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Konga (1961)

2 Comments Posted in Revenge, So-Bad-It's-Bad, Horror, Kaiju, Mad Scientist, Full Reviews, Reviews, Giant Apes Tagged rip-off, cash-in, college, Britain, college students, gorilla suit, chimpanzees, Michael Gough, Merton Park Studios, teacher's pet, botanist, carnivorous plants, embiggened

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

OSS117: Cairo, Nest of Spies

May10 by professormortis

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2 Comments Posted in "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Comedy, Espionage, Fish-Out-of-Water, Period Film, Quick Reviews, Reviews, Satire, Slapstick, Spoof Tagged Canal+, CineCinema, double cross, Egypt, France, Gaumont, Jean Dujardin, M6 Films, Mandarin Films, Michel Hazanavicius, musical interlude, Nazis, OSS117, princess, Soviets, Suez Canal, World War II Veterans, World War Two

It Came From Kuchar

Apr3 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Arthouse, Documentary, Full Reviews, Independent, Indy, Reviews, Short Tagged 8mm, brothers, California, film clips, film history, filmmaking, George Kuchar, homage, insanity, low-budget, Mike Kuchar, New York City, outsider artist, San Francisco, The Bronx, twins, underground films

Steamboat Bill, Jr.

Mar26 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Comedy, Disaster, Fish-Out-of-Water, Independent, Quick Reviews, Reviews, Silent, Slapstick Tagged boat, Buster Keaton, class issues, college boy, cyclone, father-daugther relationship, father-son relationship, jail, meet cute, overbearing father, prison break, river, shopping for clothes, steamboat, storm

Dark Night of the Scarecrow

Mar12 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in From Beyond the Grave, Full Reviews, Ghost, Horror, Made for TV, Revenge, Reviews, Slasher, Thriller Tagged before they were famous, Charles Durning, Claude Earl Jones, courtroom scene, developmentally disabled, farmers, Frank De Felitta, Halloween, Halloween party, J.D. Fiegelson, Jocelyn Brando, Lane Smith, Larry Drake, mailman, overalls, Robert F. Lyons, scarecrow

The Thief of Bagdad (1924)

Mar9 by professormortis

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3 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Based on a Folk Tale, Based on a Short Story(ies), Black and White, Comedy, Event Film, Fairy Tale, Fantasy, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Quick Reviews, Reviews, Silent, Sword and Sorcery, The Original Tagged Anna Mae Wong, Arabian Nights, Bagdad, caliph, Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks Pictures, magic, Noble Johnson, princess, Raoul Walsh, thief, United Artists

Dead Snow (2009)

Mar8 by professormortis

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4 Comments Posted in Black Comedy, Comedy, From Beyond the Grave, Full Reviews, Horror, Independent, Revenge, Slapstick, Spoof, Zombies Tagged "spam in a cabin", cabin, gold, gore, grenade, homage, intelligent zombies, isolation, it's not over, low-budget, machine gun, medical student, mountains, Nazis, Norway, outhouse, snow, snowmobile, tool using zombies, treasure, undead, weekend getaway, World War Two

The Innkeepers (2011)

Jan14 by professormortis

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2 Comments Posted in Double Header, Ghost, Horror, Independent, Indy, Reviews Tagged actress, barrista, basement, clerks, coffe shop, Connecticut, faith healer, fiance, ghost hunters, ghost story, has beens, hotel, Kelli McGillis, location shooting, low-budget, Pat Healy, psychic, Sara Paxton, suicide, Ti West, wage slaves, washed up actress

Chisum (1970)

Dec7 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Based on a Short Story(ies), Epic, Event Film, Full Reviews, Reviews, Western Tagged Andrew J. Fenady, Andrew Prine, Andrew V. McLaglen, Ben Johnson, Bruce Cabot, cattle rustling, children of famous people, Christopher George, Christopher Mitchum, Forrest Tucker, Glen Corbett, Hank Worden, hostage situation, John Agar, John Mitchum, John Wayne, Lynda Day George, Patrick Knowles, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, posse, Richard Jaeckel

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