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Condor

Jan6 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Crime, Detective, Made for TV, Quick Reviews, Reviews, Robots, Sci-Fi, So-Bad-It's-Bad Tagged "They got Manny", androids, before they were famous, cash-in, Craig Stevens, drone, extortion, failed pilot, futures past, helicopter, informant, James Avery, laser, Los Angeles sewers, Orion, paramilitary group, Phil Fondacaro, ransom, Ray Wise, reused props, rip-off, scientists, sewers, stun setting, terrorists, TV actors, Virgil W. Vogel

June 13th, 2012: Cherry 2000

Jun13 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adventure, Apocalypse, Movie of the Day, Road Trip, Robots, Romance, Satire, Sci-Fi, Western Tagged "The Forbidden Zone", Basil Poledouris, before they were famous, Ben Johnson, bounty hunters, Brion James, cash-in, children of famous people, David Andrews, distopia, double cross, Drive-In, guide, Harry Carey Jr., homage, Laurence Fishburne, low-budget, Melanie Griffith, old timer, Orion, rip-off, Robert Z'dar, robot servant, sex bot, Tim Thomerson, trackers

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

December 5th, 2011: Amadeus

Dec5 by professormortis

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1 Comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Based on a Play, Biopic, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Music, Period Film Tagged Best Actor, Best Actor Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Costume Design, Best Director, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Makeup, Best Picture, Best Sound, child prodigy, composer, Cynthia Nixon, double cross, Elizabeth Berridge, F. Murray Abraham, jealousy, Jeffrey Jones, Kenny Baker, Milos Forman, Orion, Peter Shaffer, Simon Callow, Vincent Schiavelli, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

October 17th, 2011: Lone Wolf McQuade (1983)

Oct17 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Buddy Flick, Cops, Crime, Independent, Martial Arts, Movie of the Day, So-Bad-It's-Good, Spaghetti Western, The Original, Western Tagged "but I get results", Aaron Norris, apprentice/mentor relationship, arms dealer, Barbara Carrera, Chuck Norris, Dana Kimmell, David Carradine, drug dealers, drugs, Francesco De Masi, hero rage, karate, L.Q. Jones, Leon Isaac Kennedy, Little People, mastermind, maverick, maverick cops, Mexico, one man army, Orion, R. G. Armstrong, Robert Beltran, Sharon Farrell, snobs vs. slobs, Steve Carer, Texas, Texas Ranger, The Border, U.S.A.!U.S.A.!, William Sanderson

October 1st: The Return of the Living Dead (1985)

Oct1 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black Comedy, Comedy, Horror, Movie of the Day, Spoof, The Original, Unofficial Sequel, Zombies Tagged brain eaters, cash-in, Clu Gulager, comedy of errors, Dan O'Bannon, Don Calfa, fast zombies, Hemdale Films, it's not over, James Karen, John A. Ruuso, Kentucky, Linnea Quigley, Louisville, Miguel A. Nunez Jr., morgue, nuke, Orion, paramedics, punks, rip-off, Russell Steiner, teens, Thom Matthews, toxic waste, toxic waste zombies

March 20th, 2011: Excalibur (1981)

Mar20 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adventure, Based on a Book, Fantasy, Movie of the Day, Sword and Sorcery Tagged Best Cinematography Nominee, Britain, children of famous people, Ciaran Hinds, Corin Redgrave, epic, Gabriel Byrne, Helen Mirren, incest, Ireland, John Boorman, King Arthur, myth, Nicol Williamson, Orion, Patrick Stewart, rise and fall, Thomas Malory

Haunted Honeymoon

Feb10 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Full Reviews, Horror, Old Dark House, Reviews, Spoof Tagged buried alive, Dom DeLuise, Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner, homage, inheritance, it's only a dream, Jonathan Pryce, magician, Orion, scare them to death, wolf man

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