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May 27th, 2013: Tucker and Dale Vs. Evil

Leave a comment Posted in Buddy Flick, Comedy, Degenerate Hillbillies, Horror, Independent, Mistaken Identity, Movie of the Day, Revenge, Slapstick, Slasher, Spoof Tagged "spam in a cabin", Alan Tudyk, cabin, Canada, chainsaw, college students, gas station, homage, insanity, it's not over, Memorial Day, oversexed college students, rednecks, town vs. rednecks, twist

August 19th, 2012: A Night at the Opera (1935)

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Leave a comment Posted in Assumed Identity, Black and White, Comedy, Fish-Out-of-Water, Mistaken Identity, Movie of the Day, Musical, Satire, Slapstick, Spoof, The Original Tagged Chico Marx, double cross, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Margaret Dumont, MGM, musical interlude, National Film Registry, ocean liner, opera, opera house, The Marx Brothers

August 6th, 2012: The Big Lebowski (1998)

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Leave a comment Posted in Arthouse, Buddy Flick, Comedy, Crime, Detective, Fish-Out-of-Water, Indy, Mistaken Identity, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Slapstick, Spoof, Stoner Tagged Aimee Mann, art, artists, Ben Gazzara, bowling, California, Carter Burwell, David Huddleston, dream sequence, Ethan Coen, film within a film, Flea, Jeff Bridges, Joel Coen, John Goodman, John Turturro, Jon Polito, Julianne Moore, Kenny Rogers, kidnapping, Los Angeles, mix-tape soundtrack, nihilists, Peter Stormare, Philip Seymour Hoffman, PolyGram, porn, porn stars, ransom, Roger Deakins, Sam Elliot, sex offender, Steve Buscemi, stoners, Tara Reid, Vietnam veterans, Working Title Films

January 11th, 2012: ¡Three Amigos!

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3 Comments Posted in Assumed Identity, Comedy, Fish-Out-of-Water, Mistaken Identity, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Slapstick, Spoof, Western Tagged Alfonso Arau, banditos, Brian Thompson, Chevy Chase, Elmer Bernstein, HBO, Hollywood, homage, Joe Mantegna, John Landis, Jon Lovitz, Lorne Michaels, Martin Short, Mexico, musical interlude, Orion, Patrice Martinez, Phil Hartman, Randy Newman, Saturday Night Live cast, Seven Samurai situation, silent Hollywood, Steve Martin, Tony Plana, village

December 13th, 2011: 1941

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, War Movies, Comedy, Screwball, Event Film, Mistaken Identity, Slapstick, Movie of the Day, Satire, Assumed Identity Tagged Battle of Los Angeles, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Sound Nominee, Best Visual Effects Nominee, Bob Gale, Christopher Lee, Columbia Pictures, Dan Aykroyd, Dub Taylor, Eddie Deezen, Elisha Cook Jr., Frank McRae, General Stilwell, German Navy, Japanese Navy, Joe Flaherty, John Belushi, John Landis, John Milius, John Williams, Lionel Stander, Lorraine Gray, Los Angeles, model airplanes, Murray Hamilton, Nancy Allen, Nazis, Ned Beatty, riot, Robert Stack, Robert Zemeckis, Slim Pickens, Steven Spielberg, submarine, Tim Matheson, Toshiro Mifune, Treat Williams, troubled production, U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, Universal Pictures, Warren Oates, Wendie Jo Sperber, World War Two, zoot suit riots, zoot suits

November 12th, 2011: Back to the Future (1985)

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Event Film, Fish-Out-of-Water, Mistaken Identity, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Sci-Fi, The Original, Time Travel Tagged 1950s, Alan Silvestri, Amblin Entertainment, before they were famous, big dance, Billy Zane, Bob Gale, Casey Siemasko, children of famous people, Christopher Lloyd, Courtney Gains, Crispin Glover, dance, Dean Cundey, Frank Marshall, Gary Riley, George "Buck" Flower, homage, Huey Lewis and the News, Jackie Gleason, James Tolkan, Lea Thompson, Marc McClure, Michael J. Fox, musical interlude, Robert Zemeckis, rock and roll, skateboards, soda fountain, Steven Spielberg, teens, The Honeymooners, Thomas F. Wilson, Universal Pictures, Wendie Jo Sperber

August 23rd, 2011: On the Town (1949)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Play, Comedy, Mistaken Identity, Movie of the Day, Musical, Screwball, Slapstick Tagged "One Crazy Night", 24 hour pass, Adolphe Green, Alice Pearce, Ann Miller, anthropologist, Arthur Freed, ballet, Best Music, Betty Comden, Betty Garrett, burlesque, cab driver, cavemen, Coney Island, dinosaur bones, Empire State Building, Florence Bates, Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, Jerome Robbins, Jules Munshin, lady cab driver, Loew's, MGM, museum, New York City, nightclub montage, sailors, shore leave, Stanley Donen, Technicolor, Vera-Ellen

July 29th, 2011: My Man Godfrey (1936)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Comedy, Fish-Out-of-Water, Mistaken Identity, Movie of the Day, Satire, Screwball, Slapstick, Workplace Tagged Alice Brady, Best Actor Nominee, Best Actress Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, butler, Carole Lombard, Gregory La Cava, homeless, maid, Mischa Auer, scavenger hunt, sibling rivalry, spoiled rich kids, Universal Pictures, upstairs downstairs, William Powell, wise servant

April 25th 2011: Bachelor Mother (1939)

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Comedy, Mistaken Identity, Movie of the Day, Screwball, The Original, Workplace Tagged baby, Best Original Screenplay Nominee, Charles Coburn, David Niven, department store, foundling, Ginger Rogers, Hayes Code, orphan, upstairs downstairs

February 7th, 2011: A Hard Day’s Night

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Comedy, Mistaken Identity, Movie of the Day, Music, Slapstick, The Original Tagged Best Music Nominee, Best Original Screenplay Nominee, Britain, cash-in, casino, dirty old man, George Harrison, get to the show, hysterical fans, John Lennon, musical interlude, Paul McCartney, Richard Lester, Ringo Starr, The Beatles, United Artists, Viktor Spinetti

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