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March 9, 2013: The English Patient (1996)

Mar9 by bellabone

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Drama, Epic, Espionage, Movie of the Day, Romance, Tragedy, War Movies Tagged 1930s, adultery, affair, Africa, amnesia, Anthony Minghella, Best Actor Nominee, Best Actress Nominee, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Director, Best Film Editing, best music original dramatic score, Best Picture, Best Sound, Best Supporting Actress, best writing nominee adapted screenplay, Colin Firth, desert, double agent, Juliette Binoche, Kristin Scott Thomas, mistaken identity, morphine, Naveen Andrews, nurse, Ralph Fiennes, thief, unexploded bombs, Willem Dafoe, World War Two

August 5th, 2013: Beat the Devil (1953)

Aug5 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adventure, Black and White, Comedy, Con, Crime, Drama, Espionage, Independent, Movie of the Day, Romance, Screwball Tagged Africa, Bernard Lee, bickering married couple, boat, Britain, children of famous people, double cross, Gina Lollabridgia, Humphrey Bogart, Italy, Jennifer Jones, John Huston, ocean, Peter Lorre, Robert Morley, sea voyage, Truman Capote, uranium

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

October 19th, 2012: The Constant Gardener

Oct19 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Drama, Espionage, Issue Film, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Thriller Tagged "ripped from the headlines", activists, Africa, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Original Score Nominee, Best Supporting Actress, Bill Nighy, Britain, children of famous people, China, co-production, corrupt cops, corrupt politicians, corruption, cover-up, Danny Huston, double cross, Fernando Meirelles, Focus Features, Germany, John Le Carre, Kenya, Pete Postlethwaite, Rachel Weisz, Ralph Fiennes, UK Film Council

December 12th, 2011: Shaft in Africa

Dec12 by Professor Mortis

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3 Comments Posted in Action, Adventure, Blaxploitation, Crime, Detective, Espionage, Issue Film, Movie of the Day, Revenge, Sequel Tagged Africa, double cross, Ethiopia, France, Frank Finlay, Frank McRae, hit man, human trafficking, Jacques Herlin, John Guillermin, Johny Pate, location shooting, Marne Maitland, MGM, Neda Arneric, Paris, Richard Roundtree, slavery, Sterling Silliphant, The Four Tops, Vonetta McGee

June 13th, 2011: Mighty Joe Young (1949)

Jun13 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adventure, Black and White, Event Film, Family, Giant Animals, Great White Hunter, Independent, Kaiju, Movie of the Day, Stop Motion Animation, The Original Tagged Africa, Argosy Pictures, Ben Johnson, Best Effects-Best Special Effects, cowboys, Ernest B. Schoedsack, fire, gorillas, John Ford, Merian C. Cooper, musical interlude, night club, RKO, Robert Armstrong, Ruth Rose, Willis O'Brien

The Invisible Ray (1936)

Oct4 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Full Reviews, Horror, Mad Scientist, Monster, Revenge, Reviews, Sci-Fi Tagged Africa, astronomy, Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, death touch, radiation, Radium, Universal Pictures, welding mask

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