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December 12th, 2014: Pootie Tang

Dec12 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Sketch, Blaxploitation, Comedy, Movie of the Day, Musical, Spoof, Superheroes Tagged Andy Richter, Bob Costas, Chris Rock, Conan O'Brien, Dave Attell, David Cross, evil businessman, folk hero, Greek chorus, Gwyneth Paltrow, J B Smoove, J.D. Williams, Jennifer Coolidge, Kristen Bell, Lance Crouther, Louis C. K., Missy Elliott, narrator, Reg E. Cathy, Robert Vaughn, Wanda Sykes

October 8th, 2014: Aliens (1986)

Oct8 by Professor Mortis

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5 Comments Posted in Action, Adventure, Aliens, Event Film, Horror, Last Stand, Monster, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, Sequel, Thriller, War Movies Tagged "nuke 'em from orbit", 20th Century Fox, androids, before they were famous, Best Actress Nominee, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Effects Best Visual Effects, Best Effects Sound Effects Editing, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Original Score Nominee, Best Sound Nominee, Bill Paxton, double cross, evil businessman, feral child, Gale Ann Hurd, homage, it's not over, James Cameron, James Horner, Jeanette Goldstein, Lance Henriksen, Michael Biehn, mumbldypeg, nightmares, nuclear power plant, nuke, parasite, Paul Reiser, space colony, space marine, Stan Winston, the company, The Marines, traumatized children, Walter Hill

August 5th, 2014: Mothra (1961)

Aug5 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adventure, Event Film, Giant Insects, Kaiju, Killer Plants, Lost World, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, The Original Tagged Akihiko Hirata, allegory, atomic, atomic testing, evil businessman, gods, insects, Ishiro Honda, Japan, Kenji Sahara, kidnapping, music summons the monster, musical interlude, natives, newspaper, nightclub, radiation, radiation mutation, reporter, Robert Dunham, scientists, Shinichi Sekizawa, shipwrecks, stowaway, Takashi Shimura, telepaths, Toho, Tomoyuki Tanaka, twins

August 3rd, 2014: Spider-Man (2002)

Aug3 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Based on a Comic Book, Computer Animation, Event Film, Movie of the Day, Slapstick, Superheroes, The Original Tagged "Macho Man" Randy Savage, absent father, aunt, Avi Arad, Best Sound Nominee, Best Visual Effects Nominee, Bill Nunn, Bruce Campbell, Cliff Robertson, cub reporter, domestic violence, Elizabeth Banks, evil businessman, experiments, father, father-son relationship, girl next door, J. K. Simmons, James Franco, John Dykstra, Kirsten Dunst, Lucy Lawless, Macy Gray, Octavia Spencer, orphan, reporter, Rosemary Harris, Sam Raimi, son, Spider-Man, Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, survivor's guilt, Ted Raimi, Tobey Maguire, uncle, Willem Dafoe, with great power comes great responsibility, wrestler, wrestling match

March 25th, 2014: Fido (2006)

Mar25 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black Comedy, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Indy, Movie of the Day, Romance, Satire, Spoof, Zombies Tagged 1950s, Billy Connolly, Canada, Carrie-Anne Moss, creepy neighbors, Dylan Baker, evil businessman, forbidden love, intelligent zombies, keeping up appearances, Lionsgate, neighbors, propaganda film, scientists, slave zombies, sleazy neighbor, sub, Telefilm Canada, Tim Blake Nelson, tool using zombies, zombie control collar

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

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 30th, 2013: Dinosaurus! (1960)

Jun30 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adventure, Dinosaurs, Independent, Kaiju, Movie of the Day, So-Bad-It's-Good, Stop Motion Animation Tagged annoying children, Brontosaurus, capitalists, Carribbean, cavemen, comedic alcoholic, construction workers, corrupt politicians, Drive-In, ethnic stereotype, evil businessman, Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr., island, Jack H. Harris, kennito, kenny, komedy, low-budget, matinee, Odious Comic Relief, Science!, sexism, steam shovel, T-Rex

March 1st, 2013: Mosura tai Gojira aka Mothra vs. Godzilla aka Godzilla vs. The Thing

Mar1 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Event Film, Giant Insects, Kaiju, Movie of the Day, Puppetry Tagged Akira Takarada, amusement park, Eiji Tsuburaya, Emi Ito, evil businessman, Godzilla, Hiroshi Koizumi, Ishiro Honda, Japan, Kenji Sahara, Mechagodzilla, photographer, psychic, reporter, scientists, Shinichi Sekizawa, Toho, Tomoyuki Tanaka, twins, Yumi Ito, Yuriko Hoshi

December 31st, 2012: Trading Places (1983)

Dec31 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Assumed Identity, Buddy Flick, Comedy, Fish-Out-of-Water, Holiday, Movie of the Day Tagged "hooker with a heart of gold", "Not Santa!", "prince and the pauper", Al Franken, before they were famous, Best Music Nominee, bet, Bo Diddley, butler, Christmas, Christmas Eve, Christmas Party, Cinema Group, class issues, Dan Aykroyd, Denholm Elliott, Don Ameche, double cross, drugs, Eddie Murphy, Elmer Bernstein, evil businessman, frame up, Frank Oz, Giancarlo Esposito, gorilla suit, gorillas, homeless, industrial espionage, insider trading, it's not over, jail, James Belushi, James Eckhouse, Jamie Lee Curtis, John Landis, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve Party, New York City, Paramount Pictures, Paul Gleason, prostitutes, Ralph Bellamy, Santa Claus, stock broker, Tom Davis, train, Wall Street, WASP, white collar criminals, wise servant

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