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March 20th, 2013: Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid

Mar20 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Crime, Comedy, Black and White, Spoof, Slapstick, Detective, Redubbed Tagged Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart, Nazis, scientists, Joan Crawford, Ray Milland, Charles Laughton, Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, William Conrad, Vincent Price, Edmond O'Brien, Edith Head, Jeff Corey, Kirk Douglas, conspiracy, spies, Steve Martin, detective, James Cagney, Los Angeles, Bette Davis, South America, Fred MacMurray, Miklós Rózsa, Carl Reiner, Veronica Lake, Brian Donlevy, archival footage, Alan Ladd, Ava Gardner, Lana Turner, Reni Santori, Rachel Ward

May 22nd, 2012: Z (1969)

May22 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Political Thriller, Thriller Tagged assassination, assassination attempt, Best Actor (Cannes), Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing, Best Foreign Language Picture, Best Picture Nominee, car accident, car attack, coma, conspiracy, Costa-Gravas, coup, doctor, France, Greece, hospital, informer, Irene Pappas, it's not over, Jacques Perrin, Jean-Louis Trintignant, journalist, Jury Prize (Cannes), Palme D'Or Nominee, paramilitary group, political group, politician, reluctant witness, surgery, Yves Montand

March 12th, 2012: The Bourne Identity (2002)

Mar12 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adaptation, Based on a Book, Chase, Espionage, Event Film, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Remake, The Original, Thriller Tagged Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, amnesia, assassin, Brian Cox, Chris Cooper, CIA, Clive Owen, conspiracy, Czech Republic, double cross, Doug Liman, Frank Marshall, Franka Potente, Germany, hit man, Hypnotic, improvised weaponry, Julia Stiles, Kennedy/Marshall Company, Matt Damon, Mini Cooper, Paris, Robert Ludlum, rogue agent, shotgun, sniper, spies, spineless bureacrats, The Marines, Universal Pictures, upstairs downstairs, Walton Goggins

February 17th, 2012: Three the Hard Way (1974)

Feb17 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Blaxploitation, Buddy Flick, Martial Arts, Movie of the Day, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged Alex Rocco, Allied Artists, arcade, Bob Minor, California, conspiracy, Corbin Bernsen, Detroit, Drive-In, Fred Williamson, Gordon Parks Jr., grindhouse, Hal Needham, Jay Robinson, Jim Brown, Jim Kelly, Los Angeles, low-budget, Lucien Ballard, mastermind, Neo-Nazis, prostitutes, racism, racist cops, racists, scientists, The Impressions, Washington D.C., white supremecists

October 10th, 2011: Plan 9 From Outer Space

Oct10 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Aliens, Black and White, Horror, Independent, Issue Film, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged "day for night", aliens against the bomb, Bela Lugosi, conspiracy, cover-up, Criswell, Dudley Manlove, Edward Wood Jr., Gregory Walcott, low-budget, Lyle Talbot, quotably bad dialogue, science lecture, stilted dialogue, stock footage, Tor Johnson, Vampira

June 19th, 2011: Chinatown (1974)

Jun19 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Detective, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Neo-Noir, Period Film, The Original Tagged Best Actor Nominee, Best Actress Nominee, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Music Nominee, Best Original Screenplay, Best Picture Nominee, Best Sound Nominee, Bruce Glover, Burt Young, conspiracy, Diane Ladd, Faye Dunaway, homage, incest, Jack Nicholson, James Hong, Jerry Goldsmith, Joe Mantell, John Hillerman, John Huston, murder, Paramount Pictures, Penthouse, Perry Lopez, Rance Howard, Robert Evans, Roman Polanski, Roy Jenson, twist, water rights

May 7th, 2011: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

May7 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Aliens, Based on a Book, Black and White, Body Snatchers, Independent, Killer Plants, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Sci-Fi, The Original Tagged Allied Artists, conspiracy, doctor, Don Siegel, Drive-In, flashback, insanity, Kevin McCarthy, low-budget, narration, nurse, paranoia, Sam Peckinpah, town doctor, Walter Wanger Productions, Whit Bissell

March 21st, 2011: Hot Fuzz

Mar21 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Cops, Event Film, Fish-Out-of-Water, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Slapstick, Spoof Tagged Bill Nighy, Britain, cameos, Cate Blanchett, conspiracy, David Bradley, Edgar Wright, Edward Woodward, Jim Broadbent, Martin Freeman, maverick cops, Nick Frost, Paddy Considine, Paul Freeman, Peter Jackson, Simon Pegg, Steve Coogan, Studio Canal, Timothy Dalton, Universal Pictures, Working Title Films

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