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December 10th, 2014: Billy Jack (1971)

Dec10 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Action, Drama, Independent, Issue Film, Martial Arts, Movie of the Day, Revenge, Sequel, Tragedy, Western Tagged "the role that made them famous", animal cruelty, Billy Jack, box office smash, coven, Delores Taylor, double cross, Drive-In, environmental message, Green Beret, half breed, Hapkido, hippies, Howard Hessman, Kenneth Tobey, low-budget, mustangs, one hit wonder, One Tin Soldier, private school, progressive school, pushed too far, racists, rape, rednecks, role-playing, runaway, shoe free ass kicking, stand-off, Tom Laughlin, veteran, Vietnam veterans

December 9th, 2014: Serpico (1973)

Dec9 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Based on a Book, Biopic, Cops, Crime, Drama, Independent, Issue Film, Movie of the Day, The Original, Thriller Tagged Al Pacino, Best Actor Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, corrupt cops, corruption, Dino De Laurentiis, double cross, F. Murray Abraham, Judd Hirsch, M. Emmet Walsh, maverick cops, New York City, Paramount Pictures, Sidney Lumet, Tony Lo Bianco, Tracey Walter

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 11th, 2014: All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

Nov11 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Anti-War, Based on a Book, Black and White, Coming of Age, Drama, Issue Film, Movie of the Day, The Original, War Movies Tagged apprentice/mentor relationship, before they were famous, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director, Best Picture, Carl Laemmle Jr., cursed objects, Edward L. Cahn, Erich Maria Remaque, French Army, George Cukor, German Army, Germany, Great War, hard ass seargant, horrors of war, hospital, Karl Freund, Lew Ayres, Lewis Milestone, Louis Wolheim, military training, teachers, Universal Pictures

July 13, 2014: The Mission (1986)

Jul13 by iggyfh

The Mission (1986)

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Drama, Epic, Event Film, Fight Film, Homefront, Issue Film, Last Stand, Movie of the Day, Tragedy, War Movies Tagged Brazil, Colonialism, Jeremy Irons, Jesuits, Liam Neeson, Missionaries, native americans, Robert DeNiro, Roland Joffe, slave trade, World Cup Week

July 12, 2014: Offside (2006)

Jul12 by bellabone

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Issue Film, Juvenile Delinquent, Movie of the Day, Prison, Satire, Sports, Women's Picture Tagged cross dressing, fans, football, Iran, Islamic Republic, Jafar Panahi, Persepolis, segregation, Silver Bear, soccer, soldiers, Vice Squad, women's lib, World Cup 2006, World Cup Week

July 4th, 2014: The Bay (2012)

Jul4 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Animals Attack, Disaster, Ecological Disaster, Found Footage, Horror, Independent, Indy, Issue Film, Mockumentary, Monster, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, Thriller Tagged "We Can't Close the Beaches!", 4th of July, activists, bacteria, Barry Levinson, boat, body horror, Chesapeake Bay, chicken farm, cover-up, crustaceans, cub reporter, eating contest gone wrong, ecohorror, ecological warning, factory farming, festival, hospital, infection, isopods, marine biologists, Maryland, massacre, mutants, ocean, outbreak, parasite, pollution, radiation, reporter, runoff, underwater photography

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