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June 12th: Cidade de Deus aka City of God (2002)

Jun12 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Coming of Age, Crime, Drama, Issue Film, Juvenile Delinquent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, True Crime Tagged Alice Braga, before they were famous, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Brazil, brothers, co-production, double cross, drug dealers, drugs, favelas, Fernando Meirelles, France, insanity, it's not over, revenge, Rio De Janerio, Seu Jorge, slums, street gang, teens

April 28th, 2014: American Hustle

Apr28 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Con, Crime, Drama, Movie of the Day, Period Film, True Crime Tagged 1970s, Abscam, adultery, Amy Adams, Anthony Zerbe, Atlantic City, Best Actor Nominee, Best Actress Nominee, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Original Screenplay Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Production Design Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, Camden, Christian Bale, Colleen Camp, Columbia Pictures, con, con artist, Danny Elfman, disco, double cross, dry cleaner, FBI, homage, informant, insanity, it's not over, Jack Huston, Jennifer Lawrence, Jeremy Renner, Long Island, Louis C. K., Mafia, New Jersey, New York City, overbearing mother, Robert De Niro, twist

December 18th, 2013: Catch Me If You Can (2002)

Dec18 by Professor Mortis

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4 Comments Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Based on a Book, Biopic, Con, Cops, Crime, Drama, Movie of the Day, Period Film, True Crime Tagged Amblin Entertainment, Amy Acker, Amy Adams, Best Original Score Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Canada, Christopher Walken, Dreamworks, Ellen Pompeo, FBI, forgery, Frank Abagnale Jr., James Brolin, John Williams, Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Sheen, Massachusetts, Pan Am, Paris, pilots, rise and fall, Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks

December 11th, 2013: Goodfellas (1990)

Dec11 by David Cole

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1 Comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Crime, Movie of the Day, True Crime Tagged Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Martin Scorsese, Nicholas Pileggi, Paul Sorvino, Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro

August 24th, 2013: American Gangster (2007)

Aug24 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Based on a Magazine Article, Cops, Crime, Gangster, Movie of the Day, Period Film, True Crime Tagged Armand Assante, Best Art Direction Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, brothers, Carla Gugino, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Clarence Williams III, Common, corrupt cops, Cuba Gooding Jr., Denzel Washington, drug addict, drug dealers, drugs, heroin, Idris Elba, Imagine Entertainment, John Hawkes, Jon Polito, Josh Brolin, Kevin Corrigan, maverick, maverick cops, mobsters, mother-son relationship, New York City, Nicholas Pileggi, Relativity Media, Ridley Scott, rise and fall, Ruby Dee, Russell Crowe, RZA, Ted Levine, Universal Pictures, Vietnam, Vietnam veterans

March 8th, 2013: The Honeymoon Killers

Mar8 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Arthouse, Black and White, Con, Crime, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Thriller, True Crime Tagged child death, con artist, controlling mother, cult, Doris Roberts, double cross, Drive-In, grindhouse, insanity, Leonard Kastle, low-budget, mother, mother-daugther relationship, New York City, nurse, pregnancy, Shirley Stoler, Tony Lo Bianco

December 20th, 2012: Zodiac (2007)

Dec20 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Based on a Book, Cops, Crime, Drama, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Period Film, Serial Killer, Thriller, True Crime Tagged Anthony Edwards, asshole reporter, Brian Cox, California, Candy Clark, children of famous people, cops, David Fincher, Dermot Mulroney, Donal Logue, Elias Koteas, insanity, Ione Skye, it's not over, Jake Gyllenhaal, James LeGros, John Carroll Lynch, John Terry, Mark Ruffalo, maverick cops, murder, newspaper, Paramount Pictures, Phillip Baker Hall, red herring, reporter, Robert Downey Jr., San Francisco, serial killer, threatening letters, Warner Brothers

December 6th, 2012: Gimme Shelter (1970)

Dec6 by David Cole

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Leave a comment Posted in Crime, Documentary, Movie of the Day, Music, True Crime Tagged Albert Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin, David Maysles, Flying Burrito Brothers, Ike Turner, Jefferson Airplane, The Rolling Stones, Tina Turner

December 1st, 2012: Badlands (1973)

Dec1 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Arthouse, Crime, Drama, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Road Trip, Romance, True Crime Tagged Badlands, before they were famous, low-budget, Martin Sheen, Montana, National Film Registry, on the lam, patricide, Sissy Spacek, South Dakota, teens, Terrence Malick, Warner Brothers

November 7th, 2012: Time After Time (1979)

Nov7 by David Cole

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Chase, Comedy, Crime, Fish-Out-of-Water, Movember, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, Time Travel, True Crime Tagged Corey Feldman, David Warner, Karl Alexander, Malcolm McDowell, Mary Steenburgen, Miklós Rózsa, Nicholas Meyer

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