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November 17th, 2014: Taxi Driver (1976)

Nov17 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Movie of the Day, Neo-Noir, Thriller Tagged Albert Brooks, Best Actor Nominee, Best Music Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, cab driver, character study, Columbia Pictures, Cybill Shepard, grindhouse, Harry Northup, Harvey Keitel, insanity, it's not over, Jodie Foster, Joe Spinell, low-budget, Martin Scorcese, New York City, Paul Schrader, Peter Boyle, pimp, prostitutes, racism, racists, Robert De Niro, teens, vigilantes

September 24th, 2014: The Twilight Samurai (Tasogare Seibei)

Sep24 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Drama, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Thriller Tagged "Old Person Looks Back", abusive relationship, Best Foreign Language Picture Nominee, character study, divorcee, father, feudal system, Hiroyuki Sanada, Japan, keeping up appearances, Meiji Restoration, narration, Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTV), poverty, Rie Miyazawa, Samurai, senile parent, seppaku, Shochiku Company, widower, Yoji Yamada

February 6th, 2014: The Quiet Earth

Feb6 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Drama, Independent, Last Man on Earth, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, Speculative Sci-Fi Tagged character study, Cult Film, experiments, last survivor, low-budget, Maori, New Zealand, racial tension

December 21st, 2013: Patton (1970)

Dec21 by Professor Mortis

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6 Comments Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Based on a Book, Biopic, Drama, Movie of the Day, Period Film, War Movies Tagged Battle of the Bulge, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Picture, Best Sound, Bill Hickman, character study, D-Day, Francis Ford Coppola, Franklin J. Schaffner, George C. Scott, Jack Gwillim, Jerry Goldsmith, John Douchette, Karl Malden, Michael Strong, Morgan Paull, Nazis, North Africa, reincarnation, tank, U.S. Army, World War Two

October 24th, 2013: Emperor of the North Pole aka Emperor of the North

Oct24 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Short Story(ies), Buddy Flick, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Road Trip, Thriller Tagged 20th Century Fox, apprentice/mentor relationship, before they were famous, character study, conductor, double cross, Elisha Cook Jr., Ernest Borgnine, fight in a train car, Frank DeVol, Great Depression, hobo, Jack London, Keith Carradine, Lee Marvin, Oregon, railroad, Robert Aldrich, Sid Haig, Simon Oakland, train, train station, Vic Tayback

February 24th, 2013: Trees Lounge

Feb24 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Addicition, Arthouse, Comedy, Drama, Independent, Indy, Movie of the Day Tagged alcoholic, Anthony LaPaglia, bar, bartender, Carol Kane, character study, Chloe Sevigny, Daniel Baldwin, Debi Mazar, ice cream truck, Kevin Corrigan, Mark Boone Junior, Michael Imperioli, Mimi Rogers, Samuel L. Jackson, Seymour Cassel, triple threat

November 15th, 2012: Monkey Hu$tle

Nov15 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Coming of Age, Con, Crime, Movie of the Day, Slapstick Tagged "Save the Old X", AIP, apprentice/mentor relationship, Arthur Marks, cash-in, character study, con artist, double cross, low-budget, mobsters, musical interlude, real estate scam, rip-off, Rosalind Cash, Rudy Ray Moore, scam, teens, Yaphet Kotto

March 15th, 2012: The Mist (2007)

Mar15 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Disaster, Horror, Monster, Movie of the Day, Parallel World Tagged "kill it with fire", Andre Braugher, Bob Weinstein, character study, Chris Owen, Dimension Films, fire, flamethrowers, Frances Sternhagen, Frank Darabont, Harvey Weinstein, it's not over, Jeffery DeMunn, Laurie Holden, Marcia Gay Harden, monsters from another dimension, religious nut, Richard Saperstein, secret military project, Stephen King, supermarket, Thomas Jane, Toby Jones, twist, U.S. Army, under siege, Weinstein Company, William Sadler

July 22nd, 2011: Willard (1971)

Jul22 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Animals Attack, Based on a Book, Black Comedy, Drama, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Revenge, The Original, Thriller Tagged Bing Crosby, Bing Crosby Productions, Bruce Davison, character study, Cinerama Releasing Corporation, Elsa Lanchester, Ernest Borgnine, low-budget, pushed too far, rats, Sondra Locke

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