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May 25th, 2014: Centurion (2010)

May25 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Action, Adventure, Drama, Guerrillas, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Special Operations, Suicide Mission, War Movies Tagged behind enemy lines, Britain, Canal+, Centurion, Dominic West, fort, France, general, Guerrillas, Hadrian's Wall, Imogen Poots, Legionnaire, Liam Cunningham, Michael Fassbender, Neil Marshall, Noel Clarke, Olga Kurlyenko, Pathe, Paul Freeman, rescue mission, Roman Britain, Rome, Scotland, UK Film Council, Warner Brothers

March 17, 2014: The Prisoner of Zenda (1952)

Mar17 by bellabone

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Drama, Mistaken Identity, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Remake, Romance Tagged Alfred Newman, Anthony Hope, coronation, Deborah Kerr, fortress, impersonation, James Mason, Jane Greer, king, MGM, mistaken identity, rescue mission, royal wedding, Ruritania, Stewart Granger, Zenda

January 30th, 2014: Uncommon Valor (1983)

Jan30 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adventure, Drama, Movie of the Day, Special Operations, War Movies Tagged before they were famous, Fred Ward, Gail Strickland, Gene Hackman, helicopter, James Horner, Jane Kaczmarek, John Milius, Ken Framer, MIAs, Michael Dudikoff, P.O.W.s, Paramount Pictures, Patrick Swayze, Randall "Tex" Cobb, Reb Brown, rescue mission, Robert Stack, Ted Kotcheff, Tim Thomerson, Vietnam, Vietnam veterans, Wings Hauser

May 12th, 2013: Saving Private Perez

May12 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Fish-Out-of-Water, Gangster, Independent, Movie of the Day, Slapstick, Special Operations, Spoof, Suicide Mission, War Movies Tagged brothers, childhood friend, drug dealers, drug smugglers, Guerrillas, hit man, hostage, Iraq, low-budget, machetes, Mexico, mother, narcos, rescue mission, The Marines, U.S. Army, younger brother

Saving Private Perez

Apr8 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Comedy, Fish-Out-of-Water, Full Reviews, Gangster, Independent, Reviews, Slapstick, Special Operations, Spoof, War Movies Tagged brothers, childhood friend, drug dealers, drug smugglers, Guerrillas, hit man, hostage, Iraq, low-budget, machetes, Mexico, mother, narcos, rescue mission, The Marines, U.S. Army, younger brother

January 16th, 2013: Escape from New York (1981)

Jan16 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Dark Future, Independent, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, The Original Tagged "but I get results", "New York", "You will self destruct in 24 hours", Adrienne Barbeau, Air Force One, airplane, arena, Avco Embassy Pictures, Bob Minor, bridge, Britain, Charles Cyphers, co-production, Donald Pleasence, double cross, Drive-In, Ernest Borgnine, futures past, George "Buck" Flower, glider, Harry Dean Stanton, helicopter, hostage, Isaac Hayes, Jamie Lee Curtis, John Carpenter, John Diehl, Kurt Russell, land mines, low-budget, musical interlude, New York City, plane crash, President of the United States, prison, prison warden, prisoner, rescue mission, scientists, Tom Atkins, veteran, World War Three

November 21st, 2012: The Order of the Black Eagle

Nov21 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adventure, Espionage, Independent, Movember, Movie of the Day, Sequel, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged animal sidekick, baboon, bad special effects, banditos, Boon, Duncan Jax, gadgets, hot air balloon, Ian Hunter, kidnapping, low-budget, Nazi Scientist, Nazis, Neo-Nazis, North Carolina, rescue mission, rip-off, scientists, secret agent, secret weapon, South America

May 14th, 2012: Cleopatra Jones and the Casinos of Gold

May14 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Fish-Out-of-Water, Martial Arts, Movie of the Day, Sequel Tagged Albert Popwell, Caro Kenyatta, casino, drug dealers, drugs, failed franchise, Hong Kong, Norman Fell, rescue mission, Run Run Shaw, secret agent, smugglers, Stella Stevens, Tamara Dobson, undercover, Warner Brothers

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