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July 26, 2014: Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)

Jul26 by bellabone

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1 Comment Posted in Action, Buddy Flick, Comedy, Crime, Gangster, Heist, Independent, Movie of the Day, Slapstick, Stoner Tagged antiques, bumbling criminals, eavesdropping, enforcer, factions, gambling debts, guns, Guy Ritchie, Jason Statham, knives, marijuana, mistaken identity, nineties, poker, psychopaths, rifles, sex shop kingpin

November 22nd, 2013: Black Belt Jones

Nov22 by Professor Mortis

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3 Comments Posted in Action, Blaxploitation, Comedy, Crime, Espionage, Event Film, Independent, Movie of the Day, Slapstick, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged "martial arts", "Save the Old X", Alan Weeks, assassination attempt, bar, beach, blackmail, cash-in, Charles B. Pierce, Dennis Coffey, diplomats, dojo, double cross, drugs, Earl Jolly Brown, father, father-daughter relationship, Fred Weintraub, gambling debts, Gloria Hendry, gymnasts, IOU, Jim Kelly, karate, love montage, Luchi De Jesus, Mafia, Malik Carter, Marla Gibbs, militants, montage, Paul M. Heller, pool hall, quotably bad dialogue, rip-off, Robert Clouse, Robert Wall, Scatman Crothers, secret agent, sidekick, Sonny Barnes, teacher student relationship, Ted Lange, Warner Brothers

July 7th, 2013: They Might Be Giants (1971)

Jul7 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "are they mad or...", Al Lewis, ambigious ending, Anthony Harvey, asylum, blackmail, Don Quixote, Eugene Roche, F. Murray Abraham, gambling debts, George C. Scott, insanity, Jack Gilford, James Goldman, James Tolkan, Joanne Woodward, John Barry, librarian, library, M. Emmet Walsh, New York City, Paul Newman, psychiatrists, Rue McClanahan, Sherlock Holmes, supermarket, telephone, telephone company

December 17th, 2012: Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

Dec17 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adventure, Buddy Flick, Comedy, Event Film, Fantasy, Martial Arts, Movie of the Day, Screwball Tagged "martial arts", 20th Century Fox, Al "Kabong" Leong, Alan Howarth, brothel, California, card game, Carter Wong, Chinatown, cult, Dean Cundey, demon, Dennis Dun, Donald Li, flop, gambling debts, Gerald Okamura, homage, immigrants, it's not over, James Hong, John Carpenter, kidnapping, Kim Cattrall, Kurt Russell, madame, prostitutes, sacrifice, San Francisco, sorcerer, street gang, Triads, truckers, undead, Victor Wong

They Might Be Giants (1971)

Aug28 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Based on a Play, Based on a Short Story(ies), Buddy Flick, Comedy, Crime, Detective, Movie of the Day, Romance, Screwball Tagged "are they mad or...", Al Lewis, ambigious ending, Anthony Harvey, asylum, blackmail, Don Quixote, Eugene Roche, F. Murray Abraham, gambling debts, George C. Scott, insanity, Jack Gilford, James Goldman, James Tolkan, Joanne Woodward, John Barry, librarian, library, M. Emmet Walsh, New York City, Paul Newman, psychiatrists, Rue McClanahan, Sherlock Holmes, supermarket, telephone, telephone company

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