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70. INTERSTELLAR (2014)

Saw this once before and was kind of “meh” on it. Saw it again and liked it. Quite a lot. Yeah, the dialogue kind of bad, but its spirit is so earnest and ultimately positive, its actors so committed, the visuals so dazzling and imaginative that I can pretend some of those speeches about love and stuff never happened. Good stuff. Real go
Verdict: It overcomes.

71. MYSTERIOUS ISLAND (1961)

I remember watching this movie on TV when I was in the hospital having my tonsils out. Thank you to the makers, and especially you, Ray Harryhausen, for distracting and comforting me at what was a very scary time for a 5 year-old. Re-watching it, yeah, it’s a great kiddie flick. Lots of fun.
Verdict: Deserves to be far more loved than it is.

72. HENRY V (1989)

A wonderfully vital, entertaining, and powerful version of the Shakespeare play. Branagh was something of a wunderkind at the time and, at least as far as I’ve seen, it’s still his best work. That’s no knock on his subsequent career, which has been pretty stellar. But this film set a standard that anyone would be hard-pressed to top. His reading of the St. Crispin’s day speech (above) is thrilling.
Verdict: If you cut out the cringe-y “wooing the princess” scene at the end, this is a masterpiece. Unfortunately, that scene is there. It was not needed. At all.