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March 17th, 2013: The Secret of Kells

Mar17 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Animation, Period Film, Arthouse, "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Coming of Age, Fantasy, "Based on a True Story", Family, Movie of the Day Tagged teens, Vikings, France, Ireland, co-production, monks, Brendan Gleeson, Belgium, monastery, Middle Ages, Best Animated Feature Nominee, fairies

December 8th, 2012: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Dec8 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, Movie of the Day Tagged Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Canal+, car accident, coma, dream sequence, dream worlds, flashback, France, hospital, Julian Schnabel, Matthew Amalric, Max Von Sydow, paralysis

October 31st, 2012: The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane

Oct31 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Coming of Age, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Stalker, Thriller, Uninvited Guests Tagged AIP, burial, Canada, cellar, child abuse, child killer, child molestor, co-production, cops, cyanide, ethnic stereotype, France, Halloween, Halloween costumes, Italians, Jodie Foster, landlord, low-budget, Martin Sheen, Mort Shuman, murder, poison, precocious teen, prejudice, professors, Scott Jacoby, small town, sword cane, trick or treaters, WASP

September 20th, 2012: A Simple Plan (1998)

Sep20 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Crime, Heist, Movie of the Day, Thriller Tagged "money is the root of all evil", "simple" people, airplane, bank robbers, BBC Films, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thorton, Brent Briscoe, Bridget Fonda, Britain, brothers, Danny Elfman, double cross, farm, FBI, found money, France, Germany, Japan, manipulative woman, murder, Mutual Film Company, Paramount Pictures, plane crash, Sam Raimi, small plane, small town, snow, snowmobile, Toho

August 4th, 2012: Paths of Glory (1957)

Aug4 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Anti-War, Based on a Book, Black and White, Independent, Issue Film, Movie of the Day, Period Film, War Movies Tagged Adolphe Menjou, courtroom scene, execution, France, French Army, George MacReady, Great War, Jim Thompson, Joe Turkel, Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Richard Anderson, Stanley Kubrick, Timothy Carey, trial

July 24th, 2012: The Three Musketeers (1973)

Jul24 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Comedy, Epic, Event Film, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Remake, Swashbuckler Tagged Charlton Heston, Faye Dunaway, France, Frank Finlay, Geraldine Chaplin, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Joss Ackland, Michael York, Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Richard Chamberlain, Roy Kinnear, Simon Ward, Spike Milligan, Sybil Danning

June 28th, 2012: History of the World (Part 1)

Jun28 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Anthology, Biblical Epic, Comedy, Epic, Event Film, Independent, Movie of the Day, Musical, Period Film, Slapstick, Spoof Tagged Barry Levinson, Bea Arthur, Brooksfilm, cameos, cavemen, Cloris Leachman, Dom DeLuise, France, French Revolution, Gregory Hines, Harvey Korman, Henny Youngman, Hugh Hefner, Jack Riley, Jackie Mason, John Hurt, Madeline Kahn, Mel Brooks, Moses, Orson Welles, Rome, Ron Carey, Shecky Greene, Sid Caesar, The Inquisition

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

May 11th, 2012: The Leopard (1963)

May11 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, Epic, Event Film, Movie of the Day, Period Film Tagged "Cast of Thousands", Alain Delon, aristocracy, ball, Burt Lancaster, class issues, Claudia Cardinale, decline, France, Garibaldi, Italy, Luchino Visconti, noble, revolution, revolutionaries, Sicily, Terrence Hill, Titanus

OSS117: Cairo, Nest of Spies

May10 by professormortis

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2 Comments Posted in "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Comedy, Espionage, Fish-Out-of-Water, Period Film, Quick Reviews, Reviews, Satire, Slapstick, Spoof Tagged Canal+, CineCinema, double cross, Egypt, France, Gaumont, Jean Dujardin, M6 Films, Mandarin Films, Michel Hazanavicius, musical interlude, Nazis, OSS117, princess, Soviets, Suez Canal, World War Two, World War Two Veterans

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