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May 9th, 2012: Miller’s Crossing (1990)

May9 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Arthouse, Crime, Drama, Gangster, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Thriller Tagged "Looks like I'm just gonna have to Yojimbo it", 20th Century Fox, Albert Finney, alcoholic, Barry Sonnenfeld, before they were famous, Carter Burwell, double cross, Ethan Coen, Frances McDormand, Gabriel Byrne, hit man, homage, J.E. Freeman, Joel Coen, John Turturro, Jon Polito, Marcia Gay Harden, Michael Badalucco, Michael Jeter, Mike Starr, mob, mob war, mobsters, moll, Sam Raimi, Steve Buscemi, tommy gun

May 2nd, 2012: The Rundown (2003)

May2 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Buddy Flick, Comedy, Guerrillas, Movie of the Day, Road Trip Tagged artifact, chef, children of famous people, Christopher Walken, Columbia Pictures, con artist, double cross, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Ernie Reyes Jr., gimmick weapon, homage, Jon Gries, jungle, mine, mobsters, Peter Berg, retrieval expert, rip-off, Rosario Dawson, Seann William Scott, treasure, Universal Pictures, Vince McMahon, whip, WWE Films

April 30th, 2012: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

Apr30 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in War Movies, Period Film, Western, Event Film, Sequel, Spaghetti Western, Adventure, Movie of the Day, Road Trip, Epic, P.O.W. Tagged Drive-In, homage, musical interlude, Clint Eastwood, double cross, grindhouse, Produzioni Europee Associati (PEA), United Artists, gold, Cannon, Ennio Morricone, train, priest, Italy, bounty hunters, graveyard, Spain, hanging, Sergio Leone, Lee Van Cleef, showdown, gunfighter, Aldo Sambrell, POW, cemetery, explosives, prison warden, prison, Eli Wallach, treasure, Civil War, Luigi Pistilli, Mario Brega, Alberto Grimaldi, Constantin Film Produktion, West Germany, buried treasure, treasure hunt, bridge, POW camp, interrupted execution, wanted poster, shopkeeper

April 17th, 2012: 28 Days Later (2002)

Apr17 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Apocalypse, Arthouse, Horror, Indy, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, The Original, Zombies Tagged Alex Garland, attempted rape, Brendan Gleeson, Britain, British Film Council, Christopher Eccleston, Cillian Murphy, coma, Danny Boyle, deserted city, digital, homage, hospital, insanity, it's not over, land mines, London, low-budget, multiple endings, Naomi Harris, rip-off, scientists, virus zombies

April 8th, 2012: Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter

Apr8 by professormortis

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3 Comments Posted in Action, Comedy, DTV, Independent, Martial Arts, Movie of the Day, Sequel, Slapstick, So-Bad-It's-Good, Spoof, Unofficial Sequel, Vampires Tagged biblical allusion, Canada, El Santo, homage, Jesus, low-budget, luchadores, musical interlude, Phil Caracas, sexy vampires

It Came From Kuchar

Apr3 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Arthouse, Documentary, Full Reviews, Independent, Indy, Reviews, Short Tagged 8mm, brothers, California, film clips, film history, filmmaking, George Kuchar, homage, insanity, low-budget, Mike Kuchar, New York City, outsider artist, San Francisco, The Bronx, twins, underground films

March 16th, 2012: A Bug’s Life (1998)

Mar16 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Animation, Comedy, Computer Animation, Family, Movie of the Day, Musical, Road Trip Tagged Alex Rocco, Andrew Stanton, ants, Best Original Score Nominee, Bonnie Hunt, Brad Garrett, David Hyde Pierce, David L. Lander, Dennis Leary, Disney, Edie McClurg, grasshoppers, Hayden Panettiere, homage, insects, John Lasseter, John Ratzenberger, Jonathan Harris, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Kevin Spacey, Madeline Kahn, Michael McShane, misfits, Phyllis Diller, Pixar, Randy Newman, Richard Kind, Roddy McDowall, under siege

Dead Snow (2009)

Mar8 by professormortis

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4 Comments Posted in Black Comedy, Comedy, From Beyond the Grave, Full Reviews, Horror, Independent, Revenge, Slapstick, Spoof, Zombies Tagged "spam in a cabin", cabin, gold, gore, grenade, homage, intelligent zombies, isolation, it's not over, low-budget, machine gun, medical student, mountains, Nazis, Norway, outhouse, snow, snowmobile, tool using zombies, treasure, undead, weekend getaway, World War Two

February 24th, 2012: Santa Sangre

Feb24 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Arthouse, Drama, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Revenge, Thriller Tagged adultery, Alejandro Jodorowsky, circus, Claudio Argento, clowns, controlling mother, cult, deaf people, domestic violence, double amputee, elephant, homage, incest, insanity, knife thrower, low-budget, Mexico, mimes, mother, mother-son relationship, murder, Rene Cardona Jr., Republic Pictures, theater, twist

February 11th, 2012: A Grand Day Out With Wallace and Gromit

Feb11 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Animation, Sci-Fi, Arthouse, "Foreign Film", Comedy, The Original, Space Travel, Adventure, Movie of the Day, Stop Motion Animation, Road Trip, Robots, Short Tagged homage, low-budget, Britain, The Moon, dogs, rocket launch, comedic robot, inventors, Nick Park, Best Short Film Animated Nominee, Rube Goldberg devices, rocket ship, cheese, Peter Sallis, Aardman Animations, National Film and Television School, Wallace and Gromit, John Philips Sousa

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