibbs (In the Heat of the Night)

April 28, 2009 - More Than a Musical (Oliver!)

May 11, 2009 - Nighthawks (Midnight Cowboy)

May 26, 2009 - Old Blood and Guts (Patton)

June 5, 2009 - Law & Disorder (The French Connection)

June 11, 2009 - A Movie You Can't Refuse (The Godfather)

July 1, 2009 - The Entertainers (The Sting)

August 12, 2009 - Rising Son (The Godfather Part II)

August 19, 2009 - Caged Birds (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)

August 28, 2009 - Flying High (Rocky)

September 2, 2009 - Cure for Anhedonia (Annie Hall)

September 11, 2009 - One Bullet (The Deer Hunter)

September 17, 2009 - Civil Court (Kramer vs. Kramer)

September 25, 2009 - Extraordinary Loss (Ordinary People)

October 2, 2009 - Moving Music (Chariots of Fire)

October 16, 2009 - The Power of Peace (Gandhi)

October 28, 2009 - Mom Movie (Terms of Endearment)

November 6, 2009 - Master Plan (Amadeus)

November 18, 2009 - African Duchess (Out of Africa)

December 5, 2009 - End of Innocence (Platoon)

December 18, 2009 - Absolute Change (The Last Emperor)

January 8, 2010 - Road Brothers (Rain Man)

 

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