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June 18th, 2014: Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

Jun18 by Professor Mortis

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3 Comments Posted in Comedy, In Name Only Sequel, Movie of the Day, Music, Remake, Romance, Satire, Sequel, Spoof, Whodunnit Tagged 20th Century Fox, attempted suicide, Charles Napier, cross dressing, decapitation, double cross, ingenues, Los Angeles, Nazis, porn stars, producer, rise and fall, rock and roll, Roger Ebert, Russ Meyers, The Strawberry Alarm Clock

April 24th, 2014: Lethal Weapon (1987)

Apr24 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Buddy Flick, Cops, Crime, Movie of the Day, Thriller Tagged "I'm getting too old for this shit", Al "Kabong" Leong, attempted suicide, Christmas, cops, corrupt cops, Danny Glover, Darlene Love, Don Gordon, double cross, drug dealers, drug smugglers, drugs, Ed O'Ross, Eric Clapton, family, Gary Busey, Grand L. Bush, helicopter, Joan Severance, Joel Silver, maverick cops, Mel Gibson, Michael Kamen, Mitch Ryan, retirement, Richard Donner, Shane Black, suicide, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Tom Atkins, torture, Vietnam veterans

December 24th, 2012: The Apartment (1960)

Dec24 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Comedy, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Romance, Screwball, Workplace Tagged adultery, affair, attempted suicide, Best Actor Nominee, Best Actress Nominee, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Original Screenplay, Best Picture, Best Sound Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Billy Wilder, Christmas, Christmas Eve, Fred MacMurray, I.A.L. Diamond, Jack Lemmon, New Year's Eve, Ray Walston, Shirley MacLaine, The Mirisch Corporation, United Artists

July 16th, 2012: Baby Face (1933)

Jul16 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Drama, Movie of the Day, Women's Picture Tagged abusive father, attempted suicide, bar maid, Barbara Stanwyck, bartender, Darryl F. Zanuck, double cross, George Brent, John Wayne, maid, murder, National Film Registry, Pre-Code, studio interference, suicide, tacked on ending, Warner Brothers

January 30th, 2012: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)

Jan30 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Espionage, Event Film, Movie of the Day, Romance, Sequel Tagged 007, Albert R. Broccoli, attempted suicide, Bernard Lee, biological warfare, Blofeld, bobsled, Britain, car racing, casino, Desmond Llewelyn, diana rigg, Eon Productions, father-daughter relationship, gambler, George Lazenby, Harry Saltzman, Ian Fleming, it's not over, James Bond, Joanna Lumley, John Barry, John Glen, Lois Maxwell, MI6, mobsters, overbearing father, Peter R. Hunt, Richard Maibaum, scientists, skiing, SPECTRE, Switzerland, Telly Savalas, undercover

December 11th, 2011: Careful (1992)

Dec11 by Professor Mortis

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5 Comments Posted in Arthouse, Black Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Independent, Melodrama, Movie of the Day Tagged attempted suicide, avalanche, brothers, Canada, duel, fairy tale, fratricide, Guy Maddin, homage, incest, low-budget, matricide, mountain climbing, sorroricide, suicide, Telefilm Canada, village, younger brother

October 8th, 2011: Better Off Dead…(1985)

Oct8 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Animation, Black Comedy, Comedy, Fish-Out-of-Water, Movie of the Day, Slapstick, Stop Motion Animation Tagged Amanda Wyss, attempted suicide, big dance, CBS Entertainment Productions, competition, cult, Curtis Armstrong, Dan Schneider, David Ogden Stiers, Diane Franklin, duel, dysfunctional family, Elizabeth Daily, exchange student, fantasy sequence, France, John Cusack, Kim Darby, montage, musical interlude, out of touch parents, paperboy, Savage Steve Holland, sidekick, skiing, snobs vs. slobs, sports announcer, Steven Williams, Taylor Negron, teens, training sequence, Vincent Schiavelli

August 21st, 2011: Harold and Maude

Aug21 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Coming of Age, May-September, Movie of the Day, Romance Tagged apprentice/mentor relationship, attempted suicide, Bud Court, Cat Stevens, counter-culture, cult, funeral, Hal Ashby, hearse, hippies, Holocaust survivor, MPDG, National Film Registry, older woman, Paramount Pictures, proto-Goth, Ruth Gordon, teens, Tom Skerritt, Vietnam

July 15th, 2011: The Mechanic (1972)

Jul15 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Action, Crime, Independent, Movie of the Day, So-Bad-It's-Good, Thriller Tagged "The Organization", apprentice/mentor relationship, attempted suicide, booby trap, Charles Bronson, Chartoff-Winkler Productions, hit man, Italy, Iwrin Winkler, Jan Michael Vincent, Keenan Wynn, Michael Winner, mobsters, Robert Chartoff, Rube Goldberg murders, twist, United Artists

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