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June 18th, 2013: The Evictors

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 7th, 2013: Robin and the 7 Hoods

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

May 16th, 2013: Desperado (1995)

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Crime, Event Film, Movie of the Day, Remake, Revenge, Sequel Tagged Antonio Banderas, Cheech Marin, Columbia Pictures, Danny Trejo, drug dealers, hit man, knives, mariachi, Mexico, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Salma Hayek, Steve Buscemi, triple threat

May 12th, 2013: Saving Private Perez

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Fish-Out-of-Water, Gangster, Independent, Movie of the Day, Slapstick, Special Operations, Spoof, Suicide Mission, War Movies Tagged brothers, childhood friend, drug dealers, drug smuggler, Guerrillas, hit man, hostage, Iraq, low-budget, machetes, Mexico, mother, narcos, rescue mission, The Marines, U.S. Army, younger brother

May 7th, 2013: Ghidorah, the Three Headed Monster

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Leave a comment Posted in Superheroes, Sci-Fi, Crime, Cops, Event Film, Sequel, Kaiju, Aliens, Movie of the Day, Disaster, Giant Insects, Dinosaurs, Hit Man Tagged Bad Dubbing, Japan, Toho, assassin, scientists, airplane, reporter, Eiji Tsuburaya, Akira Ifukube, Rodan, Kenji Sahara, Akihiko Hirata, Takashi Shimura, Shinichi Sekizawa, Godzilla, Ghidorah, Hiroshi Koizumi, Akiko Wakabayashi, fishermen, Cassandra, prophecy, quotably bad dialogue, Tomoyuki Tanaka, lady reporter, princess, assassination attempt, cops, mountains, music summons the monster, plane crash, Mothra, Emi Ito, Yumi Ito, Yuriko Hoshi, Yosuke Natsuki, alien warning, alien possession, TV show, model airplane, hanging from a cliff, shock treatment, power outage

April 14th, 2013: The Music Man (1962)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Assumed Identity, Based on a Musical, Comedy, Con, Event Film, Family, Movie of the Day, Musical, Period Film, The Original Tagged before they were famous, Best Adapted Score, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Sound Nominee, Buddy Hackett, con artist, Hank Worden, Hermione Gingold, librarian, library, marching band, Meredith Wilson, parade, pool, pool hall, Rance Howard, Robert Preston, Ron Howard, Shirley Jones, small town, train, turn of the century, Warner Brothers

Saving Private Perez

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Comedy, Fish-Out-of-Water, Full Reviews, Gangster, Independent, Reviews, Slapstick, Special Operations, Spoof, War Movies Tagged brothers, childhood friend, drug dealers, drug smuggler, Guerrillas, hit man, hostage, Iraq, low-budget, machetes, Mexico, mother, narcos, rescue mission, The Marines, U.S. Army, younger brother

March 27th, 2013: Reservoir Dogs (1992)

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Leave a comment Posted in Arthouse, Crime, Heist, Independent, Indy, Movie of the Day, Thriller Tagged before they were famous, cops, diamond heist, diner, double cross, Edward Bunker, Harvey Keitel, Laurence Tierney, Los Angeles, Michael Madsen, Miramax, mix-tape soundtrack, Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary, Steve Buscemi, Steven Wright, the declining years, Tim Roth, torture, undercover

March 24th, 2013: The Great Escape (1963)

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Buddy Flick, Drama, Epic, Event Film, Independent, Movie of the Day, P.O.W., Period Film, Prison, The Original, War Movies Tagged before they were famous, Best Film Editing Nominee, blind, Charles Bronson, claustrophobia, David McCallum, Donald Pleasence, Elmer Bernstein, James Coburn, James Garner, John Sturges, motorcycle, Nazis, Nigel Stock, pilots, prison, prison break, Richard Attenborough, solitary, Steve McQueen, The Mirisch Corporation, tunnel, World War Two

March 21st, 2013: Faster, Pussycat, Kill! Kill!

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2 Comments Posted in Action, Adult, Black and White, Camp, Comedy, Crime, Hostage Situation, Independent, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Road Trip, So-Bad-It's-Good, Softcore Tagged car racing, dirty old man, double cross, Drive-In, go go dancers, grindhouse, Haji, low-budget, muscle man, Russ Meyers, treasure, Tura Santana

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