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Jan5 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Crime, Drama, Full Reviews, Independent, Issue Film, Movie of the Day, Remake, Reviews, Tragedy Tagged alcoholic, betrayal, Booker T and the MGs, Civil Rights, Cleveland, Dick Anthony Williams, Frank Silvera, housing project, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Juanita Moore, Jules Dassin, Julian Mayfield, Martin Luther King assassination, Max Julien, militants, paramilitary group, prostitutes, racist cops, racists, Raymond St. Jacques, revolution, revolutionaries, Robert DoQui, Ruby Dee, stilted dialogue, Time is Tight

October 10th, 2011: Plan 9 From Outer Space

Oct10 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Aliens, Black and White, Horror, Independent, Issue Film, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged "day for night", aliens against the bomb, Bela Lugosi, conspiracy, cover-up, Criswell, Dudley Manlove, Edward Wood Jr., Gregory Walcott, low-budget, Lyle Talbot, quotably bad dialogue, science lecture, stilted dialogue, stock footage, Tor Johnson, Vampira

October 3rd, 2011: The Room (2003)

Oct3 by professormortis

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1 Comment Posted in Drama, Independent, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, So-Bad-It's-Good, Tragedy Tagged "Erotic Thriller", "Skinemax", adults playing teens, alcoholic, amateur actors, bender, cult, femme fatale, Los Angeles, love triangle, low-budget, midnight movie, non-linear timeline, quotably bad dialogue, stilted dialogue, triple threat, vanity project, wooden acting

September 10th, 2011: The Streetfighter (1974)

Sep10 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Crime, Martial Arts, Movie of the Day, So-Bad-It's-Good, The Original Tagged cash-in, double cross, grindhouse, heiress, heterosexual life partner, hit man, homoerotic subtext, Japan, kidnapping, Masafumi Suzuki, mercenary, oil company, oil crisis, quotably bad dialogue, rip-off, sidekick, Sonny Chiba, stilted dialogue, Toei Company, Triad Gangsters, World War Two, Yakuza

The Proposition (2005)

Aug15 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Aussie Western, Period Film, Quick Reviews, Reviews, So-Bad-It's-Bad, Western Tagged "simple" people, Aborigines, alcoholic, Australia, bandits, Britain, Christmas, Danny Huston, David Gupili, double cross, Emily Watson, flogging, gore, Guy Pearce, John Hurt, mob, natives, Nick Cave, on the lam, Pacific Film and Television Commission, prostitutes, racism, racists, rape, Ray Winstone, stilted dialogue, UK Film Council

June 10th, 2011: Robot Monster

Jun10 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in 3D, Aliens, Black and White, Independent, Kaiju, Movie of the Day, Robots, Sci-Fi, So-Bad-It's-Good, War with Aliens Tagged annoying children, Bad Dubbing, bad special effects, Bronson Canyon, Drive-In, Elmer Bernstein, George Barrows, George Nader, goofy monster suit, gorilla suit, it's not over, it's only a dream, lizards as dinosaurs, low-budget, matinee, Phil Tucker, stilted dialogue, twist, wooden acting

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