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June 6th, 2013: Saving Private Ryan

Jun6 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Event Film, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Special Operations, War Movies Tagged Adam Goldberg, Amblin Entertainment, Barry Pepper, Best Cinematography, Best Director, Best Makeup Nominee, Best Music Nominee, Best Original Screenplay Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Dennis Farina, Dreamworks, Edward Burns, Giovanni Ribisi, Jeremy Davies, John Williams, Mutual Film Company, Nathan Fillion, Paramount Pictures, Paul Giamatti, Steven Spielberg, Ted Danson, Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Vin Diesel, World War Two

March 25th, 2013: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

Mar25 by professormortis

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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

December 24th, 2012: The Apartment (1960)

Dec24 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Comedy, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Romance, Screwball, Workplace Tagged adultery, affair, attempted suicide, Best Actor Nominee, Best Actress Nominee, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Original Screenplay, Best Picture, Best Sound Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Billy Wilder, Christmas, Christmas Eve, Fred MacMurray, I.A.L. Diamond, Jack Lemmon, New Year's Eve, Ray Walston, Shirley MacLaine, The Mirisch Corporation, United Artists

November 11th, 2012: All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

Nov11 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Anti-War, Based on a Book, Black and White, Coming of Age, Drama, Issue Film, Movie of the Day, The Original, War Movies Tagged apprentice/mentor relationship, before they were famous, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director, Best Picture, Carl Laemmle Jr., cursed objects, Edward L. Cahn, Erich Maria Remaque, French Army, George Cukor, German Army, Germany, Great War, hard ass seargant, horrors of war, hospital, Karl Freund, Lew Ayres, Lewis Milestone, Louis Wolheim, military training, teachers, Universal Pictures

September 22nd, 2012: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Sep22 by David Cole

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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

September 9th, 2012: Rocky (1976)

Sep9 by David Cole

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Leave a comment Posted in Drama, Fight Film, Movie of the Day Tagged Best Actor Nominee, Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Music Original Song Nominee, Best Picture, Best Sound Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, Best Writing - Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen Nominee, Bill Conti, Burgess Meredith, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, John G. Avildsen, Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire

September 1st, 2012: How Green Was My Valley

Sep1 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Coming of Age, Drama, Movie of the Day, Period Film Tagged 20th Century Fox, Anna Lee, Barry Fitzgerald, Best Cinematography, Best Director, Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Darryl F. Zanuck, Donald Crisp, John Ford, Maureen O'Hara, miners, Nathan Juran, Patrick Knowles, Roddy McDowall, Sara Allgood, strike, union, Wales, Walter Pidegon

July 20th, 2012: No Country for Old Men (1999)

Jul20 by David Cole

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Chase, Crime, Hit Man, Movie of the Day Tagged Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director, Best Editing Nominee, Best Picture, Best Sound Editing Nominee, Best Sound Mixing Nominee, Best Supporting Actor, Carter Burwell, Cormac McCarthy, Ethan Coen, Golden Globe - Best Director - Motion Picture Nominee, Golden Globe - Best Motion Picture - Drama Nominee, Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture, Javier Bardem, Joel Coen, Josh Brolin, Kelly Macdonald, Palme D'Or Nominee, Tommy Lee Jones, Woody Harrelson

June 26th, 2012: The French Connection (1971)

Jun26 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Action, Adaptation, Based on a Book, Cops, Crime, Independent, Movie of the Day Tagged Alan Weeks, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director, Best Film Editng, Best Picture, Best Sound Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, drug dealers, drugs, Ernest Tidyman, Fernando Rey, Frank Adonis, Gene Hackman, heroin, New York City, Roy Scheider, subway, Tony Lo Bianco, William Friedkin

June 24th, 2012: The Bridge On the River Kwai (1957)

Jun24 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Drama, Epic, Event Film, Movie of the Day, P.O.W., Period Film, Special Operations, Suicide Mission, War Movies Tagged Alec Guinness, Andre Morell, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Picture, Best Score, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Britain, Columbia Pictures, David Lean, Jack Hawkins, Pierre Boulle, POW, POW camp, Sessue Hayakawka, William Holden, World War Two

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