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May 12th, 2012: The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

May12 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Horror, Adaptation, Thriller, The Original, Silent, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Based on a Book, Stalker Tagged insanity, Universal Pictures, secret identity, obsessed fan, color sequence, opera, apprentice/mentor relationship, Paris, "Cast of Thousands", masquerade, Lon Chaney Sr., sewers, Norman Kerry, "Phantom of the", Carl Laemmle, Paris sewers, sewer lair, opera house

May 2nd, 2012: The Rundown (2003)

May2 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Buddy Flick, Comedy, Guerrillas, Movie of the Day, Road Trip Tagged artifact, chef, children of famous people, Christopher Walken, Columbia Pictures, con artist, double cross, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Ernie Reyes Jr., gimmick weapon, homage, Jon Gries, jungle, mine, mobsters, Peter Berg, retrieval expert, rip-off, Rosario Dawson, Seann William Scott, treasure, Universal Pictures, Vince McMahon, whip, WWE Films

March 12th, 2012: The Bourne Identity (2002)

Mar12 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adaptation, Based on a Book, Chase, Espionage, Event Film, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Remake, The Original, Thriller Tagged Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, amnesia, assassin, Brian Cox, Chris Cooper, CIA, Clive Owen, conspiracy, Czech Republic, double cross, Doug Liman, Frank Marshall, Franka Potente, Germany, hit man, Hypnotic, improvised weaponry, Julia Stiles, Kennedy/Marshall Company, Matt Damon, Mini Cooper, Paris, Robert Ludlum, rogue agent, shotgun, sniper, spies, spineless bureacrats, The Marines, Universal Pictures, upstairs downstairs, Walton Goggins

March 3rd, 2012: Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

Mar3 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Buddy Flick, Comedy, Dracula, Horror, Lycanthropy/Jekyll and Hyde, Mad Scientist, Monster, Movie of the Day, Sequel, Slapstick, Spoof, Vampires, Werewolves Tagged Bela Lugosi, brain transplant, brains, Bud Abbott, children of famous people, delivery men, femme fatale, Frank Skinner, Glenn Strange, in over their heads, Invisible Man, it's not over, Larry Talbot, Lon Chaney Jr., Lou Costello, musical interlude, scientists, Universal International Pictures, Universal Pictures, Vincent Price

January 7th, 2012: Flash Gordon (1980)

Jan7 by professormortis

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2 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Aliens, Based on a Comic Strip, Camp, Comedy, Event Film, Movie of the Day, Music, Remake, Sci-Fi, So-Bad-It's-Good, Space Opera, Space Travel, War with Aliens Tagged Alex Raymond, before they were famous, Bernard Williams, Brian Blessed, Britain, cash-in, Deep Roy, Dino De Laurentiis, Dino De Laurentiis Company, Flash Gordon, George Harris, Howard Blake, Lorenzo Semple Jr., Max Von Sydow, Melody Anderson, Michael Allin, Mike Hodges, musical interlude, Ornella Muti, Peter Wyngarde, Queen, Richard O'Brien, Robbie Coltrane, rock opera soundtrack, Sam J. Jones, Timothy Dalton, Topol, Universal Pictures, William Hootkins

January 2nd, 2012: Play Misty for Me (1971)

Jan2 by professormortis

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4 Comments Posted in Movie of the Day, Stalker, Thriller Tagged actor turned director, California, Clint Eastwood, Dean Riesner, DJ, Don Siegel, Donna Mills, incompetent cops, insanity, jazz, Jessica Walter, John Larch, low-budget, musical interlude, obsessed fan, The Malpaso Company, Universal Pictures

December 18th, 2011: The Holiday (2006)

Dec18 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Fish-Out-of-Water, Movie of the Day, Road Trip, Romance Tagged "England", Bill Macy, Cameron Diaz, Columbia Pictures, composer, Dean Cundey, Dustin Hoffman, Edward Burns, Eli Wallach, film within a film, filmmaking, Hans Zimmer, Jack Black, James Franco, John Krasinski, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Kathryn Hahn, Lindsay Lohan, London, Los Angeles, magic old person, meet cute, Nancy Meyers, Relativity Media, Rufus Sewell, Shelley Berman, Universal Pictures, village

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 26th, 2011: The Mummy (1932)

Nov26 by professormortis

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3 Comments Posted in Black and White, Horror, Movie of the Day, Mummy, The Original Tagged Boris Karloff, Carl Laemmle Jr., cash-in, Edward Van Sloan, Jack P. Pierce, John L. Balderston, Karl Freund, lost love, Noble Johnson, punishment worst than death, reincarnation, rip-off, Universal Pictures

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

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