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July 22nd, 2014: The World’s End (2013)

Jun22 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Action, Aliens, Comedy, Movie of the Day, Robots, Sci-Fi, Spoof, War with Aliens Tagged bar, bar fight, Bill Nighy, body snatchers, Britain, car dealer, co-production, Cornetto Trilogy, David Bradley, Edgar Wright, Focus Features, gentrification, Japan, Martin Freeman, Michael Smiley, Nick Frost, Paddy Considine, Pierce Brosnan, pub, pub crawl, rehab, Relativity Media, reunion, robots, Rosamund Pike, Simon Pegg, Universal Pictures, Working Title Films

February 13th, 2013: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Feb13 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Arthouse, Black Comedy, Comedy, Indy, Movie of the Day, Romance, Sci-Fi, Speculative Sci-Fi Tagged Charlie Kaufman, David Cross, Elijah Wood, Focus Features, Jane Adams, Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo, Michael Gondry, Tom Wilkinson

November 27th, 2012: Milk (2008)

Nov27 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Biopic, Drama, Indy, Issue Film, Movie of the Day, Period Film Tagged activists, assassination, Best Actor, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Original Score Nominee, Best Original Screenplay, Best Picture Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, children of famous people, Danny Elfman, Diego Luna, Emile Hirsch, Focus Features, gay rights, Gus Van Sant, James Franco, Josh Brolin, mayor, murder, San Francisco, Sean Penn, stock footage

October 19th, 2012: The Constant Gardener

Oct19 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Drama, Espionage, Issue Film, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Thriller Tagged "ripped from the headlines", activists, Africa, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Original Score Nominee, Best Supporting Actress, Bill Nighy, Britain, children of famous people, China, co-production, corrupt cops, corrupt politicians, corruption, cover-up, Danny Huston, double cross, Fernando Meirelles, Focus Features, Germany, John Le Carre, Kenya, Pete Postlethwaite, Rachel Weisz, Ralph Fiennes, UK Film Council

February 20th, 2012: Coraline

Feb20 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in 3D, Adaptation, Animation, Based on a Book, Coming of Age, Fairy Tale, Family, Fantasy, Indy, Movie of the Day, Stop Motion Animation Tagged apartment, Best Animated Film Nominee, buttons, Dakota Fanning, daughter, Dawn French, don't eat anything, door to another realm, father, Focus Features, Henry Selick, Ian MacShane, Interscope Communications, Jennifer Saunders, John Hodgman, Keith David, mother, mother-daugther relationship, Neil Gaiman, Teri Hatcher, They Might Be Giants, wicked stepmother

February 13th, 2011: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Feb13 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Arthouse, Black Comedy, Comedy, Indy, Movie of the Day, Romance, Sci-Fi, Speculative Sci-Fi Tagged Charlie Kaufman, David Cross, Elijah Wood, Focus Features, Jane Adams, Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo, Michael Gondry, Tom Wilkinson

February 4th, 2011: Brokeback Mountain

Feb4 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Drama, Indy, Movie of the Day, Period Film Tagged Ang Lee, Anne Hathaway, Best Actor Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director, Best Picture Nominee, Best Score, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, Focus Features, Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Williams, Oscar bait

Greenberg

Nov9 by Professor Mortis

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3 Comments Posted in Arthouse, Black Comedy, Drama, Full Reviews, Indy, Reviews, So-Bad-It's-Bad Tagged ambigious ending, angst, Ben Stiller, children of famous people, Chris Messina, Focus Features, Gen X, Gen Y, generation gap, Greta Gerwig, Jennifer Jason Leigh, mid-life crisis, Millenials, Noah Baumbach, Rhys Ifans

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