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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 12th, 2011: Shaft in Africa

Dec12 by professormortis

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3 Comments Posted in Action, Adventure, Blaxploitation, Crime, Detective, Espionage, Issue Film, Movie of the Day, Revenge, Sequel Tagged Africa, double cross, Ethiopia, France, Frank Finlay, Frank McRae, hit man, human trafficking, Jacques Herlin, John Guillermin, Johny Pate, location shooting, Marne Maitland, MGM, Neda Arneric, Paris, Richard Roundtree, slavery, Sterling Silliphant, The Four Tops, Vonetta McGee

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 11th, 2011: Red Dawn (1985)

Aug11 by professormortis

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5 Comments Posted in Guerrillas, Independent, Movie of the Day, Propaganda, So-Bad-It's-Good, War Movies Tagged Ben Johnson, brothers, C. Thomas Howell, Charlie Sheen, concentration camp, Cubans, double cross, football team, Frank McRae, Guerrillas, Harry Dean Stanton, Jennifer Grey, John Milius, Lane Smith, Lea Thompson, paratroopers, Patrick Swayze, Powers Boothe, Ron O'Neal, Roy Jenson, Sandinistas, Soviets, Spetnaz, United Artists, World War Three

March 12th, 2011: National Lampoon’s Loaded Weapon 1

Mar12 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Buddy Flick, Comedy, Cops, Movie of the Day, Slapstick, Spoof Tagged Bill Nunn, Bruce Willis, cameos, cash-in, Charles Cyphers, Charles Napier, Charlie Sheen, children of famous people, Christopher Lambert, Corey Feldman, Denise Richards, Dennis Leary, drug dealers, Emilio Estevez, Erik Estrada, F. Murray Abraham, Frank McRae, J.T. Walsh, James Doohan, Jon Lovitz, Joyce Brothers, Larry Wilcox, maverick cops, New Line Cinema, Paul Gleason, Phil Hartman, Richard Moll, Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Curry, Whoopi Goldberg, William Shatner

March 8th, 2011: Norma Rae

Mar8 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Drama, Movie of the Day Tagged 20th Century Fox, Beau Bridges, Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Song, Bob Minor, factory, Frank McRae, Gregory Walcott, Martin Ritt, Pat Hingle, Ron Liebman, Sally Field, union

Norma Rae

Jan21 by professormortis

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2 Comments Posted in "Based on a True Story", Drama, Full Reviews, Reviews Tagged 20th Century Fox, Beau Bridges, Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Song, Bob Minor, factory, Frank McRae, Gregory Walcott, Martin Ritt, Pat Hingle, Ron Liebman, Sally Field, union

1941 (1979)

Jun16 by professormortis

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1 Comment Posted in Action, Comedy, Full Reviews, Reviews, Screwball, Slapstick, Spoof, War Movies Tagged Bob Gale, Christopher Lee, Columbia Pictures, Dan Aykroyd, Dub Taylor, Eddie Deezen, Elisha Cook Jr., Frank McRae, Joe Flaherty, John Belushi, John Landis, John Milius, John Williams, Lionel Stander, Lorraine Gray, model airplanes, Murray Hamilton, Nancy Allen, Ned Beatty, riot, Robert Stack, Robert Zemeckis, Slim Pickens, Steven Spielberg, submarine, Tim Matheson, Toshiro Mifune, Treat Williams, Universal Pictures, Warren Oates, Wendie Jo Sperber, World War Two

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