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December 27th, 2014: Touch of Evil

Dec27 by Professor Mortis

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4 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Cops, Crime, Film Noir, Hostage Situation, Juvenile Delinquent, Movie of the Day, Thriller, Uninvited Guests Tagged Akim Tamiroff, before they were famous, bombing, cameos, Charlton Heston, corrupt cops, corruption, Dennis Weaver, double cross, drug dealers, drugged, drugs, fortune teller, frame up, Henry Mancini, Janet Leigh, Joseph Cotton, Keenan Wynn, kidnapping, low-budget, Marlene Dietrich, Mercedes McCambridge, Mexico, motel, National Film Registry, Orson Welles, Ray Collins, The Border, Universal International Pictures, Zsa Zsa Gabor

December 9th, 2014: Serpico (1973)

Dec9 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Based on a Book, Biopic, Cops, Crime, Drama, Independent, Issue Film, Movie of the Day, The Original, Thriller Tagged Al Pacino, Best Actor Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, corrupt cops, corruption, Dino De Laurentiis, double cross, F. Murray Abraham, Judd Hirsch, M. Emmet Walsh, maverick cops, New York City, Paramount Pictures, Sidney Lumet, Tony Lo Bianco, Tracey Walter

October 27th, 2014: C.H.U.D. (1984)

Oct27 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Horror, Monster, Movie of the Day, So-Bad-It's-Good, The Original Tagged "ripped from the headlines", bureaucrats, corrupt cops, cover-up, Daniel Stern, diner, dogs, flamethrowers, Frankie Faison, homeless, incompetent cops, Jay Thomas, John Goodman, John Heard, Jon Polito, Kim Greist, kindertrauma, mutants, natural gas explosion, photographer, radioactive waste, reverend, spineless bureacrats, subway, SWAT, underground creatures

June 30th, 2014: Dredd (2012)

Jun30 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Action, Adaptation, Based on a Comic Book, Cops, Crime, Dark Future, Independent, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi Tagged Britain, co-production, cops, corrupt cops, drug addict, drug dealers, drugs, India, Judge Dredd, Karl Urban, Lena Headey, locked in, prostitutes, psychic, rookie, skyscraper, slums, South Africa

June 9, 2014: Léon: The Professional (1994)

Jun9 by bellabone

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Coming of Age, Cops, Crime, Drama, Hit Man, Juvenile Delinquent, May-September, Movie of the Day, Revenge, Thriller, Tragedy Tagged assassin, corrupt cops, drugs, Gary Oldman, Jean Reno, Leon, Lolita, Luc Besson, Natalie Portman, nineties, potted plant

April 24th, 2014: Lethal Weapon (1987)

Apr24 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Buddy Flick, Cops, Crime, Movie of the Day, Thriller Tagged "I'm getting too old for this shit", Al "Kabong" Leong, attempted suicide, Christmas, cops, corrupt cops, Danny Glover, Darlene Love, Don Gordon, double cross, drug dealers, drug smugglers, drugs, Ed O'Ross, Eric Clapton, family, Gary Busey, Grand L. Bush, helicopter, Joan Severance, Joel Silver, maverick cops, Mel Gibson, Michael Kamen, Mitch Ryan, retirement, Richard Donner, Shane Black, suicide, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Tom Atkins, torture, Vietnam veterans

December 9th, 2013: Terror in a Texas Town

Dec9 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Revenge, Western Tagged blacklisted writer, corrupt cops, corruption, Dalton Trumbo, evil businessman, flashback, front, gunfighter, harpoon, hired guns, homesteaders, immigrants, Joseph H. Lewis, low-budget, oil, Sebastian Cabot, sheriff, Sterling Hayden, Swedes, United Artists, whaler

September 6th, 2013: B13 aka District 13 (2004)

Sep6 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Crime, Dark Future, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, The Original Tagged "race against time", "You will self destruct in 24 hours", blackmail, Canal+, cops, corrupt cops, double cross, France, futures past, homage, hostage, Luc Besson, maverick, maverick cops, neutron bomb, Paris, Parkour, revenge, slums, street gang, undercover

August 24th, 2013: American Gangster (2007)

Aug24 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Based on a Magazine Article, Cops, Crime, Gangster, Movie of the Day, Period Film, True Crime Tagged Armand Assante, Best Art Direction Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, brothers, Carla Gugino, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Clarence Williams III, Common, corrupt cops, Cuba Gooding Jr., Denzel Washington, drug addict, drug dealers, drugs, heroin, Idris Elba, Imagine Entertainment, John Hawkes, Jon Polito, Josh Brolin, Kevin Corrigan, maverick, maverick cops, mobsters, mother-son relationship, New York City, Nicholas Pileggi, Relativity Media, Ridley Scott, rise and fall, Ruby Dee, Russell Crowe, RZA, Ted Levine, Universal Pictures, Vietnam, Vietnam veterans

July 4th, 2013: Vigilante Force

Jul4 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Cops, Crime, Heist, Independent, Movie of the Day, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged allegory, Andrew Stevens, before they were famous, Bernadette Peters, boomtown, Brad Dexter, brothers, Charles Cyphers, corrupt cops, Dick Miller, double cross, Gene Corman, George Armitage, Hicksploitation, Independence Day, Jan Michael Vincent, Kris Kristofferson, Loni Anderson, low-budget, marching band, maverick cops, mayor, oil, oil crisis, parade, Paul Gleason, prostitutes, rednecks, the declining years, U.S.A.!U.S.A.!, United Artists, Victoria Principal, Vietnam veterans, vigilantes

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