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August 8th, 2014: La Strada (1954)

Aug8 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Arthouse, Black and White, Drama, Movie of the Day, Neo-Realism, Road Trip, Tragedy Tagged "simple" people, acrobats, Anthony Quinn, Best Foreign Language Picture, Best Original Screenplay Nominee, Carlo Ponti, circus, clowns, Dino De Laurentiis, Federico Fellini, Giulietta Masina, homage, Italy, location shooting, love triangle, murder, Ponti-De Laurentiis Cinematografica, poverty, Richard Basehart, strongman

January 24th, 2014: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

Jan24 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adventure, Buddy Flick, Comedy, Event Film, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Road Trip, Sequel, Slapstick Tagged archaeologist, Best Original Score Nominee, Best Sound Effects Editing, Best Sound Nominee, Boy Scouts, circus, college, Crusades, Denholm Elliott, desert, father, father-son relationship, fight in a train car, flashback, Frank Marshall, George Lucas, Germany, Harrison Ford, Indiana Jones, Italy, John Rhys-Davies, John Williams, Julian Glover, knights, Nazis, overbearing father, prequel, professors, Sean Connery, Steven Spielberg, tank, teens, the Holy Grail, train, treasure, treasure hunt, treasure map, Venice, Zepplin

October 20th, 2012: Thundercrack! (1975)

Oct20 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adult, Animals Attack, Arthouse, Black and White, Black Comedy, Comedy, Hardcore, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Old Dark House, Spoof Tagged bestiality, blow-up doll, circus, crazy old woman, Curt McDowell, fire, George Kuchar, gorilla suit, gorillas, grindhouse, hitchhiking, homage, horny gorilla, insanity, low-budget, mother-son relationship, musical interlude, older woman, porn, secret, storm, tragic past, truck crash, truckers, twist, underground films, vomit, voyeur

May 10th, 2012: The Unknown (1927)

May10 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Revenge, Thriller Tagged amputation, body horror, circus, double amputee, double thumbs, insanity, jilted lover, Joan Crawford, knife thrower, Lon Chaney Sr., love triangle, MGM, Norman Kerry, on the lam, strongman, surgery, Tod Browning, twist

April 16th, 2012: The Circus (1928)

Apr16 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Comedy, Fish-Out-of-Water, Independent, Movie of the Day, Slapstick Tagged abusive father, acrobats, Charles Chaplin, Charles Chaplin Production, circus, tight rope, triple threat, United Artists

February 24th, 2012: Santa Sangre

Feb24 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Arthouse, Drama, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Revenge, Thriller Tagged adultery, Alejandro Jodorowsky, circus, Claudio Argento, clowns, controlling mother, cult, deaf people, domestic violence, double amputee, elephant, homage, incest, insanity, knife thrower, low-budget, Mexico, mimes, mother, mother-son relationship, murder, Rene Cardona Jr., Republic Pictures, theater, twist

Annie Get Your Gun (1950)

Jul29 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Based on a Play, Biopic, Comedy, Event Film, Full Reviews, Musical, Period Film, Reviews, Screwball, Slapstick Tagged "Battle of the Sexes", "Native American Face", American Indian, annoying children, Arthur Freed, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Music Scoring of a Musical Picture, Betty Hutton, circus, Howard Keel, hunters, illiterate, Irving Berlin, J. Carrol Naish, Keenan Wynn, Louis Calhern, MGM, New York City, rednecks, sexism, sharpshooters, Technicolor, travelling show, troubled production

July 8th, 2011: Valley of Gwangi

Jul8 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adventure, Dinosaurs, Event Film, Family, Kaiju, Lost World, Movie of the Day, Stop Motion Animation, Western Tagged Allosaurus, circus, cowboys, Drive-In, elephant, James Franciscus, Mexico, Ray Harryhausen, Richard Carlson, rip-off, Seven Arts Productions, Stegosaurus, Warner Brothers, Wild West Show

March 17th, 2011: The Return of Sabata

Mar17 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Sequel, Spaghetti Western Tagged acrobats, circus, Civil War Veterans, double cross, gold, Irish, Italy, Lee Van Cleef, magician, United Artists

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