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June 18th, 2013: The Evictors

Jun18 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Crime, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Old Dark House, Period Film, Thriller Tagged Bill Thurman, Charles B. Pierce, cops, Dennis Fimple, double cross, Drive-In, dysfunctional family, home buying, homefront, house with a history, insanity, it's not over, Jessica Harper, location shooting, Louisiana, low-budget, Magic Black Person, massacre, Michael Parks, new home, prohibition, real estate agent, twist, unfriendly locals, Vic Morrow, World War Two

June 16th, 2013: Son of Godzilla

Jun16 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adventure, Event Film, Family, Giant Insects, Kaiju, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, Sequel, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged Japan, insanity, Toho, island, spiders, scientists, reporter, Science!, jungle, Eiji Tsuburaya, Kenji Sahara, Akihiko Hirata, Shinichi Sekizawa, Godzilla, "This Lost World is Gonna Blow!", father, Tomoyuki Tanaka, asshole reporter, father-son relationship, Masaru Sato, poison, Jun Fukuda, Tadao Takashima, Akiro Kubo, Minilla, Godzooky, "Son of", Big Damn Spider, mantis, remote island, parachute jump, weather control, jungle girl, "Beauty Tames the Beast", webs

June 15th, 2013: Teenagers From Outer Space

Jun15 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Aliens, Black and White, Independent, Juvenile Delinquent, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, So-Bad-It's-Good, War with Aliens Tagged adults playing teens, bad rear projection, bad special effects, cash-in, Drive-In, JD, lobster, low-budget, quotably bad dialogue, teens, Warner Brothers

June 14th, 2013: The Brides of Dracula (1960)

Jun14 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Dracula, Horror, Movie of the Day, Sequel, Vampires Tagged "no room at the inn", abusive mother, Anthony Hinds, Baron, Baroness, Britain, coach, creative crosses, Germany, girls' school, graveyard, holy water, inn, Jimmy Sangster, matricide, Michael Carreras, Michael Ripper, mother, mother-son relationship, Peter Cushing, sexy vampires, superstition, teachers, Terence Fisher, unfriendly locals, vampire hunter, Van Helsing, Yvonne Monlaur

June 12th, 2013: The Man Who Would Be King (1975)

Jun12 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Short Story(ies), Buddy Flick, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Road Trip Tagged "Are you a God?", "no man has lived to tell the tale", Afghanistan, Albert Moses, Alexander the Great, avalanche, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, British Army, British Empire, Christopher Plummer, Classical allusion, Classical Mythology, gods, husband and wife team, India, John Huston, journalist, less famous spouse, Martini Henry Rifle, Maurice Jarre, Michael Caine, mountains, natives, nepotism, pact, pith helmet, rope bridge, Rudyard Kipling, Saeed Jaffrey, Sean Connery, Shakira Caine, train, tribes

June 11th, 2013: Big Jake (1971)

Jun11 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Western Tagged Batjac Films, Bobby Vinton, Bruce Cabot, children of famous people, Christopher Mitchum, Drive-In, Elmer Bernstein, Estranged parent, father, father-son relationship, grandfather, Hank Worden, Harry Carey Jr., hostage, hostage situation, Jim Davis, John Agar, John Wayne, kidnapping, Maureen O'Hara, old men, old timer, overbearing father, Patrick Wayne, ranch, rancher, ransom, Richard Boone, Roy Jenson, Texas Ranger

June 10th, 2013: Dead End Drive-In

Jun10 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adaptation, Based on a Short Story(ies), Black Comedy, Comedy, Dark Future, Drama, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, Thriller Tagged adults playing teens, allegory, Brian Trenchard-Smith, cops, Drive-In, Hammer of Symbolism, low-budget, Ozploitation, scavengers, teens, totalitarian society

June 7th, 2013: Robin and the 7 Hoods

Jun7 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Folk Tale, Comedy, Crime, Gangster, Movie of the Day, Musical, Period Film, Spoof Tagged Best Adapted Score Nominee, Best Song Nominee, Bing Crosby, Chicago, Dean Martin, Edward G. Robinson, Frank Sinatra, gang conference, Hans Conried, mobsters, Paul Frees, Peter Falk, prohibition, Rat Pack, Robin Hood, Sammy Davis Jr, speakeasy, tommy gun, Tony Randall, Victor Buono

June 6th, 2013: Saving Private Ryan

Jun6 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Event Film, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Special Operations, War Movies Tagged Adam Goldberg, Amblin Entertainment, Barry Pepper, Best Cinematography, Best Director, Best Makeup Nominee, Best Music Nominee, Best Original Screenplay Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Dennis Farina, Dreamworks, Edward Burns, Giovanni Ribisi, Jeremy Davies, John Williams, Mutual Film Company, Nathan Fillion, Paramount Pictures, Paul Giamatti, Steven Spielberg, Ted Danson, Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Vin Diesel, World War Two

June 4th, 2013: Up (2009)

Jun4 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adventure, Animation, Buddy Flick, Comedy, Computer Animation, Drama, Event Film, Family, Fantasy, Lost World, Movie of the Day, Road Trip Tagged "I won't sell", "old person taught to love again", balloons, biplane, birds, Boy Scout, Christopher Plummer, Delroy Lindo, Disney, dogs, Ed Asner, explorers, idol, John Ratzenberger, living fossil, living legend, old men, old pictures, Pixar, stowaway, talking animals, widower, Zepplin

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