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March 24th, 2013: The Great Escape (1963)

Mar24 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Buddy Flick, Drama, Epic, Event Film, Independent, Movie of the Day, P.O.W., Period Film, Prison, The Original, War Movies Tagged before they were famous, Best Film Editing Nominee, blind, Charles Bronson, claustrophobia, David McCallum, Donald Pleasence, Elmer Bernstein, James Coburn, James Garner, John Sturges, motorcycle, Nazis, Nigel Stock, pilots, prison, prison break, Richard Attenborough, solitary, Steve McQueen, The Mirisch Corporation, tunnel, World War Two

October 11th, 2012: Out of Sight (1998)

Oct11 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Albert Brooks, attempted rape, bank, bank robbers, bank robbery, Barry Sonnenfeld, before they were famous, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, boxing, cash-in, Catherine Keener, Danny DeVito, Dennis Farina, Detroit, Don Cheadle, double cross, Elmore Leonard, evil businessman, father, father-daugther relationship, FBI, Florida, George Clooney, Isaiah Washington, it's not over, Jennifer Lopez, Luis Guzman, Miami, Michael Keaton, Nancy Allen, prison break, Samuel L. Jackson, Steve Zahn, Steven Soderbergh, U.S. Marshall, Universal Pictures, Ving Rhames

Steamboat Bill, Jr.

Mar26 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Comedy, Disaster, Fish-Out-of-Water, Independent, Quick Reviews, Reviews, Silent, Slapstick Tagged boat, Buster Keaton, class issues, college boy, cyclone, father-daugther relationship, father-son relationship, jail, meet cute, overbearing father, prison break, river, shopping for clothes, steamboat, storm

March 24th, 2012: The Great Escape (1963)

Mar24 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Buddy Flick, Drama, Epic, Event Film, Independent, Movie of the Day, P.O.W., Period Film, Prison, The Original, War Movies Tagged before they were famous, Best Film Editing Nominee, blind, Charles Bronson, claustrophobia, David McCallum, Donald Pleasence, Elmer Bernstein, James Coburn, James Garner, John Sturges, motorcycle, Nazis, Nigel Stock, pilots, prison, prison break, Richard Attenborough, solitary, Steve McQueen, The Mirisch Corporation, tunnel, World War Two

March 11th, 2012: White Heat (1949)

Mar11 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Crime, Film Noir, Heist, Movie of the Day, Prison Tagged bank robbers, bank robbery, Best Original Screenplay Nominee, controlling mother, double cross, Edmond O'Brien, fire, James Cagney, Max Steiner, mother-son relationship, prison, prison break, Raoul Walsh, undercover, Virginia Mayo, Warner Brothers

November 29th, 2011: Raising Arizona

Nov29 by professormortis

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1 Comment Posted in Arthouse, Comedy, Crime, Independent, Indy, Movie of the Day, Romance, Screwball Tagged 20th Century Fox, baby, bank robbery, bounty hunters, covenience store robbery, Ethan Coen, Frances McDormand, Holly Hunter, Joel Coen, John Goodman, low-budget, M. Emmet Walsh, Nicholas Cage, prison, prison break, quintuplets, Randall "Tex" Cobb, robbery, robbery gone wrong, Sam McMurray, trailer park, Trey Wilson, William Forsythe

September 19th, 2011: Captain Blood (1935)

Sep19 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Black and White, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Pirate, Swashbuckler, The Original Tagged Basil Rathbone, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Music Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Sound Recording Nominee, Britain, doctor, Donald Meek, Errol Flynn, France, Guy Kibbee, Hal B. Wallis, Hippocratic Oath, incompetent doctors, J. Carrol Naish, Jack L. Warner, Jamaica, Lionel Atwill, Michael Curtiz, Olivia de Havilland, prison break, slavery, Warner Brothers

May 25th, 2011: Star Wars (1977)

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Leave a comment Posted in Aliens, Coming of Age, Event Film, Fantasy, Monster, Movie of the Day, Robots, Sci-Fi, Space Opera, The Original Tagged 20th Century Fox, Alec Guinness, Anthony Daniels, bar fight, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Costume Design, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing, Best Original Screenplay Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Score, Best Sound, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Best Visual Effects, Carrie Fisher, children of famous people, David Prowse, George Lucas, Guerrillas, Harrison Ford, homage, it's not over, James Earl Jones, John Dykstra, John Williams, Kenny Baker, knights, Lucasfilm, Mark Hamill, massacre, musical interlude, mystics, Peter Cushing, prison break, racial stereotype aliens, Rick Baker, totalitarian society

Toy Story 3

Aug4 by professormortis

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2 Comments Posted in Animation, Comedy, Computer Animation, Family, Fantasy, Full Reviews, Reviews, Sequel Tagged Bonnie Hunt, Don Rickles, Estelle Harris, homage, Jeff Garlin, Joan Cusack, John Ratzenberger, Laurie Metcalf, Michael Keaton, Ned Beatty, Pixar, prison break, R. Lee Emery, Richard Kind, Tim Allen, Timothy Dalton, Tom Hanks, toys, Wallace Shawn, Walt Disney, Whoppi Goldberg

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