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December 3rd, 2014: Breathless (1960)

Dec3 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Arthouse, Black and White, Coming of Age, Crime, Drama, Independent, Juvenile Delinquent, Movie of the Day, Neo-Noir, New Wave, Romance, Spoof, The Original, Tragedy Tagged before they were famous, car thief, double cross, femme fatale, Francois Truffaut, hand held camera, homage, Jean Luc Godard, Jean Serberg, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean-Pierre Melville, jump cuts, low-budget, motorcycle cop, murder, New Wave, newspaper, Paris, press conference

August 25th, 2014: Passage to Marseille (1944)

Aug25 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Movie of the Day Tagged airplane, B-17, bad accent, bombers, Claude Rains, Eduardo Ciannelli, ex-pat actors, Fall of France, frame up, France, Free French, French Guiana, Hal B. Wallis, Hans Conreid, Humphrey Bogart, Jack L. Warner, James Wong Howe, Jay Silverheels, Max Steiner, Michael Curtiz, Nazis, newspaper, nickel ore, Peter Lorre, political prisoner, prison, prison break, prison warden, prisoner, prospectors, reporter, sea voyage, ship, South America, strafing, Sydney Greenstreet, Vichy, Warner Brothers, World War Two

August 5th, 2014: Mothra (1961)

Aug5 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adventure, Event Film, Giant Insects, Kaiju, Killer Plants, Lost World, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, The Original Tagged Akihiko Hirata, allegory, atomic, atomic testing, evil businessman, gods, insects, Ishiro Honda, Japan, Kenji Sahara, kidnapping, music summons the monster, musical interlude, natives, newspaper, nightclub, radiation, radiation mutation, reporter, Robert Dunham, scientists, Shinichi Sekizawa, shipwrecks, stowaway, Takashi Shimura, telepaths, Toho, Tomoyuki Tanaka, twins

May 7th, 2014: The Night Strangler (1973)

May7 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Horror, Mad Scientist, Made for TV, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Sequel, Serial Killer, Thriller Tagged ABC Circle Films, Al Lewis, alchemist, Dan Curtis, Darren McGavin, immortality, insanity, John Carradine, Kolchak, Margaret Hamilton, newspaper, reporter, Richard Anderson, Richard Matheson, Seattle, Simon Oakland, underground

September 10th, 2013: The Night Stalker (1972)

Sep10 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Horror, Made for TV, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Serial Killer, The Original, Thriller, Vampires Tagged ABC, Claude Aikens, cops, cover-up, Dan Curtis, Dan Curtis Productions, Darren McGavin, FBI, Larry Linville, Las Vegas, newspaper, overbearing boss, Ralph Meeker, reporter, Simon Oakland, twist

July 10th, 2013: Superman (1978)

Jul10 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Aliens, Based on a Comic Book, Event Film, Movie of the Day, Remake, Sci-Fi, Superheroes, The Original Tagged adoption, before they were famous, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Original Score Nominee, Best Sound Nominee, California, Christopher Reeve, dying world, father, father-son relationship, Gene Hackman, Glenn Ford, Harry Andrews, helicopter, helicopter crash, Jack O'Halloran, Jackie Cooper, Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, John Ratzenberger, John Williams, lady reporter, Larry Hagman, last survivor, Marc McClure, Margot Kidder, Maria Schell, Mario Puzo, Marlon Brando, mastermind, Ned Beatty, newspaper, nuclear weapons, reporter, Richard Donner, Sarah Douglas, Special Achievement Award for Visual Effects, subway, Superman, Susannah York, Terrence Stamp, Trevor Howard, Valerie Perrine, Warner Brothers

December 20th, 2012: Zodiac (2007)

Dec20 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Based on a Book, Cops, Crime, Drama, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Period Film, Serial Killer, Thriller, True Crime Tagged Anthony Edwards, asshole reporter, Brian Cox, California, Candy Clark, children of famous people, cops, David Fincher, Dermot Mulroney, Donal Logue, Elias Koteas, insanity, Ione Skye, it's not over, Jake Gyllenhaal, James LeGros, John Carroll Lynch, John Terry, Mark Ruffalo, maverick cops, murder, newspaper, Paramount Pictures, Phillip Baker Hall, red herring, reporter, Robert Downey Jr., San Francisco, serial killer, threatening letters, Warner Brothers

September 25th, 2012: His Girl Friday

Sep25 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Play, Black and White, Comedy, Movie of the Day, Remake, Romance, Screwball, Workplace Tagged asshole reporter, Ben Hecht, Cary Grant, Columbia Pictures, corrupt cops, corrupt politicians, ex-husband, ex-wife, falsely accused, Howard Hawks, interrupted execution, it's not over, John Qualen, lady reporter, National Film Registry, newspaper, pardon, Ralph Bellamy, reporter, Rosalind Russell

March 22nd, 2012: The Intruder aka I Hate Your Guts! aka Shame (1962)

Mar22 by Professor Mortis

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3 Comments Posted in Black and White, Drama, Independent, Issue Film, Movie of the Day, Political Thriller, Thriller Tagged attempted lynching, before they were famous, Charles Beaumont, Civil Rights, Deep South, Drive-In, Gene Corman, high school, integration, low-budget, mob, newspaper, principal, racism, racists, Roger Corman, Roger Corman Productions, salesman, William Shatner

April 29th, 2011: Citizen Kane

Apr29 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Arthouse, Black and White, Drama, Movie of the Day, Mystery Tagged Agnes Moorehead, Bernard Hermann, Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration Nominee, Best Music Nominee, Best Original Screenplay, Best Sound Nominee, Everett Sloane, Gregg Toland, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Joseph Cotton, Mercury Productions, newspaper, opera, Orson Welles, politician, recluse, reporter, rise and fall, RKO, Robert Wise

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