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I had a delay in getting some of these because I screwed up my Netflix list and they sent some movies out of order (I had 42 before I had 49). I could have written and saved their reviews, but didn't wanna. I'm trying to watch them in order as much as possible. I also was bust marathoning The X-Files because...I have the discs mostly. So that was fun. Anyway, here's 49-42, not and I should be able to get back on track by sticking 41 & 40 onto 39-35.

49. Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916) - Another silent movie that I just couldn't hack. I made it 20 minutes. This was a silent, silent movie: as in bad organ music and copious captions. If a story has been introduced in the first 20 minutes maybe I could have watched it, but instead of a story the movie starts jumping back in time to watch a pharisee pray and then something about a queen and...what? Yawn yawn yawn. Zero. Also, does anyone find it just hilarious that D.W. Griffith, he of Birth of a Nation fame made a movie called Intolerance? I was half expecting it to be a how-to guide.

48. Rear Window (1954) - My single favourite Hitch flick, and easily one of my top 5 movies of all time. The decision to film 98% of the movie either in or from L.B. Jeffries (Jimmy Stewart) apartment is the clincher. It's claustrophobic and gets the feeling of voyeurism (and then, once [reading from top to bottom] Lisa Carol Fremont finds herself in trouble the viewer feels as helpless and anxious as Jeff. Five stars.

47. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) - Another movie I never actually sat down and watched and am now happy I have. Five star performances all around, and of course Tennessee Williams as a jumping off point.

46. It Happened One Night (1934) - One of the first "classic" movies I ever watched when I decided there had to be more than the summer blockbusters & such and started to explore out in the history of film. Which is a good thing, because the amazingness of this movie (which none of the stars wanted to make because they thought it would fail) encouraged me to explore more. Made in 1934 and still one of the funniest & most romantic movies ever.

45. Shane (1953) - I'm finding out about myself that I guess I just don't dig on non-spaghetti westerns. Shane, however, was a decent little flick. It shows some age by having people just fall into their place and not develop characters so much as would be required now (especially the kid, the kid falls head over heels in man-crush in about 20 seconds), but the story is engaging enough. Three stars because I actually found myself upset when my scratched Netflix disc froze and I had to skip to the next "chapter".

44. The Philadelphia Story (1940) - Ever watch a movie, love it, but not catch the name so you could never watch it again? This is a case of that. I once saw a movie on TCM starring Katherine Hepburn, Clark Gable, and Jimmy Stewart, watched it and laughed my ass off, but missed the title. This movie is hilarious. Fast and witty, if you don't mind that it's also dated. Four stars.

43. Midnight Cowboy (1969) - Not the firs time I've seen Midnight Cowboy, but the first time both in a long time and that I've seen it all the way through. It's classed drama, but so much of it is funny that comedy should be printed on the box too. The kind of movie I forget about, despite it being four star watching.

42. Bonnie and Clyde (1967) - A stripped down & simplified, oft goofy, yet just as often gory, retelling of the story of Bonnie & Clyde. This was purposely a schizophrenic flick. Kinda weird. It switches from goofy hilarity to gory and serious (best example: when Clyde kills his first person). I don't entirely love the characterizations, but they mostly worked. Three stars. It kinda reminded me of Natural Born Killers (made in the 60s), actually.