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December 4th, 2014: Aelita aka Aelita: Queen of Mars

Dec4 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Aliens, Arthouse, Black and White, Drama, Event Film, Fantasy, Issue Film, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Propaganda, Sci-Fi, Silent, Space Travel Tagged aliens as monarchist allegory, allegory, aristocracy, Communism, engineers, extraterrestrial radio signals, king, Mars, Queen, Radio, revolution, Soviet, Soviet Union, Soviets, space exploration, workers

November 24, 2014: Highlander (1986)

Nov24 by iggyfh

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adventure, Based on a TV Show, Epic, Fantasy, Fight Film, Movie of the Day, Swashbuckler, Sword and Sorcery Tagged bad accents, Christopher Lambert, Clancy Brown, Freddie Mercury, Kurgan, MacLeod, Queen, Scotland, Sean Connery, sword duels, there can be only one, who wants to live forever

October 30th, 2014: The War of the Worlds (1953)

Oct30 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Aliens, Based on a Book, Based on a Radio Show, Event Film, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, The Original, War with Aliens Tagged "germs kill the monster", Air Force, Ann Robinson, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Sound Recording Nominee, Best Special Effects, Byron Haskins, Cecil B. DeMille, Cedrick Hardwicke, force field, Gene Barry, George Pal, H.G. Wells, Les Treymane, Mars, Martians, mob, nuclear weapons, Paramount Pictures, Paul Frees, riot, scientists, square dance, stock footage, U.S. Army

October 26th, 2014: Lady Terminator

Oct26 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Event Film, Fantasy, From Beyond the Grave, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Revenge, So-Bad-It's-Good, Witches Tagged cash-in, cops, flashback, helicopter, Indonesia, low-budget, maverick cops, mystics, opening kill, rip-off, rocket launcher, singer, underwater photography, unstoppable killer

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

October 15th, 2014: The Last Dragon (1985)

Oct15 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Comedy, Drama, Event Film, Independent, Martial Arts, Movie of the Day, Music, Slapstick, Spoof Tagged before they were famous, Berry Gordy, Chazz Palminteri, children of famous people, DeBarge, Ernie Reyes Jr., Harlem, Joseph M. Caracciolo, Keisha Knight Pulliam, kid brother, kidnapping, Mike Starr, Motown Productions, music, music industry, music videos, musical interlude, musicians, New York City, pizza shop, Rockwell, Ron Van Clief, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, talent agents, teens, The Temptations, TriStar Pictures, William H. Macy, Willie Hutch

October 8th, 2014: Aliens (1986)

Oct8 by Professor Mortis

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4 Comments Posted in Action, Adventure, Aliens, Event Film, Horror, Last Stand, Monster, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, Sequel, Thriller, War Movies Tagged "nuke 'em from orbit", 20th Century Fox, androids, before they were famous, Best Actress Nominee, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Effects Best Visual Effects, Best Effects Sound Effects Editing, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Original Score Nominee, Best Sound Nominee, Bill Paxton, double cross, evil businessman, feral child, Gale Ann Hurd, homage, it's not over, James Cameron, James Horner, Jeanette Goldstein, Lance Henriksen, Michael Biehn, mumbldypeg, nightmares, nuclear power plant, nuke, parasite, Paul Reiser, space colony, space marine, Stan Winston, the company, The Marines, traumatized children, Walter Hill

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