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May 12th, 2013: Saving Private Perez

May12 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Fish-Out-of-Water, Gangster, Independent, Movie of the Day, Slapstick, Special Operations, Spoof, Suicide Mission, War Movies Tagged brothers, childhood friend, drug dealers, drug smuggler, Guerrillas, hit man, hostage, Iraq, low-budget, machetes, Mexico, mother, narcos, rescue mission, The Marines, U.S. Army, younger brother

Saving Private Perez

Apr8 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Comedy, Fish-Out-of-Water, Full Reviews, Gangster, Independent, Reviews, Slapstick, Special Operations, Spoof, War Movies Tagged brothers, childhood friend, drug dealers, drug smuggler, Guerrillas, hit man, hostage, Iraq, low-budget, machetes, Mexico, mother, narcos, rescue mission, The Marines, U.S. Army, younger brother

January 25th, 2013: Battleground (1949)

Jan25 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Black and White, Campaign History, Movie of the Day, War Movies Tagged 101st Airborne, Battle of the Bulge, Best Cinematography, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, German Army, James Arness, James Whitmore, MGM, Nazis, Ricardo Montalban, snow, U.S. Army, Van Johnson, William A. Wellman, winter, World War Two

October 30th, 2012: The War of the Worlds (1953)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Aliens, Based on a Book, Based on a Radio Show, Event Film, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, The Original, War with Aliens Tagged "germs kill the monster", Air Force, Ann Robinson, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Sound Recording Nominee, Best Special Effects, Byron Haskins, Cecil B. DeMille, Cedrick Hardwicke, force field, Gene Barry, George Pal, H.G. Wells, Les Treymane, Mars, Martians, mob, nuclear weapons, Paramount Pictures, Paul Frees, riot, scientists, square dance, stock footage, U.S. Army

May 8th, 2012: The Big Red One (1980)

May8 by professormortis

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1 Comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Campaign History, Movie of the Day, Period Film, War Movies Tagged amphibious landing, children of famous people, concentration camp, Czechoslovakia, D-Day, Gene Corman, hard ass seargant, Israel, Lee Marvin, Lorimar Films, Mark Hamill, Nazis, Normandy, North Africa, Palm D'Or Nomination, Perry Lang, Robert Carradine, Samuel Fuller, Sicily, The Big Red One, U.S. Army, Vichy, World War Two

March 15th, 2012: The Mist (2007)

Mar15 by professormortis

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2 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Disaster, Horror, Monster, Movie of the Day, Parallel World Tagged "kill it with fire", Andre Braugher, Bob Weinstein, character study, Chris Owen, Dimension Films, fire, flamethrowers, Frances Sternhagen, Frank Darabont, Harvey Weinstein, it's not over, Jeffery DeMunn, Laurie Holden, Marcia Gay Harden, monsters from another dimension, religious nut, Richard Saperstein, secret military project, Stephen King, supermarket, Thomas Jane, Toby Jones, twist, U.S. Army, under siege, Weinstein Company, William Sadler

March 6th, 2012: Steele Justice

Mar6 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Cops, Crime, Independent, Movie of the Day, So-Bad-It's-Good, Special Operations, War Movies Tagged Al "Kabong" Leong, arms dealer, Bernie Casey, David L. Lander, drug dealers, drugs, exotic pet, gimmick weapon, Joseph Campanella, low-budget, Martin Kove, mobsters, Peter Kwong, Phil Fondacaro, Robert Kim, Ronny Cox, Sela Ward, Shannon Tweed, snakes, Soon-Tek Oh, U.S. Army, Vietnam, Vietnam veterans, Vietnamese organized crime

January 25th, 2012: Battleground (1949)

Jan25 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Black and White, Campaign History, Movie of the Day, War Movies Tagged 101st Airborne, Battle of the Bulge, Best Cinematography, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, German Army, James Arness, James Whitmore, MGM, Nazis, Ricardo Montalban, snow, U.S. Army, Van Johnson, William A. Wellman, winter, World War Two

December 13th, 2011: 1941

Dec13 by professormortis

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

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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