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May 26th, 2012: Stagecoach (1939)

May26 by professormortis

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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 9th, 2012: Miller’s Crossing (1990)

May9 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Arthouse, Crime, Drama, Gangster, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Thriller Tagged "Looks like I'm just gonna have to Yojimbo it", 20th Century Fox, Albert Finney, alcoholic, Barry Sonnenfeld, before they were famous, Carter Burwell, double cross, Ethan Coen, Frances McDormand, Gabriel Byrne, hit man, homage, J.E. Freeman, Joel Coen, John Turturro, Jon Polito, Marcia Gay Harden, Michael Badalucco, Michael Jeter, Mike Starr, mob, mob war, mobsters, moll, Sam Raimi, Steve Buscemi, tommy gun

May 3rd, 2012: Dracula aka The Horror of Dracula (1958)

May3 by professormortis

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1 Comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Dracula, Gothic Horror, Horror, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Remake, The Original, Vampires Tagged Anthony Hinds, before they were famous, Bram Stoker, Britain, Christopher Lee, freely adapted, Hammer, Jimmy Sangster, Michael Carreras, Michael Gough, Peter Cushing, sunlight kills, Switzerland, Terrence Fisher, vampire hunter

April 14th, 2012: The Beast of War aka The Beast (1988)

Apr14 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adaptation, Based on a Play, Guerrillas, Independent, Movie of the Day, War Movies Tagged Afghanistan, before they were famous, behind enemy lines, captured by the enemy, doomed expedition, Erick Avari, George Dzundza, horrors of war, insanity, Israel, Jason Patric, Kevin Reynolds, left to die, less famous siblings, massacre, noble enemy, revenge, Soviet Union, Stephen Baldwin, tank, translator, tyrannical officer, Vietnam allegory, village, war is hell, World War II Veterans

April 4th, 2012: The Magnificent Seven (1960)

Apr4 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adventure, Buddy Flick, Independent, Last Stand, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Remake, The Original, War Movies, Western Tagged banditos, bandits, before they were famous, Best Score Nominee, Brad Dexter, Charles Bronson, coward, Eli Wallach, Elmer Bernstein, farmers, greed, gunfighter, Horst Bucholz, James Coburn, John Sturges, knife thrower, mercenary, Mexico, remake of a foreign film, Robert J. Wilke, Robert Vaughn, Steve McQueen, The Mirisch Corporation, under siege, United Artists, Victor French, village, Yul Brynner

March 24th, 2012: The Great Escape (1963)

Mar24 by professormortis

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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 22nd, 2012: The Intruder aka I Hate Your Guts! aka Shame (1962)

Mar22 by professormortis

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3 Comments Posted in Black and White, Drama, Independent, Issue Film, Movie of the Day, Political Thriller, Thriller Tagged attempted lynching, before they were famous, Charles Beaumont, Civil Rights, Deep South, Drive-In, Gene Corman, high school, integration, low-budget, mob, newspaper, principal, racism, racists, Roger Corman, Roger Corman Productions, salesman, William Shatner

March 14th, 2012: Abby (1974)

Mar14 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Horror, Possession, Movie of the Day, Independent, Blaxploitation, Demons Tagged Drive-In, insanity, exorcist, rip-off, cash-in, grindhouse, funeral home, low-budget, demon, before they were famous, archaeological dig, AIP, strip club, brothers, Samuel Z. Arkoff, William Girdler, product placement, Carol Speed, William Marshall, hearse, Austin Stoker, professors, father-in-law, brothel, father-son relationship, Terry Carter, archaeologist, reverend, funeral home director, sexy demon, Eishu, Kentucky Fried Chicken

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

March 9th, 2012: Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

Mar9 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Crime, Detective, Espionage, Film Noir, Independent, Movie of the Day, Mystery Tagged Albert Dekker, before they were famous, Classical allusion, Cloris Leachman, detective, Ernest Laszlo, ethnic stereotype, femme fatale, Frank DeVol, hitchhiking, Jack Elam, low-budget, MacGuffin, mechanic, Mickey Spillane, Paul Stewart, Ralph Meeker, Robert Aldrich, scientists, Strother Martin, United Artists

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