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January 8th, 2013: (500) Days of Summer

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Indy, Movie of the Day, Romance, Screwball, Workplace Tagged Clark Gregg, Fox Searchlight, hipsters, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, karaoke, mix-tape soundtrack, MPDG, musical interlude, non-linear timeline, Zooey Deschanel

May 5th, 2012: The Killing (1956)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Crime, Film Noir, Heist, Movie of the Day, Thriller Tagged athlete turned actor, bar fight, bartender, bookie, Coleen Grey, double cross, Elisha Cook Jr., femme fatale, flowers, horse racing, James Edwards, Jim Thompson, Joe Sawyer, Joe Turkel, loan shark, low-budget, non-linear timeline, racetrack, shotgun, sniper, Stanley Kubrick, Sterling Hayden, Timothy Carey, unfaithful spouse, United Artists, wrestler

February 23rd, 2012: The Flags of Our Fathers (2006)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Campaign History, Drama, Homefront, Movie of the Day, War Movies Tagged alcoholic, Amblin Entertainment, Best Sound Editing Nominee, Best Sound Mixing Nominee, Dreamworks, father, father-son relationship, homefront, Iwo Jima, Malpaso Productions, non-linear timeline, Pacific, photographer, post traumatic stress disorder, President Truman, reporter, staged photograph, war bonds drive, Warner Brothers, World War Two, World War Two Veterans

October 3rd, 2011: The Room (2003)

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1 Comment Posted in Drama, Independent, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, So-Bad-It's-Good, Tragedy Tagged "Erotic Thriller", "Skinemax", adults playing teens, alcoholic, amateur actors, bender, cult, femme fatale, Los Angeles, love triangle, low-budget, midnight movie, non-linear timeline, quotably bad dialogue, stilted dialogue, triple threat, vanity project, wooden acting

October 2nd, 2011: Donnie Darko (2001)

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Leave a comment Posted in Coming of Age, Fantasy, Independent, Indy, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Sci-Fi, The Original Tagged abusive father, Ashley Tisdale, before they were famous, Beth Grant, child molestor, children of famous people, cult, Daveigh Chase, Drew Barrymore, fanatic, Graham Greene, Halloween, Halloween party, hallucinations, head film, Holmes Osborne, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Jerry Trainor, Katherine Ross, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Mary McDonnell, midnight movie, murder, Noah Wyle, non-linear timeline, on the lam, one hit wonder, Pandora Cinema, parental absence equals party, party, philosophy, psychiatrists, religious nut, Richard Kelly, Seth Rogen, teens, therapist, time portal, twist, vehicular homicide

March 27th, 2011: Pulp Fiction

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1 Comment Posted in Buddy Flick, Comedy, Crime, Indy, Movie of the Day, The Original Tagged A Band Apart, Amanda Plummer, Best Actor Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Original Screenplay, Best Picture Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, boxing, Bruce Willis, children of famous people, Christopher Walken, Danny DeVito, Eric Stoltz, Frank Whaley, Harvey Keitel, hit man, homage, John Travolta, Joseph Pilato, Julia Sweeney, Kathy Griffin, Miramax, non-linear timeline, Quentin Tarantino, robbery, Roger Avary, Rosanna Arquette, Samuel L. Jackson, Steve Buscemi, Tim Roth, Uma Thurman, Ving Rhames

January 8th, 2011: (500) Days of Summer

Jan8 by professormortis

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2 Comments Posted in Comedy, Indy, Movie of the Day, Romance, Screwball, Workplace Tagged Clark Gregg, Fox Searchlight, hipsters, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, karaoke, mix-tape soundtrack, MPDG, musical interlude, non-linear timeline, Zooey Deschanel

(500) Days of Summer

Mar5 by professormortis

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4 Comments Posted in Comedy, Drama, Full Reviews, Indy, Reviews, Romance Tagged Clark Gregg, Fox Searchlight, hipsters, IKEA, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, karaoke, mix-tape soundtrack, MPDG, musical interlude, non-linear timeline, Zooey Deschanel

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