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December 9th, 2014: Serpico (1973)

Dec9 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Based on a Book, Biopic, Cops, Crime, Drama, Independent, Issue Film, Movie of the Day, The Original, Thriller Tagged Al Pacino, Best Actor Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, corrupt cops, corruption, Dino De Laurentiis, double cross, F. Murray Abraham, Judd Hirsch, M. Emmet Walsh, maverick cops, New York City, Paramount Pictures, Sidney Lumet, Tony Lo Bianco, Tracey Walter

November 17th, 2014: Taxi Driver (1976)

Nov17 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Movie of the Day, Neo-Noir, Thriller Tagged Albert Brooks, Best Actor Nominee, Best Music Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, cab driver, character study, Columbia Pictures, Cybill Shepard, grindhouse, Harry Northup, Harvey Keitel, insanity, it's not over, Jodie Foster, Joe Spinell, low-budget, Martin Scorcese, New York City, Paul Schrader, Peter Boyle, pimp, prostitutes, racism, racists, Robert De Niro, teens, vigilantes

November 16th, 2014: It Happened One Night (1934)

Nov16 by Professor Mortis

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3 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Short Story(ies), Black and White, Comedy, Fish-Out-of-Water, Movie of the Day, Road Trip, Romance, Screwball, The Original Tagged Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director, Best Picture, Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Columbia Pictures, Frank Capra, New York City, Ward Bond

October 15th, 2014: The Last Dragon (1985)

Oct15 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Comedy, Drama, Event Film, Independent, Martial Arts, Movie of the Day, Music, Slapstick, Spoof Tagged before they were famous, Berry Gordy, Chazz Palminteri, children of famous people, DeBarge, Ernie Reyes Jr., Harlem, Joseph M. Caracciolo, Keisha Knight Pulliam, kid brother, kidnapping, Mike Starr, Motown Productions, music, music industry, music videos, musical interlude, musicians, New York City, pizza shop, Rockwell, Ron Van Clief, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, talent agents, teens, The Temptations, TriStar Pictures, William H. Macy, Willie Hutch

September 6th, 2014: Sins of the Fleshapoids

Sep6 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Apocalypse, Arthouse, Comedy, Dark Future, Drama, Independent, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Robots, Sci-Fi, Short, Spoof Tagged "they blew it up", biblical allusion, Bob Cowan, George Kuchar, homage, killer robots, low-budget, Mike Kuchar, New York City, nuclear war, post-apocalyptic, robot servant, robots, sexy robots, underground films

July 5th, 2014: Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)

Jul5 by Max Roland Ekstrom

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3 Comments Posted in Action, Adaptation, Based on a Book, Martial Arts, Movie of the Day Tagged 4th of July, America, Best Makeup Nominee, destroyer, New York City, orientalism, pentagon, star trek cast members

May 8th, 2014: God Told Me To

May8 by Professor Mortis

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5 Comments Posted in Aliens, Cops, Crime, Horror, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller Tagged alien abduction, ancient astronauts, Andy Kaufman, asylum, cops, Drive-In, grindhouse, insanity, Larry Cohen, location shooting, low-budget, mass shooting, maverick cops, New World Pictures, New York City, parade, Richard Lynch, Sandy Dennis, St. Patrick's Day, St. Patrick's Day Parade, stock footage, Tony Lo Bianco, water tower

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 26th, 2014: Being John Malkovich

Apr26 by Professor Mortis

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4 Comments Posted in Arthouse, Black Comedy, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Independent, Indy, Movie of the Day, Satire Tagged Best Director Nominee, Best Original Screenplay Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, Brad Pitt, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, Charlie Kaufman, Charlie Sheen, David Fincher, head film, John Cusack, John Malkovich, mind transferrence, New York City, Octavia Spencer, office building, Orson Bean, puppeteer, Spike Jonze

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