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February 17th, 2013: Slaughter (1972)

Feb17 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Blaxploitation, Buddy Flick, Crime, Movie of the Day, Revenge, The Original Tagged AIP, casino, Don Gordon, double cross, Drive-In, funk soundtrack, Green Beret, grindhouse, handball, Jim Brown, MacGuffin, Mafia, Marlene Clark, maverick, Mexico, mobsters, racism, racist cops, racists, revenge, Rip Torn, Samuel Z. Arkoff, Stella Stevens, T-Men, veteran, Vietnam veterans

January 4th, 2013: Blind Fury (1989)

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Buddy Flick, Movie of the Day, Remake, Road Trip Tagged blind, casino, corrupt cops, cult, drug dealers, drugs, ex-husband, ex-wife, homage, Las Vegas, Lisa Blount, master swordsman, Meg Foster, Miami, Nick Cassavetes, Noble Willingham, Phillip Noyce, Randall "Tex" Cobb, remake of a foreign film, Rick Overton, Rutger Hauer, samurai swords, Sho Kusugi, stealth remake, sword cane, Terry O'Quinn, TriStar Pictures

October 17th, 2012: Gilda (1946)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Short Story(ies), Black and White, Crime, Drama, Film Noir, Movie of the Day, Music, Romance, Thriller Tagged abusive relationship, Argentina, cartel, casino, Columbia Pictures, double cross, gambler, George MacReady, Glenn Ford, innuendo, musical interlude, nightclub, Rita Hayworth, tacked on ending

May 14th, 2012: Cleopatra Jones and the Casinos of Gold

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2 Comments Posted in Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Fish-Out-of-Water, Martial Arts, Movie of the Day, Sequel Tagged Albert Popwell, Caro Kenyatta, casino, drug dealers, drugs, failed franchise, Hong Kong, Norman Fell, rescue mission, Run Run Shaw, secret agent, smugglers, Stella Stevens, Tamara Dobson, undercover, Warner Brothers

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

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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

March 19th, 2011: Casino (1995)

Mar19 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Based on a Book, Crime, Gangster, Movie of the Day, Period Film, True Crime Tagged Alan King, Best Actress Nominee, casino, corruption, Dick Smothers, Don Rickles, double cross, flashback, Frank Adonis, Frank Vincent, Frankie Avalon, hit man, James Woods, Joe Pesci, Kevin Pollack, L.Q. Jones, Las Vegas, Mafia, Martin Scorcese, mobsters, Nicholas Pileggi, Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Steve Allen, Universal Pictures

February 7th, 2011: A Hard Day’s Night

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Comedy, Mistaken Identity, Movie of the Day, Music, Slapstick, The Original Tagged Best Music Nominee, Best Original Screenplay Nominee, Britain, cash-in, casino, dirty old man, George Harrison, get to the show, hysterical fans, John Lennon, musical interlude, Paul McCartney, Richard Lester, Ringo Starr, The Beatles, United Artists, Viktor Spinetti

A Hard Day’s Night

May25 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Comedy, Full Reviews, Music, Reviews, Slapstick Tagged Britain, cash-in, casino, dirty old man, George Harrison, get to the show, hysterical fans, John Lennon, musical interlude, Paul McCartney, pop, Richard Lester, Ringo Starr, The Beatles, United Artists, Viktor Spinetti

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