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December 31st, 2012: Trading Places (1983)

Dec31 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Fish-Out-of-Water, Movie of the Day, Buddy Flick, Assumed Identity, Holiday Tagged double cross, Paramount Pictures, it's not over, before they were famous, New York City, Dan Aykroyd, John Landis, train, Best Music Nominee, Christmas, Denholm Elliott, drugs, Elmer Bernstein, industrial espionage, Paul Gleason, evil businessman, Frank Oz, Jamie Lee Curtis, James Belushi, Giancarlo Esposito, gorilla suit, gorillas, class issues, homeless, butler, wise servant, frame up, Santa Claus, "Not Santa!", Ralph Bellamy, prostitutes, jail, Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve, Christmas Party, "hooker with a heart of gold", Cinema Group, WASP, James Eckhouse, Bo Diddley, Al Franken, Tom Davis, Eddie Murphy, Don Ameche, Wall Street, bet, "prince and the pauper", stock broker, insider trading, white collar criminals, New Year's Eve Party

April 25th, 2012: Psychomania aka The Death Wheelers

Apr25 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Crime, Cults, Horror, Independent, Juvenile Delinquent, Movie of the Day, So-Bad-It's-Good, Uncategorized Tagged black magic, Britain, butler, cash-in, double cross, Drive-In, George Sanders, immortality, it's not over, low-budget, mother, mother-son relationship, motorcycle gang, Stonehenge, suicide, the declining years, toad, twist, undead

August 10th, 2011: Clue (1985)

Aug10 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Board Game, Comedy, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Period Film, Spoof, The Original, Whodunnit Tagged "the butler did it", Bill Henderson, blackmail, butler, cameos, Christopher Lloyd, Colleen Camp, Communism, Debra Hill, Debra Hill Productions, dinner party, Eileen Brennan, expository rant, French Maid, gimmick, Howard Hesseman, Jane Wiedlin, John Landis, Jonathan Lynn, Lee Ving, Lesley Ann Warren, Madeline Kahn, Martin Mull, Michael McKean, multiple endings, Paramount Pictures, PolyGram, red herring, Red Scare, scientists, singing telegram, The Guber-Peters Company, Tim Curry

July 29th, 2011: My Man Godfrey (1936)

Jul29 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Comedy, Fish-Out-of-Water, Mistaken Identity, Movie of the Day, Satire, Screwball, Slapstick, Workplace Tagged Alice Brady, Best Actor Nominee, Best Actress Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, butler, Carole Lombard, Gregory La Cava, homeless, maid, Mischa Auer, scavenger hunt, sibling rivalry, spoiled rich kids, Universal Pictures, upstairs downstairs, William Powell, wise servant

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