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December 18th, 2014: The Holiday (2006)

Dec18 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Fish-Out-of-Water, Movie of the Day, Road Trip, Romance Tagged "England", Bill Macy, Cameron Diaz, Columbia Pictures, composer, Dean Cundey, Dustin Hoffman, Edward Burns, Eli Wallach, film within a film, filmmaking, Hans Zimmer, Jack Black, James Franco, John Krasinski, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Kathryn Hahn, Lindsay Lohan, London, Los Angeles, magic old person, meet cute, Nancy Meyers, Relativity Media, Rufus Sewell, Shelley Berman, Universal Pictures, village

August 15th, 2014: Tropic Thunder (2008)

Aug15 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Action, Comedy, Spoof, War Movies Tagged Acting!, actor turned director, agent, Alicia Silverstone, Ben Stiller, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Bill Hader, children of famous people, Danny McBride, Dreamworks, drug dealers, Etan Cohen, film within a film, Jack Black, Jason Bateman, Jay Baruchel, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jon Voight, jungle, Lance Bass, Matthew McConaughey, method actor, Nick Nolte, Robert Downey Jr., Steve Coogan, Tobey McGuire, Tom Cruise, Tyra Banks, Vietnam, Vietnam veterans, Vietnam War, Yvette Nicole Brown

May 20th, 2013: The House that Dripped Blood

May20 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Anthology, Comedy, Horror, Movie of the Day, Spoof, Vampires, Wax Museum, Witches Tagged abandoned house, Amicus, Britain, Christopher Lee, cops, cursed objects, Denholm Elliott, father-daughter relationship, film within a film, filmmaking, Ingrid Pitt, it's not over, Joanna Lumley, Jon Pertwee, Joss Ackland, low-budget, overbearing father, Peter Cushing, Scotland Yard, twist, writer

August 6th, 2012: The Big Lebowski (1998)

Aug6 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Arthouse, Buddy Flick, Comedy, Crime, Detective, Fish-Out-of-Water, Indy, Mistaken Identity, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Slapstick, Spoof, Stoner Tagged Aimee Mann, art, artists, Ben Gazzara, bowling, California, Carter Burwell, David Huddleston, dream sequence, Ethan Coen, film within a film, Flea, Jeff Bridges, Joel Coen, John Goodman, John Turturro, Jon Polito, Julianne Moore, Kenny Rogers, kidnapping, Los Angeles, mix-tape soundtrack, nihilists, Peter Stormare, Philip Seymour Hoffman, PolyGram, porn, porn stars, ransom, Roger Deakins, Sam Elliot, sex offender, Steve Buscemi, stoners, Tara Reid, Vietnam veterans, Working Title Films

February 6th, 2012: Forgotten Silver (1995)

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Mockumentary, Movie of the Day, Spoof Tagged as himself, before they were famous, film clips, film history, film within a film, filmmaking, Harvey Weinstein, Leonard Maltin, low-budget, New Zealand, New Zealand Film Commission, New Zealand On Air, Peter Jackson, Sam Neil, silent Hollywood, Sue Rogers, Wing-Nut Productions

November 20th, 2011: Torremolinos 73

Nov20 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Arthouse, Black and White, Comedy, Drama, Indy, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Romance, Screwball, Spoof Tagged Candela Peña, Denmark, Estudios Picasso, film within a film, homage, Javier Camara, Juan Diego, Mads Mikkelsen, Nimbus Film Productions, porn, porn stars, Spain

Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon

Oct26 by Professor Mortis

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4 Comments Posted in Arthouse, Black Comedy, Comedy, Full Reviews, Horror, Independent, Mockumentary, Reviews, Slasher, Spoof Tagged Ahab, Cassandra, cider press, double cross, farm, film within a film, final girl, homage, it's not over, librarian, library, low-budget, meta, morgue, orchard, psychiatrists, Robert Englund, twist, Zelda Rubenstein

May 31st, 2011: Matinee (1993)

May31 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Comedy, Coming of Age, Monster, Movie of the Day, Period Film Tagged Belinda Balaski, bomb shelter, Cathy Moriarty, Cold War, Cuban Missile Crisis, film within a film, homage, Jerry Goldsmith, Joe Dante, John Goodman, John Sayles, Kellie Martin, Kevin McCarthy, Lisa Jakub, Naomi Watts, Robert Picardo, Universal Pictures, William Castle

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