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February 8th, 2014: The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)

Feb8 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Crime, Drama, Film Noir, Movie of the Day, Romance, The Original, Thriller Tagged adultery, affair, alcoholic, Cecil Kellaway, courtroom scene, D.A., diner, double cross, drifter, hitchhiking, Hume Cronyn, James M. Cain, John Garfield, Lana Turner, Leon Ames, MGM, murder, roadhouse, twist

December 25th, 2013: Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

Dec25 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Comedy, Courtroom, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Holiday, Movie of the Day, The Original Tagged "no one believes me", "Not Santa!", 20th Century Fox, before they were famous, Best Original Screenplay, Best Picture Nominee, Best Supporting Actor, child who won't believe, Christmas, Christmas Party, courtroom scene, department store, Edmund Gwenn, Gene Lockhart, it's not over, Jack Albertson, Jeff Corey, lawyers, Macy's, Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, Mae Marsh, Maureen O'Hara, Natalie Wood, parade, product placement, psychologist, Santa Claus, Thanksgiving, Thelma Ritter, twist, U.S. Postal Service

December 10th, 2013: Dead Again (1991)

Dec10 by Professor Mortis

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3 Comments Posted in Black and White, Detective, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Period Film, Thriller, Whodunnit Tagged amnesia, Andy Garcia, artists, bad makeup, before they were famous, butcher, Campbell Scott, composer, courtroom scene, Derek Jacobi, dual role, electric chair, Emma Thompson, execution, flashback, Hollywood, hypnosis, Kenneth Branagh, Los Angeles, maid, masquerade, murder, nun, orphanage, photographer, priest, psychologist, refugees, reincarnation, reporter, scissors, supermarket, Sydney Pollack, trial, twist, Wayne Knight

December 4th: Chopper (2000)

Dec4 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in "Based on a True Story", "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Biopic, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Movie of the Day, Prison Tagged Andrew Dominik, Australia, Australian Film Finance Corporation, before they were famous, Chopper, courtroom scene, Eric Bana, low-budget, Mark Brandon Read, prison, prison warden, prisoner

April 6th, 2013: The Ten (2007)

Apr6 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Animation, Anthology, Comedy, Computer Animation, Independent, Movie of the Day, Satire, Screwball, Sketch, Slapstick, Stoner Tagged adultery, bad animation, bar, Bobby Cannavale, children of famous people, courtroom scene, David Wain, doctor, drugs, ex-wife, Famke Janssen, Gretchen Mol, incompetent doctors, Janeane Garofalo, Jason Sudeikis, jealousy, Jessica Alba, Jesus, Joe Lo Truglio, Jon Hamm, Ken Marino, Liev Schreiber, Mexico, Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter, murder, Oliver Platt, Paul Rudd, prison, rape, Rashida Jones, Rob Corddry, Ron Silver, talent agents, ten commandments, The State, ventriloquist, Winona Ryder

August 21st, 2012: Walking Tall (1973)

Aug21 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Biopic, Cops, Crime, Independent, Issue Film, Movie of the Day, Revenge, The Original, True Crime, Western Tagged "you can't go home again", before they were famous, brothel, Bruce Glover, courtroom scene, Deep South, Dixie Mafia, double cross, Drive-In, election, gambler, Hicksploitation, honky-tonk, Joe Don Baker, Kenneth Tobey, Leif Garrett, low-budget, lumberyard, mobsters, moonshine, Noah Beery Jr., prostitutes, pushed too far, Red West, Sam Laws, sheriff, sleeper hit, Tennessee

August 4th, 2012: Paths of Glory (1957)

Aug4 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Anti-War, Based on a Book, Black and White, Independent, Issue Film, Movie of the Day, Period Film, War Movies Tagged Adolphe Menjou, courtroom scene, execution, France, French Army, George MacReady, Great War, Jim Thompson, Joe Turkel, Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Richard Anderson, Stanley Kubrick, Timothy Carey, trial

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

February 27th, 2011: True Grit (1969)

Feb27 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Based on a Book, Coming of Age, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Revenge, The Original, Western Tagged alcoholic, Best Actor, Best Song Nominee, courtroom scene, Dennis Hopper, Elmer Bernstein, Glen Campbell, hanging, Henry Hathaway, Jeff Corey, John Wayne, Kim Darby, Robert Duvall, Strother Martin, Texas Ranger, U.S. Marshall

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