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December 16th, 2014: Castle Keep

Dec16 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black Comedy, Independent, Last Stand, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Satire, War Movies Tagged academic, Al Freeman Jr., Avala Film, baker, Battle of the Bulge, before they were famous, Bruce Dern, Burt Lancaster, castle, Columbia Pictures, Filmways Pictures, France, Henri Decae, historian, James Patterson, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Nazis, Patrick O'Neal, Peter Falk, Scott Wilson, surreal, Sydney Pollack, Tony Bill, William Eastlake, World War Two

October 8th, 2014: Aliens (1986)

Oct8 by Professor Mortis

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5 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

August 26th, 2014: Seven Samurai (1954)

Aug26 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in "Foreign Film", Adventure, Arthouse, Black and White, Drama, Last Stand, Martial Arts, Movie of the Day, Period Film, The Original, War Movies Tagged Akira Kurosawa, bandits, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Costume Design Nominee, class issues, drag, forbidden love, homage, Japan, master swordsman, old timer, orphan, peasants, Ronin, Samurai, Takashi Shimura, Toho, Toshiro Mifune

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 9th 2014: Quilombo (1984)

Jul9 by Max Roland Ekstrom

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Leave a comment Posted in Arthouse, Independent, Last Stand, War Movies Tagged Brazil, capoeira, history, palmares, Palme D'Or Nominee, World Cup Week

April 9th 2014: Bataan

Apr9 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Black and White, Last Stand, Movie of the Day, Remake, War Movies Tagged Desi Arnaz, George Murphy, Lloyd Nolan, Loew's, MGM, Robert Taylor, Tay Garnett, Thomas Mitchell, World War Two

March 29th, 2013: The Green Slime

Mar29 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Aliens, Blobs, Disaster, Event Film, Horror, Last Stand, Monster, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged any part of the monster becomes another monster, asteroid, Australia, Bill Finger, co-production, Drive-In, fast reproducing monsters, goofy monster suit, Japan, Kinji Fukasaku, Luciana Paluzzi, MGM, models, Richard Jaeckel, Robert Dunham, scientists, space exploration, space station, the declining years, Toei Company

March 25th, 2013: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

Mar25 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Computer Animation, Epic, Event Film, Fantasy, Ghost, Last Stand, Monster, Movie of the Day, Remake, Road Trip, Sequel, Sword and Sorcery, War Movies Tagged Andy Serkis, Annie Lenox, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Costume Design, Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Makeup, Best Original Song, Best Picture, Best Score, Best Sound Mixing, Best Visual Effects, Billy Boyd, Bob Weinstein, Brad Dourif, Bruce Spence, Cate Blanchett, Christopher Lee, curse, cursed objects, Dominic Monaghan, dwarves, Elijah Wood, elves, Fran Walsh, Harvey Weinstein, Hobbits, Howard Shore, Hugo Weaving, Ian Holm, Ian McKellen, insanity, John Rhys-Davies, JRR Tolkien, Karl Urban, Liv Tyler, Lord of the Rings, mastermind, Miranda Otto, New Line Cinema, New Zealand, orcs, Orlando Bloom, Peter Jackson, prophecy, Sean Astin, Sean Bean, self immolation, sorcerer, under siege, Viggo Mortensen, Wing-Nut Productions, wizards

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 22nd, 2012: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Sep22 by David Cole

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