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June 6th, 2013: Saving Private Ryan

Jun6 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Event Film, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Special Operations, War Movies Tagged Adam Goldberg, Amblin Entertainment, Barry Pepper, Best Cinematography, Best Director, Best Makeup Nominee, Best Music Nominee, Best Original Screenplay Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Dennis Farina, Dreamworks, Edward Burns, Giovanni Ribisi, Jeremy Davies, John Williams, Mutual Film Company, Nathan Fillion, Paramount Pictures, Paul Giamatti, Steven Spielberg, Ted Danson, Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Vin Diesel, World War Two

February 11th, 2013: The Goonies (1985)

Feb11 by professormortis

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6 Comments Posted in Adventure, Comedy, Coming of Age, Event Film, Family, Movie of the Day Tagged "Save the Old X", Amblin Entertainment, Anne Ramsey, before they were famous, booby trap, buried treasure, cash-in, children of famous people, Chris Columbus, Corey Feldman, Frank Marshall, Industrial Light and Magic, inventors, Joe Pantoliano, John Matuszak, Josh Brolin, Lupe Ontiveros, Martha Plimpton, Mary Ellen Trainor, pirate ship, pirates, Richard Donner, Robert Davi, Rube Goldberg devices, Sean Astin, skeleton, snobs vs. slobs, Steven Spielberg, teens, treasure, treasure hunt, treasure map, Warner Brothers, wishing well

December 5th, 2012: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

Dec5 by David Cole

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Leave a comment Posted in Aliens, Event Film, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi Tagged Best Actress in a Supporting Role Nominee, Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special Grammy, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Cinematography, Best Director Nominee, Best Effects, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Instrumental Composition Grammy, Best Music Original Score Nominee, Best Sound Nominee, Bob Balaban, Cary Guffey, Francois Truffaut, John Williams, Josef Sommer, Lance Henriksen, Melinda Dillon, Richard Dreyfuss, Roberts Blossom, Steven Spielberg, Teri Garry, Visual Effects Nominee

August 1st, 2012: True Grit (2010)

Aug1 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Coming of Age, Movie of the Day, Remake, Revisionist Western, Western Tagged alcoholic, apprentice/mentor relationship, Barry Pepper, Best Actor Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Art Direction Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Sound Editing Nominee, Best Sound Mixing Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, Carter Burwell, children of famous people, comedic alcoholic, Ethan Coen, Hailee Steinfeld, hanging, Indian Territory, Jeff Bridges, Joel Coen, Matt Damon, Paramount Pictures, Roger Deakins, Scott Rudin Productions, snakes, Steven Spielberg, teens, Texas Ranger, U.S. Marshall

December 23rd, 2011: Gremlins (1984)

Dec23 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black Comedy, Comedy, Event Film, Horror, Monster, Movie of the Day, Satire, Slapstick, The Original Tagged "Nobody Here but Us Monsters", "Not Santa!", Amblin Entertainment, bank, before they were famous, Belinda Balaski, cameos, car won't start, cartoonist, Chris Columbus, Chuck Jones, Corey Feldman, cute monsters, Dick Miller, Frank Marshall, Frank Welker, Glynn Turman, gremlins, Harry Carey Jr., homage, Howie Mandel, Hoyt Axton, Jerry Goldsmith, Joe Dante, Jonathan Banks, Judge Reinhold, Kenneth Tobey, Keye Luke, Marvin Miller, Michael Winslow, musical interlude, Nicky Katt, Phoebe Cates, Robby the Robot, Steven Spielberg, teens, The Real Don Steele, urban legend, Warner Brothers, William Schallert, Zach Galligan

December 13th, 2011: 1941

Dec13 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, War Movies, Comedy, Screwball, Event Film, Mistaken Identity, Slapstick, Movie of the Day, Satire, Assumed Identity Tagged World War Two, Ned Beatty, Nancy Allen, Universal Pictures, Steven Spielberg, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Warren Oates, Robert Stack, Christopher Lee, Toshiro Mifune, Slim Pickens, Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale, John Milius, John Landis, Tim Matheson, Treat Williams, Eddie Deezen, Murray Hamilton, Lorraine Gray, Elisha Cook Jr., Frank McRae, Wendie Jo Sperber, Lionel Stander, Dub Taylor, Joe Flaherty, John Williams, model airplanes, submarine, riot, Columbia Pictures, Best Cinematography Nominee, Nazis, Best Sound Nominee, Best Visual Effects Nominee, Los Angeles, troubled production, U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, zoot suits, zoot suit riots, Battle of Los Angeles, General Stilwell, Japanese Navy, German Navy

November 12th, 2011: Back to the Future (1985)

Nov12 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Event Film, Fish-Out-of-Water, Mistaken Identity, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Sci-Fi, The Original, Time Travel Tagged 1950s, Alan Silvestri, Amblin Entertainment, before they were famous, big dance, Billy Zane, Bob Gale, Casey Siemasko, children of famous people, Christopher Lloyd, Courtney Gains, Crispin Glover, dance, Dean Cundey, Frank Marshall, Gary Riley, George "Buck" Flower, homage, Huey Lewis and the News, Jackie Gleason, James Tolkan, Lea Thompson, Marc McClure, Michael J. Fox, musical interlude, Robert Zemeckis, rock and roll, skateboards, soda fountain, Steven Spielberg, teens, The Honeymooners, Thomas F. Wilson, Universal Pictures, Wendie Jo Sperber

September 4th, 2011: Used Cars (1980)

Sep4 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Chase, Comedy, Movie of the Day, Screwball, Slapstick, T+A, Workplace Tagged "Save the Old X", Al Lewis, Alfonso Arau, Bob Gale, children of famous people, Columbia Pictures, commercials, con artist, corrupt politicians, David L. Lander, Deborah Harmon, Dick Miller, driver's ed, Dub Taylor, Frank McRae, Gerrit Graham, hanging judge, Harry Northup, hiding a death, highway project, inflation, Jack Warden, Joe Flaherty, John Milius, Kurt Russell, long lost relative, Michael McKean, pirate TV, race to the finish, Robert Zemeckis, sibling rivalry, snobs vs. slobs, Steven Spielberg, teens, used car salesman, Wendy Jo Sperber

August 14, 2011: Empire of the Sun (1987)

Aug14 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Coming of Age, Drama, Movie of the Day Tagged Ben Stiller, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Original Score Nominee, Best Sound Nominee, Britain, Christian Bale, J. G. Ballard, Japan, Joe Pantoliano, John Malkovich, John Williams, Miranda Richardson, POW, Singapore, Steven Spielberg, Tom Stoppard, World War Two

July 2nd, 2011: Jaws (1975)

Jul2 by professormortis

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1 Comment Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Animals Attack, Based on a Book, Movie of the Day, The Original, Thriller Tagged "New England", "We Can't Close the Beaches!", Best Film Editing, Best Picture Nominee, Best Score, Best Sound, child death, Great White, homage, John Williams, Lorraine Gray, Murray Hamilton, panic, Peter Benchley, police chief, Richard Dreyfus, Robert Shaw, Roy Scheider, scientists, sex=death, shark, skinny dipping, Steven Spielberg, Universal Pictures

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