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December 9th, 2012: Bulldog Drummond (1929)

Dec9 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Play, Black and White, Crime, Detective, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Remake, Thriller Tagged awful gay stereotypes, Best Actor Nominee, Best Art Direction Nominee, gay sidekick, Great War veteran, Gregg Toland, Joan Bennett, kidnapping, Montagu Love, Pre-Code, Ronald Coleman, Samuel Goldwyn, Samuel Goldwyn Company, United Artists, veteran, yellow peril

September 5th, 2012: Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

Sep5 by David Cole

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a TV Show, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi Tagged Alan Dean Foster, Best Art Direction Nominee, Best Effects Best Visual Effects Nominee, Best Music Original Score Nominee, DeForest Kelley, George Takei, Harold Livingston, James Doohan, Jerry Goldsmith, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, Persis Khambatta, Robert Wise, Stephen Collins, Walter Koenig, William Shatner

August 24th, 2012: American Gangster (2007)

Aug24 by professormortis

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1 Comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Based on a Magazine Article, Cops, Crime, Gangster, Movie of the Day, Period Film, True Crime Tagged Armand Assante, Best Art Direction Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, brothers, Carla Gugino, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Clarence Williams III, Common, corrupt cops, Cuba Gooding Jr., Denzel Washington, drug addict, drug dealers, drugs, heroin, Idris Elba, Imagine Entertainment, John Hawkes, Jon Polito, Josh Brolin, Kevin Corrigan, maverick, maverick cops, mobsters, mother-son relationship, New York City, Nicholas Pileggi, Relativity Media, Ridley Scott, rise and fall, Ruby Dee, Russell Crowe, RZA, Ted Levine, Universal Pictures, Vietnam, Vietnam veterans

August 1st, 2012: True Grit (2010)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Coming of Age, Movie of the Day, Remake, Revisionist Western, Western Tagged alcoholic, apprentice/mentor relationship, Barry Pepper, Best Actor Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Art Direction Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Sound Editing Nominee, Best Sound Mixing Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, Carter Burwell, children of famous people, comedic alcoholic, Ethan Coen, Hailee Steinfeld, hanging, Indian Territory, Jeff Bridges, Joel Coen, Matt Damon, Paramount Pictures, Roger Deakins, Scott Rudin Productions, snakes, Steven Spielberg, teens, Texas Ranger, U.S. Marshall

July 10th, 2012: The Prestige (2006)

Jul10 by David Cole

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Drama, Movie of the Day, Period Film Tagged Andy Serkis, Best Art Direction Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Christian Bale, Christopher Nolan, Christopher Priest, David Bowie, David Julyan, Hugh Jackman, Jonathan Nolan, Michael Caine, Piper Perabo, Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson

July 8th, 2012: The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)

Jul8 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Period Film, Drama, Romance, Black and White, Adaptation, Adventure, Movie of the Day, Independent, Swashbuckler, Based on a Book Tagged double cross, children of famous people, before they were famous, James Wong Howe, secret identity, W. S. Van Dyke, David O. Selznick, National Film Registry, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., David Niven, Best Art Direction Nominee, Ronald Coleman, Mary Astor, George Cukor, king, Montagu Love, forbidden love, troubled production, Selznick International Pictures, C. Aubrey Smith, Best Score Nominee, Alfred Newman, Raymond Massey, Bullshitania, identical cousins, "the prince and the pauper", reshoots

May 26th, 2012: Stagecoach (1939)

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Cavalry, Chase, Drama, Event Film, Independent, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Period Film, The Original, Western 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

October 24th, 2011: The Dark Knight (2008)

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adaptation, Based on a Comic Book, Crime, Event Film, Movie of the Day, Sequel, Superheroes Tagged Aaron Eckhart, Anthony Michael Hall, bank robbery, Batman, Best Art Direction Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Makeup Nominee, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing Nominee, Best Supporting Actor, Best Visual Effects Nominee, bombing, Christian Bale, Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy, corruption, D.A., David S. Goyer, DC Comics, Eric Roberts, gang conference, Gary Oldman, Hans Zimmer, Heath Ledger, homage, insanity, it's not over, Jonathan Nolan, Legendary Pictures, Maggie Gyllenhaal, mastermind, Michael Caine, Michael Jai White, mobsters, Morgan Freeman, psychiatrists, terrorists, The Joker, Tiny Lister, Triad Gangsters, vigilantes, Warner Brothers

October 22nd, 2011: Rebecca (1940)

Oct22 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Romance, The Original, Thriller Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Best Actor Nominee, Best Actress Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Art Direction Nominee, Best Cinematography, Best Director Nominee, Best Effects-Best Special Effects Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Original Score Nominee, Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, C. Aubrey Smith, Daphne Du Maruier, David O. Selznick, George Sanders, Gothic, Joan Fontaine, Judith Anderson, Laurence Olivier, Leo G. Carroll, Nigel Bruce, Reginald Denny, Selznick International Pictures, United Artists

August 27th, 2011: There Will Be Blood

Aug27 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Drama, Indy, Movie of the Day, Period Film Tagged Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Art Direction Nominee, Best Cinematography, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Sound Editing, California, capitalists, Christian fundamentalists, Ciaran Hinds, con artist, Daniel Day-Lewis, deaf people, minister, Miramax, oil, Paramount Vantage, Paul Dano, Paul Thomas Anderson, prospectors

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