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December 22nd, 2012: The Day of the Locust (1975)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Drama, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Tragedy Tagged "simple" people, annoying children, behind the scenes, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Billy Barty, Bo Hopkins, brothel, Burgess Meredith, California, child killer, cock fight, cuckold, Dennis Dugan, Donald Sutherland, Geraldine Page, Great Depression, hallucinations, Hollywood, insanity, Jackie Earle Haley, John Hillerman, Karen Black, Los Angeles, mob, Nathaneal West, Paramount Pictures, Pepe Serna, prostitutes, Richard Dysart, riot, travelling salesman, Vaudville, William Atherton, William Castle

February 1st, 2012: Sunset Boulevard (1950)

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Black Comedy, Comedy, Drama, Film Noir, Gothic Horror, Movie of the Day, Satire, The Original, Thriller, Tragedy Tagged actress, Anna Q. Nilsson, Best Actor Nominee, Best Actress Nominee, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Music, Best Picture Nominee, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, Billy Wilder, Buster Keaton, California, cameos, Cecil B. DeMille, Charles Brackett, chimpanzees, Erich Von Stroheim, ex-husband, Franz Waxman, funeral, Gloria Swanson, H. B. Warner, has beens, Hedda Hopper, Hollywood, homage, insanity, Jack Webb, Los Angeles, Nancy Olsen, narration, National Film Registry, older woman, Paramount Pictures, Ray Evans, repo men, screenwriter, silent Hollywood, swimming pool, twist, washed up actress, William Holden

January 11th, 2012: ¡Three Amigos!

Jan11 by professormortis

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3 Comments Posted in Assumed Identity, Comedy, Fish-Out-of-Water, Mistaken Identity, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Slapstick, Spoof, Western Tagged Alfonso Arau, banditos, Brian Thompson, Chevy Chase, Elmer Bernstein, HBO, Hollywood, homage, Joe Mantegna, John Landis, Jon Lovitz, Lorne Michaels, Martin Short, Mexico, musical interlude, Orion, Patrice Martinez, Phil Hartman, Randy Newman, Saturday Night Live cast, Seven Samurai situation, silent Hollywood, Steve Martin, Tony Plana, village

October 6th, 2011: Singin’ in the Rain (1952)

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Movie of the Day, Musical, Period Film, Romance, Satire, Screwball, Slapstick Tagged Arthur Freed, backstage, Best Original Score Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O'Connor, Gene Kelly, Hollywood, Jean Hagen, Loew's, MGM, prima donna, Rita Moreno, Stanley Donen

August 17th, 2011: Myra Breckinridge

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Comedy, Movie of the Day, Satire Tagged 20th Century Fox, acting school, alcoholic, Andy Devine, Calvin Lockhart, Dan Hedaya, Farrah Fawcett, film clips, George Furth, Golden Turkey, Gore Vidal, guilty pleasure, has beens, Hollywood, it's only a dream, Jim Backus, John Carradine, John Huston, Mae West, musical interlude, oversexed old people, pegging, poor taste, Raquel Welch, Rex Reed, sex change, talent agents, Tom Selleck, Toni Basil, twist

April 3rd, 2011: The Godfather (1972)

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Leave a comment Posted in Based on a Book, Crime, Drama, Epic, Gangster, Movie of the Day, Period Film, The Original Tagged Abe Vigoda, Al Lettieri, Al Pacino, Alex Rocco, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Original Score Nominee, Best Picture, Best Sound Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, children of famous people, corrupt cops, Diane Keaton, double cross, Francis Ford Coppola, gang conference, hit man, Hollywood, James Caan, John Cazale, John Marley, Las Vegas, Mafia, Mario Puzo, Marlon Brando, mob war, mobsters, New York City, Paramount Pictures, Richard Conte, Robert Duvall, Sicily, Sterling Hayden, Talia Shire

Mommie Dearest (1981)

Feb3 by professormortis

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5 Comments Posted in "Based on a True Story", Based on a Book, Biopic, Drama, Full Reviews, Melodrama, Reviews, So-Bad-It's-Bad Tagged alcoholic, child abuse, children of famous people, Faye Dunaway, Hollywood, homage, Howard Da Silva, Paramount Pictures, Steve Forrest, traumatized children, Xander Berkeley

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