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August 29th, 2014: O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

Aug29 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Arthouse, Based on a Board Game, Based on a Poem, Comedy, Fantasy, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Prison, Road Trip, Slapstick Tagged 1930s, absent father, bank robber, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, buried treasure, chain gang, Charles Durning, Classical allusion, Classical Mythology, convict, crossroads, dam, deal with the devil, escaped convicts, father, George Clooney, Holly Hunter, homage, husband, John Goodman, John Turturro, Mississippi, music contest, pomade, radio station, Roger Deakins, Studio Canal, T Bone Burnett, Tim Blake Nelson, Touchstone Pictures, Universal Pictures, wife, Working Title Films

June 22nd, 2013: Stand Alone (1985)

Jun22 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Crime, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged "cocaine cowboys", bayonet, booby trap, Burt Remsen, Charles Durning, cocaine, cops, diner, drug dealers, flashback, incompetent cops, James Keach, Okinawa, Pam Grier, post traumatic stress disorder, public defender, pushed too far, reluctant witness, stabbing, toys as weapons, traps, World War Two, World War Two Veterans

Dark Night of the Scarecrow

Mar12 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in From Beyond the Grave, Full Reviews, Ghost, Horror, Made for TV, Revenge, Reviews, Slasher, Thriller Tagged before they were famous, Charles Durning, Claude Earl Jones, courtroom scene, developmentally disabled, farmers, Frank De Felitta, Halloween, Halloween party, J.D. Fiegelson, Jocelyn Brando, Lane Smith, Larry Drake, mailman, overalls, Robert F. Lyons, scarecrow

August 22nd, 2011: Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

Aug22 by Professor Mortis

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3 Comments Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Based on a Magazine Article, Black Comedy, Crime, Drama, Heist, Independent, Movie of the Day, True Crime Tagged airport, Al Pacino, bank robbery, Best Actor Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Original Screenplay, Best Picture Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Brooklyn, Carol Kane, Charles Durning, Chris Sarandon, Dominic Chianese, double cross, gender reassignment surgery, hostage situation, John Cazale, Lance Henriksen, New York City, robbbery gone wrong, Sidney Lumet, transgender, Warner Brothers

May 16th, 2011: The Muppet Movie (1979)

May16 by Professor Mortis

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4 Comments Posted in Based on a TV Show, Buddy Flick, Comedy, Family, Independent, Movie of the Day, Musical, Prequel, Road Trip, Slapstick Tagged Austin Pendelton, Best Original Score Nominee, Best Song Nominee, Bob Hope, Carol Kane, Charles Durning, Cloris Leachman, Dom DeLuise, Edgar Bergen, Elliot Gould, Frank Oz, ITC Films, James Coburn, Jim Henson, Madeline Kahn, Mel Brooks, Milton Berle, Orson Welles, Paul Williams, Richard Pryor, scientists, Steve Martin, Telly Savalas

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