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March 7th, 2014: Scream (1996)

Mar7 by Professor Mortis

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5 Comments Posted in Comedy, Horror, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Slasher, Spoof, The Original Tagged "homage is French for rip off", adults playing teens, annoying teenagers, asshole reporter, before they were famous, Bob Weinstein, brothers, children of famous people, comic relief deputy, Courtney Cox, David Arquette, deputy, Dimension Films, Drew Barrymore, Harvey Weinstein, Henry Wrinkler, high school, homage, insanity, it's not over, Jamie Kennedy, Kevin Williamson, Liev Schreiber, Linda Blair, Matthew Lillard, meta, mother-daugther relationship, Neve Campbell, principal, revenge, rip-off, Rose McGowan, sisters, Skeet Ulrich, tabloids, teens, Wes Craven

November 28th, 2013: Pieces of April

Nov28 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Comedy, Drama, Holiday, Indy, Movie of the Day, Road Trip Tagged apartment, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, cancer, father, grandmother, IFC Productions, Katie Holmes, mother, mother-daugther relationship, New York City, Oliver Platt, Patricia Clarkson, Peter Hedges, Sean Hayes, SisQo, Thanksgiving, United Artists

November 26th, 2013: Pride and Prejudice (1995)

Nov26 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Drama, Made for TV, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Romance Tagged ball, BBC, Britain, class issues, Colin Firth, elopement, father, father-daughter relationship, gentleman, Jane Austin, Julia Sawalha, Lucy Davis, mini-series, mother, mother-daugther relationship, overbearing mother, sisters, spoiled rich kids

October 31st, 2013: Meet Me In St. Louis

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2 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Family, Movie of the Day, Musical, Period Film, Romance Tagged Arthur Freed, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Music Scoring of a Musical Picture Nominee, Best Original Song Nominee, Chill Wills, Christmas, Christmas Eve, Christmas tree, father, father-daughter relationship, Halloween, Halloween costumes, Hugh Marlowe, Judy Garland, June Lockhart, Loew's, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor, MGM, mother, mother-daugther relationship, nostalgia, sisters, St. Louis, teens, turn of the century, Vincente Minnelli

August 25th, 2013: Alligator (1980)

Aug25 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Animals Attack, Based on an Urban Legend, Cops, Disaster, Ecological Disaster, Event Film, Giant Animals, Great White Hunter, Horror, Independent, Kaiju, Monster Tagged 1968 Democratic Convention, alligator, alligator wrestling, balding, before they were famous, bomb defusing scene, cash-in, Chicago, cops, cult, Dean Jagger, Drive-In, evil businessman, father-daughter relationship, growth hormones, Henry Silva, it's not over, Jack Carter, John Sayles, Lewis Teague, Los Angeles sewers, low-budget, mad bomber, mad scientist, maverick cops, mother-daugther relationship, National Guard, overbearing father, overbearing mother, Perry Lang, Robert Forster, Robin Riker, scientists, sewer lair, sewers, survivor's guilt, SWAT, Sydney Lassick, wedding

August 12th, 2013: Wild at Heart (1990)

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Leave a comment Posted in Uncategorized Tagged abortion, abusive mother, bank, bank robbers, bank robbery, Calvin Lockhart, car accident, children of famous people, Crispin Glover, David Lynch, David Patrick Kelly, decapitation, detective, Diane Ladd, double cross, ex-con, fantasy sequence, Francis Bay, Freddie Jones, Grace Zabriskie, Harry Dean Stanton, hit man, Isabella Rossellini, J.E. Freeman, Jack Nance, John Lurie, Laura Dern, mother, mother-daugther relationship, Nicholas Cage, nylons as mask, overbearing mother, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Sherilyn Fenn, Sheryl Lee, Tracey Walter

March 8th, 2013: The Honeymoon Killers

Mar8 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Arthouse, Black and White, Con, Crime, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Thriller, True Crime Tagged child death, con artist, controlling mother, cult, Doris Roberts, double cross, Drive-In, grindhouse, insanity, Leonard Kastle, low-budget, mother, mother-daugther relationship, New York City, nurse, pregnancy, Shirley Stoler, Tony Lo Bianco

Alligator (1980)

Jul25 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Animals Attack, Based on an Urban Legend, Cops, Disaster, Ecological Disaster, Event Film, Full Reviews, Giant Animals, Great White Hunter, Horror, Independent, Kaiju, Monster, Reviews Tagged 1968 Democratic Convention, alligator, alligator wrestling, balding, before they were famous, bomb defusing scene, cash-in, Chicago, cops, cult, Dean Jagger, Drive-In, evil businessman, father-daughter relationship, growth hormones, Henry Silva, it's not over, Jack Carter, John Sayles, Lewis Teague, Los Angeles sewers, low-budget, mad bomber, mad scientist, maverick cops, mother-daugther relationship, National Guard, overbearing father, overbearing mother, Perry Lang, Robert Forster, Robin Riker, scientists, sewer lair, sewers, survivor's guilt, SWAT, Sydney Lassick, wedding

March 8th, 2012: The Honeymoon Killers

Mar8 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Arthouse, Black and White, Con, Crime, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Thriller, True Crime Tagged child death, con artist, controlling mother, cult, Doris Roberts, double cross, Drive-In, grindhouse, insanity, Leonard Kastle, low-budget, mother, mother-daugther relationship, New York City, nurse, pregnancy, Shirley Stoler, Tony Lo Bianco

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

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