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August 1, 2014: The Blues Brothers (1980)

Aug1 by iggyfh

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1 Comment Posted in Action, Based on a Sketch, Chase, Comedy, Cops, Crime, Movie of the Day, Music, Road Trip Tagged Aretha Franklin, Blues Brothers, Cab Calloway, car chase, Carrie Fisher, Chicago, Dan Aykroyd, James Brown, John Belushi, John Candy, John Landis, orphanage, property tax, R+B, Ray Charles, redemption, taxes

March 28th, 2014: The Devil’s Backbone

Mar28 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Fairy Tale, Fantasy, Ghost, Homefront, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Uncategorized, War Movies Tagged before they were famous, ghost story, gold, Guillermo Del Toro, homage, kid ghost, Mexico, orphanage, Spain, Spanish Civil War

December 10th, 2013: Dead Again (1991)

Dec10 by Professor Mortis

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3 Comments Posted in Black and White, Detective, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Period Film, Thriller, Whodunnit Tagged amnesia, Andy Garcia, artists, bad makeup, before they were famous, butcher, Campbell Scott, composer, courtroom scene, Derek Jacobi, dual role, electric chair, Emma Thompson, execution, flashback, Hollywood, hypnosis, Kenneth Branagh, Los Angeles, maid, masquerade, murder, nun, orphanage, photographer, priest, psychologist, refugees, reincarnation, reporter, scissors, supermarket, Sydney Pollack, trial, twist, Wayne Knight

November 16th, 2013: The Orphanage

Nov16 by retrozombi

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Ghost, Movie of the Day Tagged orphanage, past event drives plot, Spain, tragic past

December 26th, 2012: Kiss of Death (1947)

Dec26 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Crime, Film Noir, Movie of the Day, The Original, Thriller Tagged 20th Century Fox, baby sitters, before they were famous, Ben Hecht, Best Original Screenplay Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Brian Donlevy, Coleen Gray, cops, double cross, ex-con, Henry Hathaway, jewel thieves, Karl Malden, murder, orphanage, prison, Richard Widmark, suicide, Victor Mature

April 15th, 2011: The Blues Brothers

Apr15 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Based on a Sketch, Chase, Comedy, Event Film, Movie of the Day, Music, Slapstick, The Original Tagged Aretha Franklin, Blues, Cab Calloway, Carrie Fisher, Charles Napier, Chicago, Country Music, Dan Aykroyd, Frank Oz, Henry Gibson, Illinois, James Brown, Jeff Morris, jilted lover, John Belushi, John Candy, John Landis, john Lee Hooker, Kathleen Freeman, left at the altar, musical interlude, Nazis, nun, orphan, orphanage, Paul Reubens, R+B, Ray Charles, rednecks, Steven Spielberg, Steven Williams, Twiggy, Universal Pictures

El Espinazo del Diablo aka The Devil’s Backbone

Nov14 by Professor Mortis

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3 Comments Posted in "Foreign Film", Arthouse, Coming of Age, Drama, Fantasy, Full Reviews, Ghost, Period Film, Reviews, Thriller Tagged gold, Guillermo Del Toro, homage, kid ghost, Mexico, orphanage, Spain, Spanish Civil War

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