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August 4th, 2014: Trick Baby (1972)

Aug4 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Based on a Book, Blaxploitation, Chase, Con, Crime, Movie of the Day Tagged con artist, diamonds, Don Fellows, double cross, Iceberg Slim, Kiel Martin, Larry Yurst, location shooting, low-budget, Mafia, Mel Stewart, mobsters, Philadelphia, racists, real estate scam, Robert Beck, Ted Lange, Universal Pictures

July 2nd, 2014: Cool As Ice (1991)

Jul2 by Professor Mortis

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6 Comments Posted in Comedy, Independent, Movie of the Day, Music, Romance, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged Candy Clark, cash-in, falsely accused, garage, hit man, kidnapping, Mafia, Michael Gross, mobsters, motorcycle, musicians, Naomi Campbell, Sydney Lassick, teens, Vanilla Ice, witness protection

May 3rd, 2014: Black Caesar (1973)

May3 by Professor Mortis

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4 Comments Posted in Action, Blaxploitation, Crime, Drama, Gangster, Movie of the Day, Tragedy Tagged absent father, AIP, Al Jolson songs, bad period detail, barber shop, blackface, cash-in, D'Urville Martin, Don Pedro Colley, double cross, father, father-son relationship, Fred Williamson, funk soundtrack, Gloria Hendry, grindhouse, Harlem, homage, James Brown, Julius Harris, Larco Productions, Larry Cohen, ledgers, location shooting, low-budget, MacGuffin, Mafia, mob, mob war, mobsters, mother-son relationship, New York City, rise and fall, shoe shine boy, single mother, spaghetti, Val Avery

April 28th, 2014: American Hustle

Apr28 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Con, Crime, Drama, Movie of the Day, Period Film, True Crime Tagged 1970s, Abscam, adultery, Amy Adams, Anthony Zerbe, Atlantic City, Best Actor Nominee, Best Actress Nominee, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Original Screenplay Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Production Design Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, Camden, Christian Bale, Colleen Camp, Columbia Pictures, con, con artist, Danny Elfman, disco, double cross, dry cleaner, FBI, homage, informant, insanity, it's not over, Jack Huston, Jennifer Lawrence, Jeremy Renner, Long Island, Louis C. K., Mafia, New Jersey, New York City, overbearing mother, Robert De Niro, twist

April 7, 2014: Rumble in the Bronx (1995)

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1 Comment Posted in Action, Comedy, Crime, Fish-Out-of-Water, Gangster, Martial Arts, Movie of the Day, Romance, Slapstick Tagged Anita Mui, bikers, Bill Tung, Coming to America, gangsters, Hong Kong, hovercraft, Jackie Chan, kung fu, Mafia, nineties, protection, Stanley Tong, street racing, stunts, The Bronx

January 9, 2014: The Song Remains the Same (1976)

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2 Comments Posted in Action, Backstage, Documentary, Fantasy, Gangster, Movie of the Day, Music, Sword and Sorcery Tagged Aleister Crowley, concert, drag racing, Excalibur, hermit, Jimmy Page, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, knights, Led Zeppelin, Madison Square Garden, Mafia, mountain climbing, New York City, Peter Grant, pilgrim, Robert Plant, rock and roll, seventies, snooker, Warner Brothers

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

February 17th, 2013: Slaughter (1972)

Feb17 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Blaxploitation, Buddy Flick, Crime, Movie of the Day, Revenge, The Original Tagged AIP, casino, Don Gordon, double cross, Drive-In, funk soundtrack, Green Beret, grindhouse, handball, Jim Brown, MacGuffin, Mafia, Marlene Clark, maverick, Mexico, mobsters, racism, racist cops, racists, revenge, Rip Torn, Samuel Z. Arkoff, Stella Stevens, T-Men, veteran, Vietnam veterans

August 17th, 2012: A Bronx Tale (1993)

Aug17 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Play, Coming of Age, Crime, Drama, Gangster, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film Tagged actor turned director, apprentice/mentor relationship, arson, bikers, bus driver, Chazz Palminteri, father-son relationship, Joe Pesci, juvenile delinquent, Mafia, mobsters, Molotov cocktails, murder, New York City, racial violence, racism, racists, reluctant witness, Robert De Niro, teens, The Bronx, Tribeca Productions

June 20th, 2012: Black Gunn

Jun20 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Blaxploitation, Crime, Heist, Movie of the Day, Revenge Tagged "rip off the mob", Bernie Casey, Bruce Glover, California, cash-in, Columbia, Drive-In, grindhouse, Herb Jefferson Jr., Jim Brown, Los Angeles, Luciana Paluzzi, Mafia, Martin Landau, militants, mobsters, night club, racism, racists, revolutionaries

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