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September 24th, 2014: The Twilight Samurai (Tasogare Seibei)

Sep24 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Drama, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Thriller Tagged "Old Person Looks Back", abusive relationship, Best Foreign Language Picture Nominee, character study, divorcee, father, feudal system, Hiroyuki Sanada, Japan, keeping up appearances, Meiji Restoration, narration, Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTV), poverty, Rie Miyazawa, Samurai, senile parent, seppaku, Shochiku Company, widower, Yoji Yamada

June 29th, 2014: Freewayphobia #1

Jun29 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Animation, Comedy, Movie of the Day, Satire, Short, Slapstick Tagged Buena Vista Distribution Company, car accident, cars, freeway, Goofy, highway, narration, Paul Frees, Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Walt Disney Productions

July 23rd, 2013: Brick (2005)

Jul23 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Arthouse, Crime, Detective, Drama, Independent, Indy, Juvenile Delinquent, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Neo-Noir Tagged adults playing teens, before they were famous, double cross, drug addict, drug dealers, drugs, Emilie De Ravin, ex-girlfriend, femme fatale, high school, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lukas Haas, made up slang, narration, principal, Richard Roundtree, teens

July 17th, 2013: R.O.T.O.R.

Jul17 by Professor Mortis

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4 Comments Posted in Action, Dark Future, Independent, Movie of the Day, Robots, Sci-Fi, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged Bad Dubbing, bad narration, breaking the fourth wall, cash-in, comedic janitor, comedic robot, covenience store robbery, cowboys, dubbed, hostage situation, it's not over, killer robots, low-budget, musical interlude, narration, needed waterproof make-up, Odious Comic Relief, racism, ranch, rip-off, scientists, step-n-fetch-it, Texas

January 31st, 2013: Invisible Invaders (1959)

Jan31 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Aliens, Black and White, Disaster, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, So-Bad-It's-Good, War with Aliens, Zombies Tagged Air Force, alien ultimatum, aliens against the bomb, aliens possessing the dead, bad narration, bunker, Drive-In, Edward L. Cahn, intelligent zombies, John Agar, John Carradine, low-budget, narration, philip tonge, radiation, Robert E. Kent Productions, robert hutton, scientists, sound as weapon, stock footage, tool using zombies

Invisible Invaders (1959)

Sep3 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Aliens, Apocalypse, Black and White, Disaster, Full Reviews, Horror, Independent, Reviews, Sci-Fi, So-Bad-It's-Good, War with Aliens, Zombies Tagged Air Force, alien ultimatum, aliens against the bomb, aliens possessing the dead, bad narration, bunker, Drive-In, Edward L. Cahn, intelligent zombies, John Agar, John Carradine, low-budget, narration, philip tonge, radiation, Robert E. Kent Productions, robert hutton, scientists, sound as weapon, stock footage, tool using zombies

February 1st, 2012: Sunset Boulevard (1950)

Feb1 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Black Comedy, Comedy, Drama, Film Noir, Gothic Horror, Movie of the Day, Satire, The Original, Thriller, Tragedy Tagged actress, Anna Q. Nilsson, Best Actor Nominee, Best Actress Nominee, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Music, Best Picture Nominee, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, Billy Wilder, Buster Keaton, California, cameos, Cecil B. DeMille, Charles Brackett, chimpanzees, Erich Von Stroheim, ex-husband, Franz Waxman, funeral, Gloria Swanson, H. B. Warner, has beens, Hedda Hopper, Hollywood, homage, insanity, Jack Webb, Los Angeles, Nancy Olsen, narration, National Film Registry, older woman, Paramount Pictures, Ray Evans, repo men, screenwriter, silent Hollywood, swimming pool, twist, washed up actress, William Holden

January 20th, 2012: Double Indemnity (1944)

Jan20 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Crime, Film Noir, Movie of the Day, The Original, Thriller Tagged "make it look like an accident", adultery, Barbara Stanwyck, Best Actress Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Music Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Score Nominee, Best Sound Nominee, Billy Wilder, bowling, California, double cross, drive-in restaurant, Edith Head, Edward G. Robinson, father-son relationship, femme fatale, flashback, Fred MacMurray, insurance agent, insurance investigator, James M. Cain, kill them for the insurance money, murder, murder on a train, narration, National Film Registry, Paramount Pictures, Porter Hall, Raymond Chandler, train

September 14th, 2011: The Road Warror

Sep14 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Apocalypse, Chase, Independent, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, Sequel, Thriller, Western Tagged anti-hero, Australia, Brian May, Bruce Spence, convoy, feint, feral child, George Miller, gyrocopter, homage, homoerotic subtext, MacGuffin, Mel Gibson, narration, oil, oil crisis, Ozploitation, under siege, Vernon Wells

July 3rd, 2011: All About Eve (1950)

Jul3 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Based on a Short Story(ies), Black and White, Comedy, Drama, Movie of the Day, Satire Tagged 20th Century Fox, Anne Baxter, Best Actress Nominee, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Costume Design, Best Director, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Original Score Nominee, Best Picture, Best Screenplay, Best Sound, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, Bette Davis, Broadway, Darryl F. Zanuck, flashback, George Sanders, Hugh Marlowe, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Marilyn Monroe, narration, New York City, theater, Thelma Ritter

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