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January 26th, 2013: Detroit 9000

Jan26 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Blaxploitation, Buddy Flick, Cops, Crime, Independent, Movie of the Day Tagged Alex Rocco, Arthur Marks, cash-in, cops, corrupt cops, Detroit, double cross, Drive-In, funk soundtrack, grindhouse, Hari Rhodes, Herbert Jefferson Jr., location shooting, low-budget, Luchi De Jesus, maverick cops, Michigan, racist cops, rip-off, robbery, Scatman Crothers, twist, Vonetta McGee

December 17th, 2011: Repo Man (1984)

Dec17 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Aliens, Comedy, Espionage, Independent, Movie of the Day, Satire, Sci-Fi Tagged Alex Cox, children of famous people, covenience store robbery, Emilio Estevez, Harry Dean Stanton, homage, Iggy Pop, Michael Nesmith, Miguel Sandoval, punks, repo men, revolutionaries, robbery, robbery gone wrong, scientists, secret agent, secret military project, secret police, Sy Richardson, teens, televangelists, television, Tracey Walter, UFO, Vonetta McGee

December 6th, 2011: Rififi (1955)

Dec6 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Black and White, Crime, Heist, Independent, Movie of the Day, The Original, Thriller Tagged annoying children, Best Director (Cannes), blacklisted director, domestic violence, double cross, ex-con, ex-pat actors, ex-pat director, ex-pats, France, Jean Servais, jewel thieves, Jules Dassin, low-budget, mobsters, musical interlude, nightclub, Palm D'Or Nomination, Paris, Pathé Consortium Cinéma, robbery, robbery gone wrong, safe cracker, Société Nouvelle Pathé Cinéma

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

March 27th, 2011: Pulp Fiction

Mar27 by professormortis

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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

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