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May 12th, 2013: Saving Private Perez

May12 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, War Movies, Crime, Comedy, Spoof, Fish-Out-of-Water, Slapstick, Adventure, Movie of the Day, Independent, Gangster, Special Operations, Suicide Mission Tagged hostage, Guerrillas, hit man, low-budget, Mexico, drug dealers, brothers, mother, machetes, younger brother, The Marines, U.S. Army, rescue mission, narcos, drug smuggler, Iraq, childhood friend

Saving Private Perez

Apr8 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, War Movies, Comedy, Spoof, Fish-Out-of-Water, Slapstick, Independent, Gangster, Special Operations, Full Reviews, Reviews Tagged hostage, Guerrillas, hit man, low-budget, Mexico, drug dealers, brothers, mother, machetes, younger brother, The Marines, U.S. Army, rescue mission, narcos, drug smuggler, Iraq, childhood friend

March 8th, 2013: The Honeymoon Killers

Mar8 by professormortis

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2 Comments Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Arthouse, Black and White, Con, Crime, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Thriller, True Crime Tagged child death, con artist, controlling mother, cult, Doris Roberts, double cross, Drive-In, grindhouse, insanity, Leonard Kastle, low-budget, mother, mother-daugther relationship, New York City, nurse, pregnancy, Shirley Stoler, Tony Lo Bianco

Fire and Ice

Oct6 by professormortis

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2 Comments Posted in Animation, Fantasy, Independent, Quick Reviews, Reviews, Sword and Sorcery Tagged barbarians, cash-in, dinosaurs, father, father-daugther relationship, Frank Frazetta, glacier, Maggie Roswell, masked avenger, mother, mother-son relationship, overbearing mother, Ralph Bakshi, rip-off, rotoscoping, sorcerer, volcano

April 25th, 2012: Psychomania aka The Death Wheelers

Apr25 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Crime, Cults, Horror, Independent, Juvenile Delinquent, Movie of the Day, So-Bad-It's-Good, Uncategorized Tagged black magic, Britain, butler, cash-in, double cross, Drive-In, George Sanders, immortality, it's not over, low-budget, mother, mother-son relationship, motorcycle gang, Stonehenge, suicide, the declining years, toad, twist, undead

March 8th, 2012: The Honeymoon Killers

Mar8 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Arthouse, Black and White, Con, Crime, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Thriller, True Crime Tagged child death, con artist, controlling mother, cult, Doris Roberts, double cross, Drive-In, grindhouse, insanity, Leonard Kastle, low-budget, mother, mother-daugther relationship, New York City, nurse, pregnancy, Shirley Stoler, Tony Lo Bianco

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 20th, 2012: Coraline

Feb20 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in 3D, Adaptation, Animation, Based on a Book, Coming of Age, Fairy Tale, Family, Fantasy, Indy, Movie of the Day, Stop Motion Animation Tagged apartment, Best Animated Film Nominee, buttons, Dakota Fanning, daughter, Dawn French, don't eat anything, door to another realm, father, Focus Features, Henry Selick, Ian MacShane, Interscope Communications, Jennifer Saunders, John Hodgman, Keith David, mother, mother-daugther relationship, Neil Gaiman, Teri Hatcher, They Might Be Giants, wicked stepmother

January 24th, 2012: Marty (1955)

Jan24 by professormortis

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2 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Based on a TV Show, Black and White, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Remake, Romance Tagged Best Actor, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, Betsy Blair, Burt Lancaster, butcher, dance, Ernest Borgnine, Harold Hecht, Jerry Paris, Joe Mantell, meet cute, mother, New York City, Paddy Chayefsky, Palme D'Or, slice of life, The Bronx, United Artists

November 22nd, 2011: The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

Nov22 by professormortis

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2 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Independent, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Political Thriller, Satire, The Original, Thriller Tagged Angela Lansbury, assassination attempt, brain washing, China, Communism, controlling mother, corrupt politicians, dream sequence, Frank Sinatra, George Axelrod, Henry Silva, Janet Leigh, John Frankenheimer, Korean War, Lawrence Harvey, mother, nightmares, patsy, politician, repressed memories, Richard Condon, Soviet Union, suicide, U.S. Army, Washington D.C., Whit Bissell

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