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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

August 11th, 2014: Red Dawn (1985)

Aug11 by Professor Mortis

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5 Comments Posted in Guerrillas, Independent, Movie of the Day, Propaganda, So-Bad-It's-Good, War Movies Tagged Ben Johnson, brothers, C. Thomas Howell, Charlie Sheen, concentration camp, Cubans, double cross, football team, Frank McRae, Guerrillas, Harry Dean Stanton, Jennifer Grey, John Milius, Lane Smith, Lea Thompson, paratroopers, Patrick Swayze, Powers Boothe, Ron O'Neal, Roy Jenson, Sandinistas, Soviets, Spetnaz, United Artists, World War Three

June 27th, 2014: Battleship Ptoemkin

Jun27 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in "Based on a True Story", "Foreign Film", Arthouse, Black and White, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Propaganda, War Movies Tagged Goskino, mutiny, revolution, Russia, Sergei Eisenstein, Soviet

June 14th, 2014: Casablanca

Jun14 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Play, Black and White, Drama, Issue Film, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Propaganda, Romance, The Original, Tragedy Tagged Best Actor Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Music Nominee, Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Best Writing, Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, double cross, Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Max Steiner, Michael Curtiz, musical interlude, National Film Registry, Nazis, Paul Hendrid, Peter Lorre, S. Z. Sakall, Screenplay, Sydney Greenstreet, twist, Warner Brothers, World War Two

November 5th, 2013: V for Vendetta (2006)

Nov5 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Action, Adaptation, Based on a Comic Book, Dark Future, Movie of the Day, Propaganda, Superheroes Tagged Alan Moore, Andy Wachowski, Britain, DC Comics, disowned by its creator, Hugo Weaving, Joel Silver, John Hurt, Lana Wachowski, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Natalie Portman, Rupert Graves, Silver Pictures, Stephen Fry, Stephen Rhea, totalitarian society, Virtual Studios, Warner Brothers

September 28th, 2013: Death Drug (1978)

Sep28 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Addicition, Blaxploitation, Drama, Independent, Issue Film, Movie of the Day, Propaganda Tagged Angel Dust, before they were famous, cash-in, drug addict, drug dealers, drugs, drugs are killing our kids, low-budget, music industry, musical interlude, Philip Michael Thomas, rise and fall, Rosalind Cash, The Gap Band

August 2nd, 2013: Tell Your Children aka Reefer Madness (1936)

Aug2 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Black and White, Drama, Independent, Issue Film, Juvenile Delinquent, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Propaganda, So-Bad-It's-Good, The Original, Tragedy Tagged counter-culture, cult, drug addict, drug dealers, drugs, drugs are killing our kids, grindhouse, insanity, low-budget, marijuana, midnight movie, teens

Aelita aka Aelita: Queen of Mars

Dec2 by Professor Mortis

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8 Comments 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, aristocracy, Communism, engineers, king, Mars, Queen, revolution, Soviet, Soviet Union, Soviets, space exploration, workers

November 8th, 2012: Sahara (1943)

Nov8 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Last Stand, Movie of the Day, Propaganda, So-Bad-It's-Good, The Original, War Movies Tagged "a picture of my gal", "never say die...oops", "what I'll do when the war is over", Africa, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Sound Recording Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Columbia Pictures, desert, double cross, Humphrey Bogart, J. Carrol Naish, last stand, Lloyd Bridges, Nazis, oasis, Rex Ingram Dan Duryea, Sahara, tank, World War Two

September 16th, 2012: Lion of the Desert (1981)

Sep16 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Campaign History, Epic, Event Film, Guerrillas, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Propaganda, War Movies Tagged Anthony Quinn, Colonialism, double cross, execution, Fascists, Guerrillas, Italy, Libya, Maurice Jarre, Moustapha Akkad, Mussolini, Oliver Reed, Raf Vallone, rip-off, Rod Steiger, United Film Distribution Company (UFDC)

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