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March 27th, 2013: Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Mar27 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Arthouse, Crime, Heist, Independent, Indy, Movie of the Day, Thriller Tagged before they were famous, cops, diamond heist, diner, double cross, Edward Bunker, Harvey Keitel, Laurence Tierney, Los Angeles, Michael Madsen, Miramax, mix-tape soundtrack, Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary, Steve Buscemi, Steven Wright, the declining years, Tim Roth, torture, undercover

Ministry of Vengeance

Mar2 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Espionage, Full Reviews, Independent, Revenge, Reviews, So-Bad-It's-Good, Thriller Tagged "I'm Done Fighting", airport, attempted rape, cash-in, child death, Concorde Pictures, double cross, flashback, George Kennedy, hard ass seargant, hostage, Italy, James Tolkan, John Schneider, last stand, Lebanon, low-budget, Middle East, military training, minister, Ned Beatty, post traumatic stress disorder, pushed too far, Rome, terrorists, the declining years, torture, training sequence, TV actors, twist, under siege, Vietnam, Vietnam veterans, Yaphet Kotto

January 19th, 2013: The Black Cat (1934)

Jan19 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Short Story(ies), Black and White, Cults, Horror, Movie of the Day, Old Dark House, Revenge, Thriller Tagged "This Lair is Gonna Blow!", Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Carl Laemmle Jr., designated hero, double cross, Edgar Allan Poe, Edgar G. Ulmer, explosives, flayed alive, Great War, Great War veteran, incest, insanity, Jack P. Pierce, John Carradine, necrophilia, revenge, satanism, torture, torture chamber, twist, Universal Pictures, war crimes, World War One

August 12th, 2012: Witchfinder General aka the Conqueror Worm (1968)

Aug12 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Horror, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Revenge, Thriller Tagged AIP, Britain, Drive-In, English Civil War, grindhouse, insanity, it's not over, Patrick Wymark, Tigon, torture, torture chamber, Vincent Price, witch hunt, witch hunter

June 8th, 2012: Brazil (1985)

Jun8 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black Comedy, Comedy, Dark Future, Fantasy, Independent, Movie of the Day, Satire, Sci-Fi Tagged Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Original Screenplay Nominee, Bob Hoskins, Britain, bureaucrats, dream sequence, Ian Holm, Ian Richardson, it's not over, Jim Broadbent, Jonathan Pryce, Katherine Helmond, Kim Greist, Michael Kamen, Michael Palin, Peter Vaughn, plastic surgery, Robert De Niro, studio interference, terrorists, Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard, torture, twist

March 31st, 2012: Showdown in Little Tokyo

Mar31 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Buddy Flick, Cops, Crime, DTV, Movie of the Day, Revenge, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged "Fear of a Japanese Planet", Al "Kabong" Leong, Brandon Lee, California, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, children of famous people, code of honor, decapitation, Dolph Lundgren, drug dealers, ethnic enclave, gang conference, Gerald Okamura, homoerotic subtext, Ice, impotent villain, Los Angeles, Mark L. Lester, maverick cops, motorcycle gang, mustache twirling, parade, samurai swords, scar, Tia Carrere, torture, Warner Brothers, Yakuza

March 28th, 2011: Die Schlangengrube und das Pendel aka Castle of the Walking Dead aka Blood Demon

Mar28 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Based on a Short Story(ies), From Beyond the Grave, Gothic Horror, Horror, Movie of the Day, Mystery Tagged cash-in, Christopher Lee, drawn and quartered, Drive-In, Edgar Allan Poe, execution, Germany, highwayman, judge, Karin Dor, Lex Barker, priest, rip-off, story teller, torture, torture chamber, undead, virgin sacrifice

Navajo Joe (1966)

Jun17 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Full Reviews, Reviews, So-Bad-It's-Bad, Spaghetti Western, Western Tagged bank robbery, Burt Reynolds, cash-in, crucifixtion, Dino De Laurentiis, Ennio Morricone, Fernando Rey, Sergio Corbucci, torture, train robbery

Next Day Air

Jun13 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Comedy, Crime, Quick Reviews, Reviews Tagged bank robbery, caper, Debbie Allen, Donald Faison, drug deal gone bad, Lobo Sebastian, MacGuffin, Mike Epps, Mos Def, stand-off, torture, Wood Harris

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