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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

July 3rd, 2014: Blade (1998)

Jul3 by Professor Mortis

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6 Comments Posted in Action, Adaptation, Based on a Comic Book, Event Film, Horror, Martial Arts, Movie of the Day, Superheroes, The Original, Vampires Tagged Avi Arad, based on a comic book, before they were famous, David S. Goyer, Donal Logue, Gerald Okamura, gods, half breed, Kris Kristofferson, Marvel, Marvel Enterprises, New Line Cinema, nightclub, porn star turned actor, porn stars, secret lair, secret society, slaughter house, Stan Lee, Traci Lords, Udo Kier, vampire hunter, Wesley Snipes

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

September 8th, 2013: A Shot in the Dark (1964)

Sep8 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Play, Comedy, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Remake, Sequel, Slapstick, Spoof, Whodunnit Tagged Blake Edwards, bombing, Britain, Burt Kwouk, Elke Sommer, France, George Sanders, Henry Mancini, Herbert Lom, insanity, Inspector Clouseau, nightclub, nudist colony, Paris, Peter Sellers, The Mirisch Corporation, United Artists, Walter Mirisch, William Peter Blatty

August 23rd, 2013: Xanadu (1980)

Aug23 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Animation, Based on Myths, Event Film, Fantasy, Movie of the Day, Musical, Romance Tagged album covers, artists, Barry De Vorzon, Big Band, California, Classical Mythology, disco, Don Bluth, flashback, Gene Kelly, Joel Silver, live action combined with animation, Michael Beck, montage, murals, muse, nightclub, Olivia Newton-John, Robert Greenwald, roller disco, roller skating, Sandahl Bergman, Santa Monica, shopping montage, Swing, Wilfred Hyde-White, Zeus

October 17th, 2012: Gilda (1946)

Oct17 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Short Story(ies), Black and White, Crime, Drama, Film Noir, Movie of the Day, Music, Romance, Thriller Tagged abusive relationship, Argentina, cartel, casino, Columbia Pictures, double cross, gambler, George MacReady, Glenn Ford, innuendo, musical interlude, nightclub, Rita Hayworth, tacked on ending

December 6th, 2011: Rififi (1955)

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Black and White, Crime, Heist, Independent, Movie of the Day, The Original, Thriller Tagged annoying children, Best Director (Cannes), blacklisted director, domestic violence, double cross, ex-con, ex-pat actors, ex-pat director, ex-pats, France, Jean Servais, jewel thieves, Jules Dassin, low-budget, mobsters, musical interlude, nightclub, Palme D'Or Nomination, Paris, Pathé Consortium Cinéma, robbery, robbery gone wrong, safe cracker, Société Nouvelle Pathé Cinéma

October 19th, 2011: Petey Wheatstraw

Oct19 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Blaxploitation, Comedy, Horror, Movie of the Day, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged "martial arts", Cliff Roquemore, comedian, comedian turned actor, deal with the devil, double cross, grindhouse, Jimmy Lynch, Leroy and Skillet, live performance, low-budget, nightclub, quotably bad dialogue, Rudy Ray Moore, Satan, watermelon, Wildman Steve

July 12th, 2011: Avenging Disco Godfather

Jul12 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Addicition, Blaxploitation, Cops, Crime, Independent, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Revenge, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged "martial arts", basketball, before they were famous, Carol Speed, Cliff Roquemore, continuity errors, disco, DJ, drugs, drugs are killing our kids, flubbed lines, grindhouse, hallucinations, hit man, Howard Jackson, it's not over, Jerry Jones, Jimmy Lynch, Julius Carry, Lady Reed, low-budget, nightclub, PCP, rally, retired cop, rip-off, Rudy Ray Moore, wooden acting

Tantei jimusho 23: Kutabare akuto-domo aka Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell Bastards

Dec17 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Based on a Book, Cops, Crime, Detective, Gangster, Quick Reviews, Reviews Tagged double cross, homage, Japan, Jo Shishido, musical interlude, nightclub, Nikkatsu, Seijun Suzuki, under siege, undercover, Yakuza

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