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October 22nd, 2014: Rebecca (1940)

Oct22 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Romance, The Original, Thriller Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Best Actor Nominee, Best Actress Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Art Direction Nominee, Best Cinematography, Best Director Nominee, Best Effects-Best Special Effects Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Original Score Nominee, Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, C. Aubrey Smith, Daphne du Maurier, David O. Selznick, George Sanders, Gothic, Joan Fontaine, Judith Anderson, Laurence Olivier, Leo G. Carroll, Nigel Bruce, Reginald Denny, Selznick International Pictures, United Artists

August 27th, 2014: There Will Be Blood

Aug27 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Drama, Indy, Movie of the Day, Period Film Tagged Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Art Direction Nominee, Best Cinematography, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Sound Editing, California, capitalists, Christian fundamentalists, Ciaran Hinds, con artist, Daniel Day-Lewis, deaf people, minister, Miramax, oil, Paramount Vantage, Paul Dano, Paul Thomas Anderson, prospectors

May 10th, 2014: Top Hat (1935)

May10 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Mistaken Identity, Movie of the Day, Musical, Romance, Screwball Tagged "England", Best Art Direction Nominee, Best Dance Direction Nominee, Best Original Song Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, dance, dancers, designer, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, high fashion, hotel, Irving Berlin, Italy, London, Max Steiner, meet cute, models, RKO, Venice

August 24th, 2013: American Gangster (2007)

Aug24 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Based on a Magazine Article, Cops, Crime, Gangster, Movie of the Day, Period Film, True Crime Tagged Armand Assante, Best Art Direction Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, brothers, Carla Gugino, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Clarence Williams III, Common, corrupt cops, Cuba Gooding Jr., Denzel Washington, drug addict, drug dealers, drugs, heroin, Idris Elba, Imagine Entertainment, John Hawkes, Jon Polito, Josh Brolin, Kevin Corrigan, maverick, maverick cops, mobsters, mother-son relationship, New York City, Nicholas Pileggi, Relativity Media, Ridley Scott, rise and fall, Ruby Dee, Russell Crowe, RZA, Ted Levine, Universal Pictures, Vietnam, Vietnam veterans

December 29th, 2012: Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)

Dec29 by David Cole

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black Comedy, Comedy, Con, Crime, Movie of the Day Tagged Best Art Direction Nominee, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Makeup, Best Music Original Score Nominee, Billy Connolly, Brad Silberling, Catherine O'Hara, Cedric the Entertainer, Daniel Handler, Emily Browning, Jennifer Coolidge, Jim Carrey, Jude Law, Lemony Snicket, Liam Aiken, Luis Guzman, Meryl Streep, Robert Gordon, Thomas Newman, Timothy Spall, VFD

December 9th, 2012: Bulldog Drummond (1929)

Dec9 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Play, Black and White, Crime, Detective, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Remake, Thriller Tagged awful gay stereotypes, Best Actor Nominee, Best Art Direction Nominee, gay sidekick, Great War veteran, Gregg Toland, Joan Bennett, kidnapping, Montagu Love, Pre-Code, Ronald Coleman, Samuel Goldwyn, Samuel Goldwyn Company, United Artists, veteran, yellow peril

September 5th, 2012: Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

Sep5 by David Cole

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a TV Show, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi Tagged Alan Dean Foster, Best Art Direction Nominee, Best Effects Best Visual Effects Nominee, Best Music Original Score Nominee, DeForest Kelley, George Takei, Harold Livingston, James Doohan, Jerry Goldsmith, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, Persis Khambatta, Robert Wise, Stephen Collins, Walter Koenig, William Shatner

August 1st, 2012: True Grit (2010)

Aug1 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Coming of Age, Movie of the Day, Remake, Revisionist Western, Western Tagged alcoholic, apprentice/mentor relationship, Barry Pepper, Best Actor Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Art Direction Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Sound Editing Nominee, Best Sound Mixing Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, Carter Burwell, children of famous people, comedic alcoholic, Ethan Coen, Hailee Steinfeld, hanging, Indian Territory, Jeff Bridges, Joel Coen, Matt Damon, Paramount Pictures, Roger Deakins, Scott Rudin Productions, snakes, Steven Spielberg, teens, Texas Ranger, U.S. Marshall

July 10th, 2012: The Prestige (2006)

Jul10 by David Cole

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Drama, Movie of the Day, Period Film Tagged Andy Serkis, Best Art Direction Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Christian Bale, Christopher Nolan, Christopher Priest, David Bowie, David Julyan, Hugh Jackman, Jonathan Nolan, Michael Caine, Piper Perabo, Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson

July 8th, 2012: The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)

Jul8 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Black and White, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Romance, Swashbuckler Tagged "the prince and the pauper", Alfred Newman, before they were famous, Best Art Direction Nominee, Best Score Nominee, Bullshitania, C. Aubrey Smith, children of famous people, David Niven, David O. Selznick, double cross, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., forbidden love, George Cukor, identical cousins, James Wong Howe, king, Mary Astor, Montagu Love, National Film Registry, Raymond Massey, reshoots, Ronald Coleman, secret identity, Selznick International Pictures, troubled production, W. S. Van Dyke

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