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October 24th, 2014: Batman Begins (2005)

Oct24 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Comic Book, Cops, Crime, Event Film, Gangster, Movie of the Day, Reboot, Revenge, Superheroes Tagged apprentice/mentor relationship, Batman, before they were famous, Best Cinematography Nominee, Bob Kane, butler, childhood tragedy, Christian Bale, Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy, David S. Goyer, DC Comics, Gary Oldman, Hans Zimmer, insanity, Jack Gleeson, Katie Holmes, Ken Watanabe, Legendary Pictures, Liam Neeson, Mark Boone Junior, Michael Caine, mobsters, Morgan Freeman, origin, playboy, Rutger Hauer, scarecrow, Tom Wilkinson, vigilantes, Warner Brothers

September 10th, 2014: Gyakushû! Satsujin Ken aka The Streetfigher’s Last Revenge

Sep10 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Crime, Martial Arts, Movie of the Day, Sequel Tagged anti-hero, cash-in, disguise expert, drug dealers, half breed, heroin, Japan, karate, laser, low-budget, mariachi, mercenary, mob, mobsters, Sonny Chiba, strike, strong man, Toei Company, union

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

June 13th, 2014: Black Friday (1940)

Jun13 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Black and White, Crime, From Beyond the Grave, Gangster, Horror, Lycanthropy/Jekyll and Hyde, Mad Scientist, Movie of the Day, Revenge, Sci-Fi, Thriller Tagged B-Movie, Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, brain transplant, Curt Siodmak, Friday the 13th, Judo, Kirk Fu, mobsters, Paul Fix, strangler, Universal Pictures

May 25th, 2014: Tôkyô Nagaremono aka Tokyo Drifter (1966)

May24 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in "Foreign Film", Action, Arthouse, Camp, Crime, Drama, Gangster, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Road Trip Tagged bar, bar fight, betrayal, brawl, code of honor, double cross, go go dancers, hero sings his own song, homage, Japan, low-budget, mobsters, nightclub, Nikkatsu, powder blue coat of honor, prostitutes, protege, samurai swords, Seijun Suzuki, singer, snow, surrogate father, Technicolor, torch singer, train, Yakuza

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

August 24th, 2013: American Gangster (2007)

Aug24 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Based on a Magazine Article, Cops, Crime, Gangster, Movie of the Day, Period Film, True Crime Tagged Armand Assante, Best Art Direction Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, brothers, Carla Gugino, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Clarence Williams III, Common, corrupt cops, Cuba Gooding Jr., Denzel Washington, drug addict, drug dealers, drugs, heroin, Idris Elba, Imagine Entertainment, John Hawkes, Jon Polito, Josh Brolin, Kevin Corrigan, maverick, maverick cops, mobsters, mother-son relationship, New York City, Nicholas Pileggi, Relativity Media, Ridley Scott, rise and fall, Ruby Dee, Russell Crowe, RZA, Ted Levine, Universal Pictures, Vietnam, Vietnam veterans

August 6th, 2013: Out of the Past (1947)

Aug6 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Crime, Detective, Drama, Film Noir, Movie of the Day, The Original, Thriller Tagged detective, double cross, femme fatale, flashback, gas station, Jacques Tourneur, James M. Cain, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas, mobsters, moll, National Film Registry, Robert Mitchum, twist

June 7th, 2013: Robin and the 7 Hoods

Jun7 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Folk Tale, Comedy, Crime, Gangster, Movie of the Day, Musical, Period Film, Spoof Tagged Best Adapted Score Nominee, Best Song Nominee, Bing Crosby, Chicago, Dean Martin, Edward G. Robinson, Frank Sinatra, gang conference, Hans Conried, mobsters, Paul Frees, Peter Falk, prohibition, Rat Pack, Robin Hood, Sammy Davis Jr, speakeasy, tommy gun, Tony Randall, Victor Buono

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