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June 18th, 2014: Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

Jun18 by Professor Mortis

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3 Comments Posted in Comedy, In Name Only Sequel, Movie of the Day, Music, Remake, Romance, Satire, Sequel, Spoof, Whodunnit Tagged 20th Century Fox, attempted suicide, Charles Napier, cross dressing, decapitation, double cross, ingenues, Los Angeles, Nazis, porn stars, producer, rise and fall, rock and roll, Roger Ebert, Russ Meyers, The Strawberry Alarm Clock

June 6th, 2014: Fear of a Black Hat

Jun6 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Mockumentary, Movie of the Day, Music Tagged before they were famous, Faizon Love, ITC, Kasi Lemmons, Kurt Loder, Lance Crouther, Larry B. Scott, music industry, music videos, musical interlude, musicians, rap, rise and fall, Rusty Cundieff

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

March 20th, 2014: Excalibur (1981)

Mar20 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adventure, Based on a Book, Fantasy, Movie of the Day, Sword and Sorcery Tagged Best Cinematography Nominee, Britain, children of famous people, Ciaran Hinds, Corin Redgrave, epic, Gabriel Byrne, Helen Mirren, incest, Ireland, John Boorman, King Arthur, myth, Nicol Williamson, Orion, Patrick Stewart, rise and fall, Thomas Malory

December 18th, 2013: Catch Me If You Can (2002)

Dec18 by Professor Mortis

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4 Comments Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Based on a Book, Biopic, Con, Cops, Crime, Drama, Movie of the Day, Period Film, True Crime Tagged Amblin Entertainment, Amy Acker, Amy Adams, Best Original Score Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Canada, Christopher Walken, Dreamworks, Ellen Pompeo, FBI, forgery, Frank Abagnale Jr., James Brolin, John Williams, Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Sheen, Massachusetts, Pan Am, Paris, pilots, rise and fall, Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks

September 28th, 2013: Death Drug (1978)

Sep28 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Addicition, Blaxploitation, Drama, Independent, Issue Film, Movie of the Day, Propaganda Tagged Angel Dust, before they were famous, cash-in, drug addict, drug dealers, drugs, drugs are killing our kids, low-budget, music industry, musical interlude, Philip Michael Thomas, rise and fall, Rosalind Cash, The Gap Band

August 24th, 2013: American Gangster (2007)

Aug24 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Based on a Magazine Article, Cops, Crime, Gangster, Movie of the Day, Period Film, True Crime Tagged Armand Assante, Best Art Direction Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, brothers, Carla Gugino, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Clarence Williams III, Common, corrupt cops, Cuba Gooding Jr., Denzel Washington, drug addict, drug dealers, drugs, heroin, Idris Elba, Imagine Entertainment, John Hawkes, Jon Polito, Josh Brolin, Kevin Corrigan, maverick, maverick cops, mobsters, mother-son relationship, New York City, Nicholas Pileggi, Relativity Media, Ridley Scott, rise and fall, Ruby Dee, Russell Crowe, RZA, Ted Levine, Universal Pictures, Vietnam, Vietnam veterans

July 10th, 2011: Raging Bull

Jul10 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Drama, Fight Film, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Sports Tagged Best Actor, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing, Best Picture Nominee, Best Sound Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, boxing, Cathy Moriarty, domestic violence, Frank Adonis, Frank Vincent, Irwin Winkler, Jake La Motta, Joe Pesci, Martin Scorcese, mobsters, New York City, Paul Schrader, rise and fall, Robert De Niro, stand up comedy, United Artists

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

April 7th, 2011: Boogie Nights (1997)

Apr7 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Arthouse, Biopic, Comedy, Drama, Indy, Movie of the Day, Period Film Tagged Alfred Molina, Best Original Screenplay Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, Burt Reynolds, Don Cheadle, Heather Graham, Jack Riley, Johanna Gleason, John C. Reilly, John Doe, Julianne Moore, Luis Guzman, Mark Wahlberg, New Line Cinema, Nina Hartley, Paul Thomas Anderson, Phillip Baker Hall, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, porn, Ricky Jay, rise and fall, Thomas Jane, William H. Macy

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