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October 24th, 2014: Batman Begins (2005)

Oct24 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Comic Book, Cops, Crime, Event Film, Gangster, Movie of the Day, Reboot, Revenge, Superheroes Tagged apprentice/mentor relationship, Batman, before they were famous, Best Cinematography Nominee, Bob Kane, butler, childhood tragedy, Christian Bale, Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy, David S. Goyer, DC Comics, Gary Oldman, Hans Zimmer, insanity, Jack Gleeson, Katie Holmes, Ken Watanabe, Legendary Pictures, Liam Neeson, Mark Boone Junior, Michael Caine, mobsters, Morgan Freeman, origin, playboy, Rutger Hauer, scarecrow, Tom Wilkinson, vigilantes, Warner Brothers

August 3rd, 2014: Spider-Man (2002)

Aug3 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Based on a Comic Book, Computer Animation, Event Film, Movie of the Day, Slapstick, Superheroes, The Original Tagged "Macho Man" Randy Savage, absent father, aunt, Avi Arad, Best Sound Nominee, Best Visual Effects Nominee, Bill Nunn, Bruce Campbell, Cliff Robertson, cub reporter, domestic violence, Elizabeth Banks, evil businessman, experiments, father, father-son relationship, girl next door, J. K. Simmons, James Franco, John Dykstra, Kirsten Dunst, Lucy Lawless, Macy Gray, Octavia Spencer, orphan, reporter, Rosemary Harris, Sam Raimi, son, Spider-Man, Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, survivor's guilt, Ted Raimi, Tobey Maguire, uncle, Willem Dafoe, with great power comes great responsibility, wrestler, wrestling match

July 3rd, 2014: Blade (1998)

Jul3 by Professor Mortis

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6 Comments Posted in Action, Adaptation, Based on a Comic Book, Event Film, Horror, Martial Arts, Movie of the Day, Superheroes, The Original, Vampires Tagged Avi Arad, based on a comic book, before they were famous, David S. Goyer, Donal Logue, Gerald Okamura, gods, half breed, Kris Kristofferson, Marvel, Marvel Enterprises, New Line Cinema, nightclub, porn star turned actor, porn stars, secret lair, secret society, slaughter house, Stan Lee, Traci Lords, Udo Kier, vampire hunter, Wesley Snipes

June 30th, 2014: Dredd (2012)

Jun30 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Action, Adaptation, Based on a Comic Book, Cops, Crime, Dark Future, Independent, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi Tagged Britain, co-production, cops, corrupt cops, drug addict, drug dealers, drugs, India, Judge Dredd, Karl Urban, Lena Headey, locked in, prostitutes, psychic, rookie, skyscraper, slums, South Africa

May 4th, 2014: The Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941)

May4 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Comic Book, Black and White, Fantasy, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Pulp, Serial, Superheroes, The Original, Whodunnit Tagged alter ego, Captain Marvel, cub reporter, explorers, Fawcett Comics, idol, low-budget, MacGuffin, machine gun, masked criminal, mastermind, mystics, reporter, scientific expedition, scientists, secret identity, Siam, Tom Tyler, William Witney

March 1st, 2014: Iron Man (2008)

Mar1 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adaptation, Based on a Comic Book, Event Film, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, Superheroes, The Original Tagged A.I., Afghanistan, arms dealer, Best Sound Editing Nominee, Best Visual Effects Nominee, children of famous people, Clark Gregg, coporate intrigue, Don Heck, double cross, engineers, Gwyneth Paltrow, industrial espionage, industrialist, inventors, Iron Man, Jack Kirby, Jeff Bridges, Jon Favreau, Marvel, Marvel Studios, mecha, Paramount Pictures, Peter Billingsley, power armor, Robert Downey Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, scientists, Stan Lee, Terrence Howard, terrorists

February 14th, 2014: Tales From the Crypt (1972)

Feb14 by retrozombi

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5 Comments Posted in Anthology, Based on a Comic Book, Ghost, Holiday, Movie of the Day, Slasher, Zombies Tagged Amicus, Joan Collins, Peter Cushing

January 28th, 2014: Riki-Oh (1991)

Jan28 by Max Roland Ekstrom

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Based on a Comic Book, Based on the Manga, Dark Future, Horror, Martial Arts, Movie of the Day, Prison, Revenge, Sci-Fi, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged Bad Dubbing, bad special effects, breath control, gore, Hong Kong, kung fu, prison, prison warden, prisoner, wooden acting

January 4th, 2014: Castle of Cagliostro

Jan4 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Animation, Anime, Based on the Manga, Comedy, Family, Heist, Movie of the Day, Sequel Tagged counterfeiters, double cross, Hayao Miyazaki, Interpol, Japan, Kingdom of Madupia, Lupin III, noble, sniper, thief, twist

November 5th, 2013: V for Vendetta (2006)

Nov5 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Action, Adaptation, Based on a Comic Book, Dark Future, Movie of the Day, Propaganda, Superheroes Tagged Alan Moore, Andy Wachowski, Britain, DC Comics, disowned by its creator, Hugo Weaving, Joel Silver, John Hurt, Lana Wachowski, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Natalie Portman, Rupert Graves, Silver Pictures, Stephen Fry, Stephen Rhea, totalitarian society, Virtual Studios, Warner Brothers

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