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May 28th, 2013: You Only Live Twice (1967)

May28 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Espionage, Event Film, Independent, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, Sequel, Space Travel Tagged Akiko Wakabayashi, Albert R. Broccoli, Anthony Ainley, assassin, astronauts, bad makeup, Bernard Lee, Blofeld, Britain, Burt Kwouk, Charles Gray, Cold War, Desmond Llewelyn, Donald Pleasence, Eon Productions, femme fatale, fishermen, fishing boat, gimmick weapon, gyrocopter, gyrojets, Harry Saltzman, helicopter, hijacking, Ian Fleming, James Bond, Japan, John Barry, Karin Dor, Lois Maxwell, magnets, MI5, Mie Hama, ninja, nuclear war, poison, Roald Dahl, samurai swords, scientists, Sean Connery, Soviet Union, space hijacking, space race, sumo wrestling, undercover, United Artists, volcano, wedding

Aelita aka Aelita: Queen of Mars

Dec2 by professormortis

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8 Comments Posted in "Foreign Film", Aliens, Arthouse, Black and White, Drama, Event Film, Fantasy, Issue Film, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Propaganda, Sci-Fi, Silent, Space Travel Tagged aliens as monarchist allegory, aristocracy, Communism, engineers, king, Mars, Queen, revolution, Soviet, Soviet Union, Soviets, space exploration, workers

November 20th, 2012: Thirteen Days (2000)

Nov20 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Air Operations, Based on a Book, Campaign History, Movember, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Political Thriller, Thriller, War Movies Tagged Air Force, blockade, Bruce Greenwood, Cold War, Cuba, Cuban Missile Crisis, Cubans, Dylan Baker, Ed Lauter, James Karen, JFK, Kevin Conway, Kevin Costner, Len Cariou, New Line Cinema, nuclear missile base, nuclear war, nuclear weapons, President of the United States, RFK, Soviet Union, Soviets, U.S. Navy

November 13th, 2012: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)

Nov13 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Espionage, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Remake, Thriller, Whodunnit Tagged adultery, Benedict Cumberbatch, Best Actor Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Original Score Nominee, Britain, Canal+, Christmas Party, Ciaran Hinds, Cold War, Colin Firth, double agent, double cross, Gary Oldman, John Hurt, John Le Carre, Mark Strong, MI6, party, Soviet Union, Soviets, Stephen Graham, Studio Canal, Toby Jones, Tom Hardy, Tomas Alfredson, Working Title Films

September 18th, 2012: Superman IV

Sep18 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Comic Book, Event Film, Family, Issue Film, Movie of the Day, Sequel, So-Bad-It's-Good, Superheroes Tagged arms control, bad rear projection, bad special effects, before they were famous, Cannon, cash-in, Christopher Reeve, Cosmonauts, Gene Hackman, Great Wall of China, Jackie Cooper, Jim Broadbent, John Cryer, Margot Kidder, Mariel Hemingway, Mark McClure, Menahem Golan, nuclear weapons, Sam Wannamaker, scientists, Sidney J. Furie, Soviet Union, Sun, Superman, Warner Brothers, William Hootkins, Yoram Globus

September 7th, 2012: From Russia with Love (1963)

Sep7 by professormortis

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1 Comment Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Espionage, Event Film, Independent, Movie of the Day, Road Trip, Romance, Sequel, Thriller Tagged Albert R. Broccoli, Anthony Dawson, Bernard Lee, boat, cat fight, code machine, dancing girls, Desmond Llewelyn, Eunice Gayson, fight in a train car, gadgets, gypsies, Harry Saltzman, helicopter, Ian Fleming, James Bond, John Barry, Lois Maxwell, Lotte Lenya, Martine Beswick, Orient Express, Pedro Armendáriz, revenge, Richard Maibaum, Robert Shaw, Sean Connery, sniper, Soviet Union, Soviets, SPECTRE, train, Turkey, United Artists, Walter Gotell

May 1st, 2012: The Man with a Movie Camera aka Living Russia, or The Man with a Camera (1929)

May1 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Arthouse, Black and White, Documentary, Movie of the Day, Propaganda, Silent Tagged "a day in the life", industry, Soviet, Soviet Union, workers

April 14th, 2012: The Beast of War aka The Beast (1988)

Apr14 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adaptation, Based on a Play, Guerrillas, Independent, Movie of the Day, War Movies Tagged Afghanistan, before they were famous, behind enemy lines, captured by the enemy, doomed expedition, Erick Avari, George Dzundza, horrors of war, insanity, Israel, Jason Patric, Kevin Reynolds, left to die, less famous siblings, massacre, noble enemy, revenge, Soviet Union, Stephen Baldwin, tank, translator, tyrannical officer, Vietnam allegory, village, war is hell, World War Two Veterans

December 29th, 2011: Solaris (1972)

Dec29 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Aliens, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Drama, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Space Travel, Speculative Sci-Fi, The Original Tagged Andrei Tarkovsky, Cosmonauts, Mosfilm, Russia, Soviet Union, space exploration, space station, Stanislaw Lem

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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