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South Shore Movie Guild Review: The Ultimate Weapon (1998)

Dec12 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Buddy Flick, DTV, Full Reviews, Independent, Reviews Tagged absent father, bad accents, body shield, booby trap, broadsword, Canada, Canuxploitation, codenames, daughter, drive by, father, father-daughter relationship, hostage, hostage situation, Hulk Hogan, insanity, IRA, Irish, low-budget, mercenary, mine, nightmares, pimp, prostitutes, prostitution, Serbia, sidekick, special forces, SSMG, strip club, strippers, sword duels, terrorists, torture, United Nations

November 8th, 2014: Dracula’s Dog aka Zoltan, Hound of Dracula

Nov8 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Animals Attack, Dracula, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, So-Bad-It's-Good, Vampires Tagged "Skippy the Wonder Dog", Albert Band, camping, cash-in, Dobermans, dogs, Drive-In, family, father, it's not over, Jose Ferrer, low-budget, Michael Pataki, mother, Reggie Nalder, rip-off, Romania, Soviet Union, the declining years

September 24th, 2014: The Twilight Samurai (Tasogare Seibei)

Sep24 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Drama, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Thriller Tagged "Old Person Looks Back", abusive relationship, Best Foreign Language Picture Nominee, character study, divorcee, father, feudal system, Hiroyuki Sanada, Japan, keeping up appearances, Meiji Restoration, narration, Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTV), poverty, Rie Miyazawa, Samurai, senile parent, seppaku, Shochiku Company, widower, Yoji Yamada

August 29th, 2014: O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

Aug29 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Arthouse, Based on a Board Game, Based on a Poem, Comedy, Fantasy, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Prison, Road Trip, Slapstick Tagged 1930s, absent father, bank robber, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, buried treasure, chain gang, Charles Durning, Classical allusion, Classical Mythology, convict, crossroads, dam, deal with the devil, escaped convicts, father, George Clooney, Holly Hunter, homage, husband, John Goodman, John Turturro, Mississippi, music contest, pomade, radio station, Roger Deakins, Studio Canal, T Bone Burnett, Tim Blake Nelson, Touchstone Pictures, Universal Pictures, wife, Working Title Films

August 23rd, 2014: Rudy (1993)

Aug23 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Based on a Book, Biopic, Drama, Football, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Sports Tagged accidental death, before they were famous, brothers, chant, Charles S. Dutton, college, college boy, college football, college students, father, father-son relationship, football, football player, football team, high school, industrial accident, Jason Miller, Jon Farveau, Lili Taylor, Ned Beatty, Notre Dame, Robert Prosky, Sean Astin, slow clap, steel mill, steel workers, townies, TriStar Pictures, underdog, Vince Vaughn

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

July 31st, 2014: I Tre Volti Della Paura aka Black Sabbath (1963)

Jul31 by Professor Mortis

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3 Comments Posted in Anthology, Ghost, Gothic Horror, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Stalker, Thriller, Vampires Tagged "scared to death", AIP, Boris Karloff, breaking the fourth wall, Britain, co-production, corpse, Drive-In, family, father, France, ghost story, Italy, Les Baxter, lesbian, maid, Mario Bava, Mark Damon, obscene phone call, pimp, Russia, telephone, vengeful ghost

July 25th, 2014: Mekagojira no Gyakushu aka Terror of Mechagodzilla

Jul25 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Aliens, Dinosaurs, Drama, Event Film, Kaiju, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Robots, Sci-Fi, Sequel, Tragedy, War with Aliens Tagged "I can't love you, "sound defeats the monster", Akihiko Hirata, Akira Ifukube, aliens from a dying world, Bad Dubbing, black hole, cuts in U.S. version, cyborg, daughter, dinosaurs, disgraced scientist, father, father-daughter relationship, femme fatale, Godzilla, Godzilla noir, gojira, Goro Mutsumi, Henry G. Saperstein, I'm a cyborg", Interpol, Ishiro Honda, Japan, JDF, Kenji Sahara, mad scientist, Mechagodzilla, prison, prison break, prisoner, scientists, silver space man jumpsuit, sonar, sonic weapon, submarine, suicide, superhero Godzilla, Toho, Tomoyuki Tanaka

July 16th, 2014: Casa De Mi Padre (2012)

Jul16 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Slapstick, Spoof, Western Tagged Adam McKay, brothers, cartel, Dan Haggerty, Diego Luna, drug smugglers, drugs, father, father-son relationship, Gael Garcia Bernal, international crime cartel, Lionsgate, Mexico, Pedro Armendariz Jr., ranch, rancher, Will Ferrell

July 15th, 2014: Summer Rental (1985)

Jul15 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Fish-Out-of-Water, Movie of the Day, Slapstick Tagged Alan Silvestri, apprentice/mentor relationship, beach, bet, Carl Reiner, cast, family, father, John Candy, Joseph Lawrence, Kerri Green, Paramount Pictures, regatta, Reni Santoni, rental home, Richard Crenna, Rip Torn, snobs vs. slobs, snooty restaurant, yacht

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