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August 1, 2014: The Blues Brothers (1980)

Aug1 by iggyfh

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1 Comment Posted in Action, Based on a Sketch, Chase, Comedy, Cops, Crime, Movie of the Day, Music, Road Trip Tagged Aretha Franklin, Blues Brothers, Cab Calloway, car chase, Carrie Fisher, Chicago, Dan Aykroyd, James Brown, John Belushi, John Candy, John Landis, orphanage, property tax, R+B, Ray Charles, redemption, taxes

April 20, 2014: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)

Apr20 by iggyfh

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3 Comments Posted in Action, Buddy Flick, Chase, Comedy, Coming of Age, Juvenile Delinquent, Movie of the Day, Road Trip Tagged abe froman, Ben Stein, Chicago, day off, high school, John Hughes, Matthew Broderick, Mia Sara, Paramount Pictures, sausage king, sick day, teens

February 3rd, 2014: Sixteen Candles

Feb3 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Movie of the Day, Romance Tagged Anthony Michael Hall, before they were famous, birthday, Brat Pack, Brian Doyle-Murray, Chicago, exchange student, Gedde Wantanabe, high school, Illinois, Jami Gertz, Joan Cusack, John Cusack, John Hughes, Molly Ringwald, party, Paul Dooley, suburbia, teens, Zelda Rubenstein

November 27th, 2013: Planes, Trains & Automobiles

Nov27 by Professor Mortis

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8 Comments Posted in Buddy Flick, Comedy, Movie of the Day, Road Trip, Screwball, Slapstick Tagged airplane, Ben Stein, Chicago, Dylan Baker, Edie McClurg, Gary Riley, Hughes Entertainment, John Candy, John Hughes, Kevin Bacon, Matthew Lawrence, Michael McKean, Paramount Pictures, rental car, Steve Martin, Thanksgiving, train, triple threat

August 25th, 2013: Alligator (1980)

Aug25 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Animals Attack, Based on an Urban Legend, Cops, Disaster, Ecological Disaster, Event Film, Giant Animals, Great White Hunter, Horror, Independent, Kaiju, Monster Tagged 1968 Democratic Convention, alligator, alligator wrestling, balding, before they were famous, bomb defusing scene, cash-in, Chicago, cops, cult, Dean Jagger, Drive-In, evil businessman, father-daughter relationship, growth hormones, Henry Silva, it's not over, Jack Carter, John Sayles, Lewis Teague, Los Angeles sewers, low-budget, mad bomber, mad scientist, maverick cops, mother-daugther relationship, National Guard, overbearing father, overbearing mother, Perry Lang, Robert Forster, Robin Riker, scientists, sewer lair, sewers, survivor's guilt, SWAT, Sydney Lassick, wedding

June 7th, 2013: Robin and the 7 Hoods

Jun7 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Folk Tale, Comedy, Crime, Gangster, Movie of the Day, Musical, Period Film, Spoof Tagged Best Adapted Score Nominee, Best Song Nominee, Bing Crosby, Chicago, Dean Martin, Edward G. Robinson, Frank Sinatra, gang conference, Hans Conried, mobsters, Paul Frees, Peter Falk, prohibition, Rat Pack, Robin Hood, Sammy Davis Jr, speakeasy, tommy gun, Tony Randall, Victor Buono

March 23rd, 2013: Candyman (1992)

Mar23 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Short Story(ies), Ghost, Horror, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Slasher, The Original Tagged adultery, anthropologist, Chicago, Clive Barker, graduate student, hook hand, housing project, Philip Glass, Ted Raimi, urban legend, Vanessa Williams, Virginia Madsen, Xander Berkeley

Alligator (1980)

Jul25 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Animals Attack, Based on an Urban Legend, Cops, Disaster, Ecological Disaster, Event Film, Full Reviews, Giant Animals, Great White Hunter, Horror, Independent, Kaiju, Monster, Reviews Tagged 1968 Democratic Convention, alligator, alligator wrestling, balding, before they were famous, bomb defusing scene, cash-in, Chicago, cops, cult, Dean Jagger, Drive-In, evil businessman, father-daughter relationship, growth hormones, Henry Silva, it's not over, Jack Carter, John Sayles, Lewis Teague, Los Angeles sewers, low-budget, mad bomber, mad scientist, maverick cops, mother-daugther relationship, National Guard, overbearing father, overbearing mother, Perry Lang, Robert Forster, Robin Riker, scientists, sewer lair, sewers, survivor's guilt, SWAT, Sydney Lassick, wedding

September 29th, 2011: Some Like It Hot (1959)

Sep29 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Assumed Identity, Based on a Short Story(ies), Black and White, Buddy Flick, Comedy, Gangster, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Screwball, Slapstick, Spoof, The Original Tagged all female band, Best Actor Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Costume Design, Best Director Nominee, Billy Wilder, Chicago, con, cross dressing, Edward G. Robinson, ingenues, Jack Lemmon, Joe E. Brown, Marilyn Monroe, Miami, Mike Mazurki, millionaire, mob war, mobsters, musical interlude, musicians, on the lam, Pat O'Brien, The Mirisch Corporation, Tony Curtis, train, United Artists, yacht

April 15th, 2011: The Blues Brothers

Apr15 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Based on a Sketch, Chase, Comedy, Event Film, Movie of the Day, Music, Slapstick, The Original Tagged Aretha Franklin, Blues, Cab Calloway, Carrie Fisher, Charles Napier, Chicago, Country Music, Dan Aykroyd, Frank Oz, Henry Gibson, Illinois, James Brown, Jeff Morris, jilted lover, John Belushi, John Candy, John Landis, john Lee Hooker, Kathleen Freeman, left at the altar, musical interlude, Nazis, nun, orphan, orphanage, Paul Reubens, R+B, Ray Charles, rednecks, Steven Spielberg, Steven Williams, Twiggy, Universal Pictures

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