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March 9, 2013: The English Patient (1996)

Mar9 by bellabone

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Drama, Epic, Espionage, Movie of the Day, Romance, Tragedy, War Movies Tagged 1930s, adultery, affair, Africa, amnesia, Anthony Minghella, Best Actor Nominee, Best Actress Nominee, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Director, Best Film Editing, best music original dramatic score, Best Picture, Best Sound, Best Supporting Actress, best writing nominee adapted screenplay, Colin Firth, desert, double agent, Juliette Binoche, Kristin Scott Thomas, mistaken identity, morphine, Naveen Andrews, nurse, Ralph Fiennes, thief, unexploded bombs, Willem Dafoe, World War Two

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 28th, 2013: Planet of the Apes (1968)

Oct28 by Professor Mortis

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6 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Apocalypse, Based on a Book, Dark Future, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Space Travel, Speculative Sci-Fi, The Original Tagged "The Forbidden Zone", apes, astronauts, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Makeup, Best Score Nominee, Charlton Heston, cryogenic sleep, desert, desert planet, Franklin J. Schaffner, James Whitmore, Jerry Goldsmith, Kim Hunter, New York City, nuclear war, Pierre Boulle, Rod Serling, Roddy McDowall, scientists, space exploration, spaceship crash, Statue of Liberty, twist, zoo

July 8th, 2013: Tremors (1990)

Jul8 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Horror, Monster, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi Tagged Bibi Besch, desert, Fred Ward, Gale Ann Hurd, Kevin Bacon, Michael Gross, musicians, Nevada, pipe bombs, Reba McEntire, scientists, small town, survivalist, TV actors, underground creatures, Universal Pictures, Victor Wong

November 8th, 2012: Sahara (1943)

Nov8 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Last Stand, Movie of the Day, Propaganda, So-Bad-It's-Good, The Original, War Movies Tagged "a picture of my gal", "never say die...oops", "what I'll do when the war is over", Africa, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Sound Recording Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Columbia Pictures, desert, double cross, Humphrey Bogart, J. Carrol Naish, last stand, Lloyd Bridges, Nazis, oasis, Rex Ingram Dan Duryea, Sahara, tank, World War Two

January 14th, 2012: The Petrified Forest (1936)

Jan14 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Play, Black and White, Crime, Drama, Hostage Situation, Issue Film, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Romance, The Original, Thriller, Tragedy, Uninvited Guests Tagged Archie Mayo, bank robbers, Bette Davis, Charles Kenyon, Delmer Daves, desert, Dick Foran, diner, father-daughter relationship, football player, gas station, Hal B. Wallis, hostage, hostage situation, Humphrey Bogart, idealist, Leslie Howard, old men, old timer, paramilitary group, poet, Porter Hall, rest stop, Robert E. Sherwood, Warner Brothers

September 22nd, 2011: Greed (1924)

Sep22 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Black and White, Drama, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Remake, Silent, Tragedy Tagged alcoholic, desert, Erich Von Stroheim, greed, grotesques, Jean Hersholt, location shooting, lottery, love triangle, MGM, studio interference, Zasu Pitts

June 1st, 2011: Pitch Black (2000)

Jun1 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Action, Aliens, Horror, Monster, Movie of the Day, Space Travel, The Original Tagged Claudia Black, Cole Hauser, convict, David Twohy, desert, desert planet, Interscope Communications, Jim Wheat, Keith David, Ken Wheat, low-budget, PolyGram, Radha Mitchell, rip-off, solar eclipse, spaceship crash, sunlight kills, underground creatures, Vin Diesel

January 31st, 2011: Tarantula (1955)

Jan31 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Giant Insects, Horror, Kaiju, Mad Scientist, Monster, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi Tagged cash-in, desert, Drive-In, Jack Arnold, John Agar, Leo G. Carroll, Mara Corday, Science!, scientists, spiders, town doctor, Universal Pictures

January 6th, 2011: 3 Godfathers (1948)

Jan6 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Based on a Book, Drama, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Remake, Western Tagged baby, bank robbery, Ben Johnson, biblical allusion, children of famous people, Christmas, desert, Guy Kibbee, Hank Worden, Harry Carey Jr., hymn, Jane Darwell, John Ford, John Wayne, Mae Marsh, Merian C. Cooper, MGM, orphan, Pedro Armendáriz, Technicolor, Ward Bond

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