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February 17th, 2013: Slaughter (1972)

Feb17 by professormortis

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

5 Dolls for an August Moon aka Island of Terror

Feb9 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Giallo, Mystery, Quick Reviews, Reviews, Thriller, Whodunnit Tagged chemical formula, chemist, double cross, Drive-In, freezer, grindhouse, inventors, island, isolation, it's not over, Italy, low-budget, MacGuffin, Mario Bava, murder, private island, rip-off, scientists, teens, twist, William Berger

June 19th, 2012: Romancing the Stone (1984)

Jun19 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adventure, Comedy, Fish-Out-of-Water, Movie of the Day, Road Trip, Romance, Screwball, The Original Tagged Alan Silvestri, Alfonso Arau, Best Film Editing Nominee, children of famous people, Columbia, crocodile, Danny DeVito, Dean Cundey, double cross, fantasy sequence, jungle, Kathleen Turner, MacGuffin, Michael Douglas, ransom, rapids, Robert Zemeckis, treasure, treasure hunt, treasure map, waterfall, writer

March 9th, 2012: Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

Mar9 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Crime, Detective, Espionage, Film Noir, Independent, Movie of the Day, Mystery Tagged Albert Dekker, before they were famous, Classical allusion, Cloris Leachman, detective, Ernest Laszlo, ethnic stereotype, femme fatale, Frank DeVol, hitchhiking, Jack Elam, low-budget, MacGuffin, mechanic, Mickey Spillane, Paul Stewart, Ralph Meeker, Robert Aldrich, scientists, Strother Martin, United Artists

September 14th, 2011: The Road Warror

Sep14 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Apocalypse, Chase, Independent, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, Sequel, Thriller, Western Tagged anti-hero, Australia, Brian May, Bruce Spence, convoy, feint, feral child, George Miller, gyrocopter, homage, homoerotic subtext, MacGuffin, Mel Gibson, narration, oil, oil crisis, Ozploitation, under siege, Vernon Wells

May 27th, 2011: The Maltese Falcon (1941)

May27 by professormortis

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2 Comments Posted in Based on a Book, Black and White, Detective, Film Noir, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Remake, Whodunnit Tagged Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, double cross, Elisha Cook Jr., Humphrey Bogart, John Huston, MacGuffin, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, twist, Walter Huston, Ward Bond, Warner Brothers, William Hopper

March 13th, 2011: The Phantom (1996)

Mar13 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adventure, Based on a Comic Strip, Event Film, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Pulp Tagged Billy Zane, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Catherine Zeta-Jones, cliffhangers, evil businessman, globe trotting, inherited the mantle, James Remar, Kristy Swanson, Lee Falk, MacGuffin, Patrick McGoohan, Samantha Eggar, The Phantom, Treat Williams

Next Day Air

Jun13 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Comedy, Crime, Quick Reviews, Reviews Tagged bank robbery, caper, Debbie Allen, Donald Faison, drug deal gone bad, Lobo Sebastian, MacGuffin, Mike Epps, Mos Def, stand-off, torture, Wood Harris

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May20 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Full Reviews, Music, Reviews, Slapstick Tagged Britain, cult, George Harrison, India, John Lennon, MacGuffin, Paul McCartney, Richard Lester, Ringo Starr, Roy Kinnear, sacrifice, skiing, The Beatles, tiger, United Artists, Viktor Spinetti

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