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August 26th, 2012: Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)

Aug26 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Sci-Fi, Western, Coming of Age, Remake, Event Film, Adventure, Movie of the Day, Space Opera Tagged New World Pictures, Drive-In, Roger Corman, rip-off, cash-in, teens, low-budget, before they were famous, James Cameron, James Horner, John Sayles, Darlanne Fluegel, scientists, Sybil Danning, Jeff Corey, mercenary, Sam Jaffe, George Peppard, hive mind, village, farmers, Seven Samurai situation, Robert Vaughn, farm planet, space cowboy, space trucker

May 24th, 2012: Brigadoon (1954)

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Leave a comment Posted in Fantasy, Movie of the Day, Musical, Romance, The Original Tagged "love breaks the spell", alcoholic, Arthur Freed, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Sound Recording Nominee, curse, cursed town, Cyd Charisse, deus ex machina, Elaine Stewart, Gene Kelly, love at first sight, MGM, miracle, New York City, Scotland, Van Johnson, village, Vincente Minnelli, warnings from townsfolk

April 14th, 2012: The Beast of War aka The Beast (1988)

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adaptation, Based on a Play, Guerrillas, Independent, Movie of the Day, War Movies Tagged Afghanistan, before they were famous, behind enemy lines, captured by the enemy, doomed expedition, Erick Avari, George Dzundza, horrors of war, insanity, Israel, Jason Patric, Kevin Reynolds, left to die, less famous siblings, massacre, noble enemy, revenge, Soviet Union, Stephen Baldwin, tank, translator, tyrannical officer, Vietnam allegory, village, war is hell, World War Two Veterans

April 4th, 2012: The Magnificent Seven (1960)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adventure, Buddy Flick, Independent, Last Stand, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Remake, The Original, War Movies, Western Tagged banditos, bandits, before they were famous, Best Score Nominee, Brad Dexter, Charles Bronson, coward, Eli Wallach, Elmer Bernstein, farmers, greed, gunfighter, Horst Bucholz, James Coburn, John Sturges, knife thrower, mercenary, Mexico, remake of a foreign film, Robert J. Wilke, Robert Vaughn, Steve McQueen, The Mirisch Corporation, under siege, United Artists, Victor French, village, Yul Brynner

January 11th, 2012: ¡Three Amigos!

Jan11 by professormortis

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3 Comments Posted in Assumed Identity, Comedy, Fish-Out-of-Water, Mistaken Identity, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Slapstick, Spoof, Western Tagged Alfonso Arau, banditos, Brian Thompson, Chevy Chase, Elmer Bernstein, HBO, Hollywood, homage, Joe Mantegna, John Landis, Jon Lovitz, Lorne Michaels, Martin Short, Mexico, musical interlude, Orion, Patrice Martinez, Phil Hartman, Randy Newman, Saturday Night Live cast, Seven Samurai situation, silent Hollywood, Steve Martin, Tony Plana, village

December 28th, 2011: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Black and White, Buddy Flick, Drama, Movie of the Day, The Original, Tragedy Tagged banditos, bandits, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director, Best Picture Nominee, Best Supporting Actor, children of famous people, double cross, fate, gold, greed, Humphrey Bogart, Jack L. Warner, John Huston, lottery, luck, Mexico, mine, miners, old timer, prospectors, Tim Holt, train, train attack, train robbery, village, Walter Huston, Warner Brothers

December 18th, 2011: The Holiday (2006)

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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 11th, 2011: Careful (1992)

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5 Comments Posted in Arthouse, Black Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Independent, Melodrama, Movie of the Day Tagged attempted suicide, avalanche, brothers, Canada, duel, fairy tale, fratricide, Guy Maddin, homage, incest, low-budget, matricide, mountain climbing, sorroricide, suicide, Telefilm Canada, village, younger brother

October 30th, 2011: Black Sunday (1960)

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2 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Short Story(ies), Black and White, Gothic Horror, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Vampires Tagged AIP, Barbara Steele, castle, curse, cursed town, Drive-In, dual role, execution, family curse, gore, Italy, Les Baxter, Mario Bava, Nikolai Gogol, priest, prince, princess, Samuel Z. Arkoff, village, warnings from townsfolk

Brigadoon (1954)

Aug17 by professormortis

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2 Comments Posted in Fantasy, Full Reviews, Musical, Reviews, Romance, The Original Tagged "love breaks the spell", alcoholic, Arthur Freed, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Sound Recording Nominee, curse, cursed town, Cyd Charisse, deus ex machina, Elaine Stewart, Gene Kelly, love at first sight, MGM, miracle, New York City, Scotland, Tudor Owen, Van Johnson, village, Vincente Minnelli, warnings from townsfolk

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