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February 25th, 2014: The Company of Wolves

Feb25 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Animals Attack, Anthology, Based on a Folk Tale, Based on a Radio Show, Based on a Short Story(ies), Coming of Age, Fairy Tale, Fantasy, Horror, Lycanthropy/Jekyll and Hyde, Movie of the Day, Werewolves Tagged Angela Carter, Angela Lansbury, aristocracy, before they were famous, Britain, David Warner, devil, father, forest, grandmother, hunters, husband, ITC, low-budget, mother, Neil Jordan, Palace Pictures, Stephen Rhea, story teller, story within a story, Terence Stamp, transformations, werewolf, wife, wolf man, wolves

February 18, 2014: Young Guns (1988)

Feb18 by iggyfh

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Action, Adaptation, Based on a Folk Tale, Coming of Age, Movie of the Day, Western Tagged 20th Century Fox, Billy the Kid, Brat Pack, cowboys, Morgan Creek Productions, New Mexico, Regulators, Wild West

December 2nd, 2013: The Thief of Bagdad (1940)

Dec2 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Based on a Folk Tale, Event Film, Family, Fantasy, Independent, Movie of the Day, Remake Tagged Alexander Korda, Arabian Nights, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Original Score Nominee, Best Special Effects, Britain, Conrad Veidt, djinni, king, magic, magician, Michael Powell, princess, Rex Ingram, Sabu, Technicolor, thief, United Artists, wizards

October 11th, 2013: La Belle et La Bête aka Beauty and the Beast (1946)

Oct11 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Folk Tale, Black and White, Drama, Fairy Tale, Fantasy, Movie of the Day, Romance Tagged castle, curse, evil sisters, fairy tale, father, father-daughter relationship, forest, France, Jean Cocteau, magic, robot servant, rose, twist

June 7th, 2013: Robin and the 7 Hoods

Jun7 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Folk Tale, Comedy, Crime, Gangster, Movie of the Day, Musical, Period Film, Spoof Tagged Best Adapted Score Nominee, Best Song Nominee, Bing Crosby, Chicago, Dean Martin, Edward G. Robinson, Frank Sinatra, gang conference, Hans Conried, mobsters, Paul Frees, Peter Falk, prohibition, Rat Pack, Robin Hood, Sammy Davis Jr, speakeasy, tommy gun, Tony Randall, Victor Buono

January 1st, 2013: Kwaidan aka Kaidan (1964)

Jan1 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Anthology, Arthouse, Based on a Folk Tale, Based on a Short Story(ies), Fantasy, From Beyond the Grave, Ghost, Horror, Jidaigeki, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Revenge, The Original Tagged Best Foreign Language Picture Nominee, blind, ghost story, Japan, Lafcadio Hearn, Masaki Kobayashi, meta, monks, musicians, Samurai, Takashi Shimura, Toho, vengeful ghost

July 9th, 2012: Splash (1984)

Jul9 by David Cole

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Folk Tale, Comedy, Fish-Out-of-Water, Movie of the Day, Romance Tagged Babaloo Mandel, Best Original Screenplay Nominee, Bruce Jay Friedman, Daryl Hannah, Dody Goodman, Eugene Levy, Golden Globe - Best Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical Nominee, John Candy, Lee Holdridge, Lowell Ganz, Ron Howard, Tom Hanks

April 2nd, 2012: Ponyo (2008)

Apr2 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Animation, Anime, Arthouse, Based on a Folk Tale, Based on a Short Story(ies), Based on Myths, Fairy Tale, Family, Fantasy, Movie of the Day Tagged Betty White, Cate Blanchett, Cloris Leachman, Disney, dubbed, fairy tale, Hans Christian Andersen, Hayao Miyazaki, Japan, Liam Neeson, Lily Tomlin, Matt Damon, Studio Ghibli, Tina Fey, Toho

The Thief of Bagdad (1924)

Mar9 by Professor Mortis

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3 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Based on a Folk Tale, Based on a Short Story(ies), Black and White, Comedy, Event Film, Fairy Tale, Fantasy, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Quick Reviews, Reviews, Silent, Sword and Sorcery, The Original Tagged Anna Mae Wong, Arabian Nights, Bagdad, caliph, Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks Pictures, magic, Noble Johnson, princess, Raoul Walsh, thief, United Artists

February 22nd, 2012: What’s Opera Doc?

Feb22 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Animation, Based on a Folk Tale, Based on an Opera, Comedy, Epic, Fantasy, Movie of the Day, Musical, Period Film, Romance, Screwball, Slapstick, Spoof Tagged Arthur Q. Bryan, Bugs Bunny, Chuck Jones, Elmer Fudd, lightning, Mel Blanc, Merrie Melodies, National Film Registry, opera, Richard Wagner, Warner Brothers

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