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April 24th, 2014: Lethal Weapon (1987)

Apr24 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Buddy Flick, Cops, Crime, Movie of the Day, Thriller Tagged "I'm getting too old for this shit", Al "Kabong" Leong, attempted suicide, Christmas, cops, corrupt cops, Danny Glover, Darlene Love, Don Gordon, double cross, drug dealers, drug smugglers, drugs, Ed O'Ross, Eric Clapton, family, Gary Busey, Grand L. Bush, helicopter, Joan Severance, Joel Silver, maverick cops, Mel Gibson, Michael Kamen, Mitch Ryan, retirement, Richard Donner, Shane Black, suicide, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Tom Atkins, torture, Vietnam veterans

November 5th, 2013: V for Vendetta (2006)

Nov5 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Action, Adaptation, Based on a Comic Book, Dark Future, Movie of the Day, Propaganda, Superheroes Tagged Alan Moore, Andy Wachowski, Britain, DC Comics, disowned by its creator, Hugo Weaving, Joel Silver, John Hurt, Lana Wachowski, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Natalie Portman, Rupert Graves, Silver Pictures, Stephen Fry, Stephen Rhea, totalitarian society, Virtual Studios, Warner Brothers

August 23rd, 2013: Xanadu (1980)

Aug23 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Animation, Based on Myths, Event Film, Fantasy, Movie of the Day, Musical, Romance Tagged album covers, artists, Barry De Vorzon, Big Band, California, Classical Mythology, disco, Don Bluth, flashback, Gene Kelly, Joel Silver, live action combined with animation, Michael Beck, montage, murals, muse, nightclub, Olivia Newton-John, Robert Greenwald, roller disco, roller skating, Sandahl Bergman, Santa Monica, shopping montage, Swing, Wilfred Hyde-White, Zeus

August 18th, 2012: Road House (1989)

Aug18 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Action, Buddy Flick, Independent, Movie of the Day Tagged bar fight, bartender, bouncer, Dean Cundey, doctor, honky-tonk, Jeff Healey, Joel Silver, John Doe, Keith David, Kelly Lynch, Kevin Tighe, Michael Kamen, Patrick Swayze, Red West, Sam Elliot, Silver Pictures, small town, town doctor, United Artists

December 24th, 2011: Die Hard (1988)

Dec24 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adaptation, Based on a Book, Buddy Flick, Cops, Crime, Event Film, Heist, Holiday, Hostage Situation, Movie of the Day, The Original Tagged "Fear of a Japanese Planet", "I shot a kid with a toy gun", "plummets to his death", 20th Century Fox, Al "Kabong" Leong, Alan Rickman, Alexander Godunov, asshole reporter, before they were famous, Best Effects Best Visual Effects Nominee, Best Effects Sound Effects Editing Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Sound Nominee, Bonnie Bedelia, Bruce Willis, cops, double cross, Grand L. Bush, Hart Bochner, helicopter, hostage, hostage situation, it's not over, James Shigeta, Jan de Bont, Joel Silver, John McTiernan, maverick cops, Michael Kamen, office building, Paul Gleason, Reginald VelJohnson, reporter, Robert Davi, Silver Pictures, SWAT, terrorists, Wilhelm von Homburg, William Atherton, yuppies

June 23rd, 2011: Commando (1985)

Jun23 by Professor Mortis

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4 Comments Posted in Action, Movie of the Day, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged Alyssa Milano, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bill Duke, Bob Minor, commandos, Dan Hedaya, David Patrick Kelly, homoerotic subtext, hostage, James Horner, Joel Silver, Mark L. Lester, quips, Rae Dawn Chong, Silver Pictures, SLM Production Group

January 19th, 2011: Predator (1987)

Jan19 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adventure, Aliens, Horror, Monster, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, The Original, Thriller Tagged 20th Century Fox, Alan Silvestri, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Best Special Effects Nominee, Bill Duke, black ops, Carl Weathers, chain gun, commandos, Jesse Ventura, Joel Silver, John McTiernan, jungle, nuke, R. G. Armstrong, Shane Black, Stan Winston, traps

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