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May 4th, 2013: Frost/Nixon (2008)

May4 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Based on a Play, Drama, Movie of the Day, Period Film Tagged behind the scenes, Best Actor Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Clint Howard, double cross, former child stars, Frank Langella, Hans Zimmer, Imagine Entertainment, interview, Kevin Bacon, less famous parents, less famous siblings, Michael Sheen, Oliver Platt, Oscar bait, Patty McCormack, President of the United States, Rance Howard, Relativity Media, Richard Nixon, Ron Howard, Sam Rockwell, Studio Canal, Toby Jones, Universal Pictures, Working Title Films

April 21st, 2013: The Fog (1980)

Apr21 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Mystery, Slasher, Ghost, The Original, Movie of the Day, Independent, From Beyond the Grave Tagged Drive-In, double cross, grindhouse, alcoholic, DJ, low-budget, children of famous people, it's not over, annoying children, priest, baby sitters, Dean Cundey, Rob Bottin, "We Can't Close the Beaches!", Charles Cyphers, hitchhiking, Tom Atkins, Jamie Lee Curtis, Adrienne Barbeau, Janet Leigh, John Houseman, Nancy Kyes, Hal Holbrook, George "Buck" Flower, Darwin Joston, cursed town, centenary, fishermen, ocean, ghost story, weatherman

March 27th, 2013: Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Mar27 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Arthouse, Crime, Heist, Independent, Indy, Movie of the Day, Thriller Tagged before they were famous, cops, diamond heist, diner, double cross, Edward Bunker, Harvey Keitel, Laurence Tierney, Los Angeles, Michael Madsen, Miramax, mix-tape soundtrack, Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary, Steve Buscemi, Steven Wright, the declining years, Tim Roth, torture, undercover

March 21st, 2013: Faster, Pussycat, Kill! Kill!

Mar21 by professormortis

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2 Comments Posted in Action, So-Bad-It's-Good, Crime, Comedy, Black and White, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Independent, Road Trip, Camp, Hostage Situation, Adult, Softcore Tagged Drive-In, double cross, grindhouse, low-budget, dirty old man, Haji, car racing, Russ Meyers, treasure, Tura Santana, muscle man, go go dancers

March 9th, 2013: The Professionals (1966)

Mar9 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Movie of the Day, Revisionist Western, Western Tagged banditos, bandits, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale, Columbia Pictures, Conrad L. Hall, double cross, explosives, Hispanic-face, hostage, Jack Palance, kidnapping, Lee Marvin, Maurice Jarre, mercenary, Mexico, Pancho Villa, Ralph Bellamy, ransom, Robert Ryan, Texas, trackers, train, veteran, Woody Strode

March 8th, 2013: The Honeymoon Killers

Mar8 by professormortis

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2 Comments Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Arthouse, Black and White, Con, Crime, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Thriller, True Crime Tagged child death, con artist, controlling mother, cult, Doris Roberts, double cross, Drive-In, grindhouse, insanity, Leonard Kastle, low-budget, mother, mother-daugther relationship, New York City, nurse, pregnancy, Shirley Stoler, Tony Lo Bianco

Ministry of Vengeance

Mar2 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Espionage, Full Reviews, Independent, Revenge, Reviews, So-Bad-It's-Good, Thriller Tagged "I'm Done Fighting", airport, attempted rape, cash-in, child death, Concorde Pictures, double cross, flashback, George Kennedy, hard ass seargant, hostage, Italy, James Tolkan, John Schneider, last stand, Lebanon, low-budget, Middle East, military training, minister, Ned Beatty, post traumatic stress disorder, pushed too far, Rome, terrorists, the declining years, torture, training sequence, TV actors, twist, under siege, Vietnam, Vietnam veterans, Yaphet Kotto

February 22nd, 2013: Rabbit Seasoning (1952)

Feb22 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Animation, Comedy, Family, Movie of the Day, Short, Slapstick Tagged Carl W. Stalling, Chuck Jones, cross dressing, double cross, hunters, Looney Tunes, Mel Blanc, Warner Brothers

February 17th, 2013: Slaughter (1972)

Feb17 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Revenge, Action, Crime, The Original, Movie of the Day, Blaxploitation, Buddy Flick Tagged Drive-In, double cross, grindhouse, MacGuffin, casino, mobsters, Mexico, AIP, funk soundtrack, racists, Mafia, veteran, racism, Samuel Z. Arkoff, Rip Torn, Jim Brown, Vietnam veterans, maverick, racist cops, revenge, Stella Stevens, Don Gordon, Marlene Clark, T-Men, Green Beret, handball

February 12th, 2013: Mitchell (1975)

Feb12 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Cops, Crime, Movie of the Day, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged Allied Artists, Andrew V. McLaglen, cash-in, children of famous people, corrupt cops, corrupt politicians, double cross, Drive-In, drug dealers, drug smugglers, drugs, grindhouse, helicopter, heroin, Hoyt Axton, incompetent cops, it's not over, Jerry Hardin, Joe Don Baker, John Saxon, Linda Evans, low-budget, Martin Balsam, maverick, maverick cops, Merlin Olsen, mobsters, murder, rip-off

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