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May 2nd, 2012: The Rundown (2003)

May2 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Buddy Flick, Comedy, Guerrillas, Movie of the Day, Road Trip Tagged artifact, chef, children of famous people, Christopher Walken, Columbia Pictures, con artist, double cross, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Ernie Reyes Jr., gimmick weapon, homage, Jon Gries, jungle, mine, mobsters, Peter Berg, retrieval expert, rip-off, Rosario Dawson, Seann William Scott, treasure, Universal Pictures, Vince McMahon, whip, WWE Films

December 18th, 2011: The Holiday (2006)

Dec18 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Fish-Out-of-Water, Movie of the Day, Road Trip, Romance Tagged "England", Bill Macy, Cameron Diaz, Columbia Pictures, composer, Dean Cundey, Dustin Hoffman, Edward Burns, Eli Wallach, film within a film, filmmaking, Hans Zimmer, Jack Black, James Franco, John Krasinski, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Kathryn Hahn, Lindsay Lohan, London, Los Angeles, magic old person, meet cute, Nancy Meyers, Relativity Media, Rufus Sewell, Shelley Berman, Universal Pictures, village

December 16th, 2011: Castle Keep

Dec16 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black Comedy, Independent, Last Stand, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Satire, War Movies Tagged academic, Al Freeman Jr., Avala Film, baker, Battle of the Bulge, before they were famous, Bruce Dern, Burt Lancaster, castle, Columbia Pictures, Filmways Pictures, France, Henri Decae, historian, James Patterson, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Nazis, Patrick O'Neal, Peter Falk, Scott Wilson, surreal, Sydney Pollack, Tony Bill, William Eastlake, World War Two

December 13th, 2011: 1941

Dec13 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Assumed Identity, Comedy, Event Film, Mistaken Identity, Movie of the Day, Satire, Screwball, Slapstick, War Movies Tagged Battle of Los Angeles, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Sound Nominee, Best Visual Effects Nominee, Bob Gale, Christopher Lee, Columbia Pictures, Dan Aykroyd, Dub Taylor, Eddie Deezen, Elisha Cook Jr., Frank McRae, General Stilwell, German Navy, Japanese Navy, Joe Flaherty, John Belushi, John Landis, John Milius, John Williams, Lionel Stander, Lorraine Gray, Los Angeles, model airplanes, Murray Hamilton, Nancy Allen, Nazis, Ned Beatty, riot, Robert Stack, Robert Zemeckis, Slim Pickens, Steven Spielberg, submarine, Tim Matheson, Toshiro Mifune, Treat Williams, troubled production, U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, Universal Pictures, Warren Oates, Wendie Jo Sperber, World War Two, zoot suit riots, zoot suits

December 7th, 2011: From Here to Eternity (1953)

Dec7 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Drama, Movie of the Day, Period Film, The Original, War Movies Tagged before they were famous, Best Actor Nominee, Best Actress Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Music Nominee, Best Sound Recording, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, boxing, bugle player, Burt Lancaster, class issues, Claude Akins, Columbia Pictures, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed, Ernest Borgnine, Frank Sinatra, Fred Zinnerman, George Reeves, hard ass seargant, Jack Warden, James Jones, Montgomery Clift, Pearl Harbor, prostitutes, World War Two

November 17th, 2011: Taxi Driver (1976)

Nov17 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Movie of the Day, Neo-Noir, Thriller Tagged Albert Brooks, Best Actor Nominee, Best Music Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, cab driver, character study, Columbia Pictures, Cybill Shepard, grindhouse, Harry Northup, Harvey Keitel, insanity, it's not over, Jodie Foster, Joe Spinell, low-budget, Martin Scorcese, New York City, Paul Schrader, Peter Boyle, pimp, prostitutes, racism, racists, Robert De Niro, teens, vigilantes

November 16th, 2011: It Happened One Night (1934)

Nov16 by professormortis

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3 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Short Story(ies), Black and White, Comedy, Fish-Out-of-Water, Movie of the Day, Road Trip, Romance, Screwball, The Original Tagged Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director, Best Picture, Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Columbia Pictures, Frank Capra, New York City, Ward Bond

September 4th, 2011: Used Cars (1980)

Sep4 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Chase, Comedy, Movie of the Day, Screwball, Slapstick, T+A, Workplace Tagged "Save the Old X", Al Lewis, Alfonso Arau, Bob Gale, children of famous people, Columbia Pictures, commercials, con artist, corrupt politicians, David L. Lander, Deborah Harmon, Dick Miller, driver's ed, Dub Taylor, Frank McRae, Gerrit Graham, hanging judge, Harry Northup, hiding a death, highway project, inflation, Jack Warden, Joe Flaherty, John Milius, Kurt Russell, long lost relative, Michael McKean, pirate TV, race to the finish, Robert Zemeckis, sibling rivalry, snobs vs. slobs, Steven Spielberg, teens, used car salesman, Wendy Jo Sperber

August 30th, 2011: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Aug30 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Black Comedy, Comedy, Disaster, Movie of the Day, Satire, Thriller, War Movies Tagged B-52, Best Actor Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Britain, Columbia Pictures, fail safe, flouride, George C. Scott, James Earl Jones, Keenan Wynn, mad scientist, nuclear hotline, nuclear war, Peter Bull, Peter Sellers, RAF, SAC, scientists, Slim Pickens, Soviet Union, Stanley Kubrick, Sterling Hayden, World War Three

August 20th, 2011: Starman (1984)

Aug20 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Aliens, Chase, Fish-Out-of-Water, Movie of the Day, Romance, Sci-Fi, The Original Tagged autopsy lust, cash-in, Charles Martin Smith, children of famous people, Christ figure, Columbia Pictures, George "Buck" Flower, Industrial Light and Magic, Jack Nitzsche, John Carpenter, Larry J. Franco, M.C. Gainey, Mickey Jones, NORAD, Richard Jaeckel, rip-off, scientists, SETI, Voyager II

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