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Category Archives: Event Film

May 29th, 2012: Yeti: Giant of the 20th Century (1977)

2 Comments Posted in Event Film, Family, Giant Apes, Independent, Kaiju, Movie of the Day, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged "Skippy the Wonder Dog", Canada, cash-in, dogs, double cross, Drive-In, frozen in ice, Gianfranco Parolini, industrial espionage, industrialist, Italy, Newfoundland, rip-off, scientists, suspended animation, teens, Toronto, Yeti

May 26th, 2012: Stagecoach (1939)

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Leave a comment Posted in Period Film, Drama, Western, Cavalry, Black and White, Event Film, The Original, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Chase, Independent Tagged "Native American Face", alcoholic, Andy Devine, before they were famous, Best Art Direction Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Music, Best Picture Nominee, Best Supporting Actor, Claire Trevor, Confederate War Veteran, doctor, Donald Meek, fallen woman, falsely accused, John Carradine, John Ford, John Wayne, on the lam, prisoner, showdown, Southern gentleman, stagecoach, The Border, Thomas Mitchell, Tim Holt, Tom Tyler, U.S. Cavalry, United Artists, Walter Wanger Productions, Yakima Canutt

May 25th, 2012: The Hidden Fortress (1958)

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Action, Adventure, Arthouse, Black and White, Chanbara, Event Film, Jidaigeki, Movie of the Day, Period Film, The Original Tagged Akira Kurosawa, comedic working class, Japan, peasants, Samurai, samurai swords, Takashi Shimura, Toho, Toshiro Mifune

A Short Rave for The Avengers (2012)

May11 by professormortis

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4 Comments Posted in Action, Adaptation, Aliens, Based on a Comic Book, Computer Animation, Event Film, Quick Reviews, Remake, Reviews, Sci-Fi, Sequel, Superheroes, War with Aliens Tagged Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, Jeremy Renner, Joss Whedon, Mark Ruffalo, Marvel, Robert DowneyJr., Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Stan Lee, Stellan Skarsgård, The Avengers, Tom Hiddleston

May 11th, 2012: The Leopard (1963)

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Drama, Epic, Event Film, Movie of the Day, Period Film Tagged "Cast of Thousands", Alain Delon, aristocracy, ball, Burt Lancaster, class issues, Claudia Cardinale, decline, France, Garibaldi, Italy, Luchino Visconti, noble, revolution, revolutionaries, Sicily, Terrence Hill, Titanus

April 30th, 2012: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

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Leave a comment Posted in War Movies, Period Film, Western, Event Film, Sequel, Spaghetti Western, Adventure, Movie of the Day, Road Trip, Epic, P.O.W. Tagged Drive-In, homage, musical interlude, Clint Eastwood, double cross, grindhouse, Produzioni Europee Associati (PEA), United Artists, gold, Cannon, Ennio Morricone, train, priest, Italy, bounty hunters, graveyard, Spain, hanging, Sergio Leone, Lee Van Cleef, showdown, gunfighter, Aldo Sambrell, POW, cemetery, explosives, prison warden, prison, Eli Wallach, treasure, Civil War, Luigi Pistilli, Mario Brega, Alberto Grimaldi, Constantin Film Produktion, West Germany, buried treasure, treasure hunt, bridge, POW camp, interrupted execution, wanted poster, shopkeeper

April 27th, 2012: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Computer Animation, Epic, Event Film, Fantasy, Ghost, Last Stand, Monster, Movie of the Day, Remake, Road Trip, Sequel, Sword and Sorcery, War Movies Tagged Andy Serkis, Annie Lenox, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Costume Design, Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Makeup, Best Original Song, Best Picture, Best Score, Best Sound Mixing, Best Visual Effects, Billy Boyd, Bob Weinstein, Brad Dourif, Bruce Spence, Cate Blanchett, Christopher Lee, curse, cursed objects, Dominic Monaghan, dwarves, Elijah Wood, elves, Fran Walsh, Harvey Weinstein, Hobbits, Howard Shore, Hugo Weaving, Ian Holm, Ian McKellen, insanity, John Rhys-Davies, JRR Tolkien, Karl Urban, Liv Tyler, Lord of the Rings, mastermind, Miranda Otto, New Line Cinema, New Zealand, orcs, Orlando Bloom, Peter Jackson, prophecy, Sean Astin, Sean Bean, self immolation, sorcerer, under siege, Viggo Mortensen, Wing-Nut Productions, wizards

April 22nd, 2012: The Food of the Gods (1976)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Animals Attack, Based on a Book, Disaster, Ecological Disaster, Event Film, Giant Animals, Giant Insects, Horror, Kaiju, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, So-Bad-It's-Good, The Original Tagged "this enormous X could feed the world", AIP, bad animation, bad rear projection, bad special effects, Belinda Balaski, Bert I. Gordon, Drive-In, evil businessman, farm, farmers, flood, football player, football team, freely adapted, giant chicken, giant maggots, giant rats, giant wasps, H.G. Wells, Ida Lupino, it's not over, John Cypher, Marjoe Gortner, Ralph Meeker, rats, Samuel Z. Arkoff, scientists, shotgun, tunnel

April 18th, 2012: Gunga Din (1939)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Poem, Black and White, Buddy Flick, Cavalry, Comedy, Event Film, Movie of the Day, Period Film, The Original, War Movies, Western Tagged Alfred Newman, Ben Hecht, Best Cinematography Nominee, brawl, Britain, British Army, bugle, captured by the enemy, Cary Grant, cult leader, cultists, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Eduardo Ciannelli, elephant, fanatic, fiance, George Stevens, India, Joan Fontaine, John Sturges, loosely adapted, Montagu Love, National Film Registry, noble savage, noble servant, RKO, Rudyard Kipling, Sam Jaffe, schemer, Thuggee, treasure, Victor McLaglen, water boy

April 15th, 2012: Titanic (1997)

Apr15 by Mister Invisible

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Disaster, Drama, Event Film, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Tragedy Tagged Bill Paxton, Billy Zane, Gloria Stuart, James Cameron, James Horner, Kate Winslet, Kathy Bates, Leonardo DiCaprio

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