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December 28th, 2014: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Dec28 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments 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

South Shore Movie Guild Review: The Ultimate Weapon (1998)

Dec12 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Buddy Flick, DTV, Full Reviews, Independent, Reviews Tagged absent father, bad accents, body shield, booby trap, broadsword, Canada, Canuxploitation, codenames, daughter, drive by, father, father-daughter relationship, hostage, hostage situation, Hulk Hogan, insanity, IRA, Irish, low-budget, mercenary, mine, nightmares, pimp, prostitutes, prostitution, Serbia, sidekick, special forces, SSMG, strip club, strippers, sword duels, terrorists, torture, United Nations

August 2nd, 2011: Quiet Cool

Aug2 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Buddy Flick, Cops, Crime, Movie of the Day, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged awful cover, California, Chris Mulkey, double cross, drug dealers, drugs, Fran Ryan, homoerotic subtext, James Remar, Jared Martin, marijuana, maverick cops, New Line Cinema, Nick Cassavetes, showdown, survivalist, twist

July 26, 2014: Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)

Jul26 by bellabone

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1 Comment Posted in Action, Buddy Flick, Comedy, Crime, Gangster, Heist, Independent, Movie of the Day, Slapstick, Stoner Tagged antiques, bumbling criminals, eavesdropping, enforcer, factions, gambling debts, guns, Guy Ritchie, Jason Statham, knives, marijuana, mistaken identity, nineties, poker, psychopaths, rifles, sex shop kingpin

July 10, 2014: Bend it Like Beckham (2002)

Jul10 by bellabone

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Leave a comment Posted in Buddy Flick, Comedy, Coming of Age, Movie of the Day, Romance, Sports, Women's Picture Tagged coach, David Beckham, Drama, Espy award, football, GLAAD award, high school, immigrants, out of touch parents, Sikhs, soccer, soldiers, Spice Girls, teens, women's sports, World Cup Week

July 8th, 2014, The Damned United (2009)

Jul8 by Max Roland Ekstrom

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1 Comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Based on a Book, Buddy Flick, Drama, Movie of the Day, Sports Tagged "England", 1970s, beautiful game, Brian Clough, Derby, football, Leeds, soccer, World Cup, World Cup Week

July 7, 2014: Road to Rio (1947)

Jul7 by bellabone

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Buddy Flick, Comedy, Music, Road Trip, Romance, Slapstick Tagged Andrews Sisters, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Brazil, Dorothy Lamour, hypnotism, Rio de Janeiro, Road to, vaudeville, World Cup Week

April 24th, 2014: Lethal Weapon (1987)

Apr24 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Buddy Flick, Cops, Crime, Movie of the Day, Thriller Tagged "I'm getting too old for this shit", Al "Kabong" Leong, attempted suicide, Christmas, cops, corrupt cops, Danny Glover, Darlene Love, Don Gordon, double cross, drug dealers, drug smugglers, drugs, Ed O'Ross, Eric Clapton, family, Gary Busey, Grand L. Bush, helicopter, Joan Severance, Joel Silver, maverick cops, Mel Gibson, Michael Kamen, Mitch Ryan, retirement, Richard Donner, Shane Black, suicide, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Tom Atkins, torture, Vietnam veterans

April 20, 2014: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)

Apr20 by iggyfh

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3 Comments Posted in Action, Buddy Flick, Chase, Comedy, Coming of Age, Juvenile Delinquent, Movie of the Day, Road Trip Tagged abe froman, Ben Stein, Chicago, day off, high school, John Hughes, Matthew Broderick, Mia Sara, Paramount Pictures, sausage king, sick day, teens

March 27th, 2014: Pulp Fiction

Mar27 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Buddy Flick, Comedy, Crime, Indy, Movie of the Day, The Original Tagged A Band Apart, Amanda Plummer, Best Actor Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Original Screenplay, Best Picture Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, boxing, Bruce Willis, children of famous people, Christopher Walken, Danny DeVito, Eric Stoltz, Frank Whaley, Harvey Keitel, hit man, homage, John Travolta, Joseph Pilato, Julia Sweeney, Kathy Griffin, Miramax, non-linear timeline, Quentin Tarantino, robbery, Roger Avary, Rosanna Arquette, Samuel L. Jackson, Steve Buscemi, Tim Roth, Uma Thurman, Ving Rhames

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