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November 22nd, 2013: Black Belt Jones

Nov22 by Professor Mortis

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3 Comments Posted in Action, Blaxploitation, Comedy, Crime, Espionage, Event Film, Independent, Movie of the Day, Slapstick, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged "martial arts", "Save the Old X", Alan Weeks, assassination attempt, bar, beach, blackmail, cash-in, Charles B. Pierce, Dennis Coffey, diplomats, dojo, double cross, drugs, Earl Jolly Brown, father, father-daughter relationship, Fred Weintraub, gambling debts, Gloria Hendry, gymnasts, IOU, Jim Kelly, karate, love montage, Luchi De Jesus, Mafia, Malik Carter, Marla Gibbs, militants, montage, Paul M. Heller, pool hall, quotably bad dialogue, rip-off, Robert Clouse, Robert Wall, Scatman Crothers, secret agent, sidekick, Sonny Barnes, teacher student relationship, Ted Lange, Warner Brothers

June 20th, 2013: El Chuncho, Quien Sabe? aka A Bullet for the General

Jun20 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adventure, Buddy Flick, Guerrillas, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Spaghetti Western, Special Operations, War Movies, Western Tagged Aldo Sambrell, assassin, assassination, assassination attempt, banditos, bandits, double cross, Ennio Morricone, Gian Maria Volonte, gimmick weapon, golden bullet, grenade, gringo, Italy, Klaus Kinski, Lou Castel, machine gun, Martine Beswick, mercenary, Mexican Revolution, Mexico, priest, revolution, revolutionaries, train, twist, ugly Americans

May 7th, 2013: Ghidorah, the Three Headed Monster

May7 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Aliens, Cops, Crime, Dinosaurs, Disaster, Event Film, Giant Insects, Hit Man, Kaiju, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, Sequel, Superheroes Tagged airplane, Akihiko Hirata, Akiko Wakabayashi, Akira Ifukube, alien possession, alien warning, assassin, assassination attempt, Bad Dubbing, Cassandra, cops, Eiji Tsuburaya, Emi Ito, fishermen, Ghidorah, Godzilla, hanging from a cliff, Hiroshi Koizumi, Japan, Kenji Sahara, lady reporter, model airplane, Mothra, mountains, music summons the monster, plane crash, power outage, princess, prophecy, quotably bad dialogue, reporter, Rodan, scientists, Shinichi Sekizawa, shock treatment, Takashi Shimura, Toho, Tomoyuki Tanaka, TV show, Yosuke Natsuki, Yumi Ito, Yuriko Hoshi

May 22nd, 2012: Z (1969)

May22 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Political Thriller, Thriller Tagged assassination, assassination attempt, Best Actor (Cannes), Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing, Best Foreign Language Picture, Best Picture Nominee, car accident, car attack, coma, conspiracy, Costa-Gravas, coup, doctor, France, Greece, hospital, informer, Irene Pappas, it's not over, Jacques Perrin, Jean-Louis Trintignant, journalist, Jury Prize (Cannes), Palme D'Or Nominee, paramilitary group, political group, politician, reluctant witness, surgery, Yves Montand

November 22nd, 2011: The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

Nov22 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Independent, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Political Thriller, Satire, The Original, Thriller Tagged Angela Lansbury, assassination attempt, brain washing, China, Communism, controlling mother, corrupt politicians, dream sequence, Frank Sinatra, George Axelrod, Henry Silva, Janet Leigh, John Frankenheimer, Korean War, Lawrence Harvey, mother, nightmares, patsy, politician, repressed memories, Richard Condon, Soviet Union, suicide, U.S. Army, Washington D.C., Whit Bissell

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