Greatest action movies: Honorable Mentions

Scarface (1983)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Rambo (2008)
True Lies (1994)
Commando (1985)
Face Off (1997)
The Fugitive (1993)
Cliffhanger (1993)
Sudden Impact (1983)
Rambo: First Blood Part Two (1985)
Taken (2008)
Lethal Weapon (1987)
Kill Bill (2003/2004)

Greatest Movie Heroes: #11-20

20. Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier)
19. Maximus (Russell Crowe)
18. Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson)
17. Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver)
16. Rooster Cogburn (John Wayne and Jeff Bridges)
15.Obi Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor and Alec Guiness)
14. John McClain (Bruce Willis)
13. Batman (Christian Bale)
12. The Man with no name (Clint Eastwood)
11. Phillip Marlowe/Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart)

History Shorts: Parthenon construction begins (447 B.C.)

Following the Persian War, Athens emerged as a regional super power. As a power, Athens led the Delian League which was a defensive alliance of Greek city states. The league formed to counter the Persian threat. Eventually, Athens came to dominate the Delian League and used its treasury to beautify the city. In 480 B.C., the Persians destroyed the Temple of Athena. Athens rebuilt the temple using Delian League members dues. Construction began in 447 B.C. and was completed in 432 B.C.  The structure became a symbol of Classical Greece and Athenian Democracy. However, Delian League members grew to resent Athens for spending their dues on Athenian beautification. Resentment increased when the league's treasury moved to the Parthenon. Anger over Athenian dominance eventually led to the Peloponnesian War. Today, Greece is working to restore and refurbish the structure.

 Building the Parthenon:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVgfAd1Yz6M

The Parthenon:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQPbGYR1jgs&feature=related

Best Movies of the 1990s

These are not in any order...

Unforgiven

Heat

Goodfellas

Pulp Fiction

Reservoir Dogs

Schindler’s List

Forrest Gump

Silence of the Lambs

Saving Private Ryan

Braveheart