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May 6th, 2014: Fantastic Mr. Fox

May6 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Animation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Comedy, Crime, Family, Fantasy, Heist, Movie of the Day, Stop Motion Animation Tagged 20th Century Fox, Adrien Brody, anthropomorphic animals, badger, Best Animated Film Nominee, Best Original Score Nominee, Bill Murray, Brian Cox, chicken thief, farm, farmers, father, father-son relationship, fox, George Clooney, heist, Jason Schwartzman, Karen Duffy, Mario Batali, Meryl Streep, Michael Gambon, mother, mother-son relationship, Noah Bambauch, Owen Wilson, Roald Dahl, Roman Coppola, ski mask, supermarket, talking animals, thief, weasel, Wes Anderson, Wilem Defoe

May 28th, 2013: You Only Live Twice (1967)

May28 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Espionage, Event Film, Independent, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, Sequel, Space Travel Tagged Akiko Wakabayashi, Albert R. Broccoli, Anthony Ainley, assassin, astronauts, bad makeup, Bernard Lee, Blofeld, Britain, Burt Kwouk, Charles Gray, Cold War, Desmond Llewelyn, Donald Pleasence, Eon Productions, femme fatale, fishermen, fishing boat, gimmick weapon, gyrocopter, gyrojets, Harry Saltzman, helicopter, hijacking, Ian Fleming, James Bond, Japan, John Barry, Karin Dor, Lois Maxwell, magnets, MI5, Mie Hama, ninja, nuclear war, poison, Roald Dahl, samurai swords, scientists, Sean Connery, Soviet Union, space hijacking, space race, sumo wrestling, undercover, United Artists, volcano, wedding

September 13th, 2012: Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)

Sep13 by David Cole

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Family, Movie of the Day, Musical, The Original Tagged Anthony Newley, Aubrey Woods, Best Music Original Song Nominee, Best Music Scoring of a Musical Picture Nominee, David Battley, Denise Nickerson, Diana Sowle, Dodo Denney, Günter Meisner, Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Julie Dawn Cole, Leonard Stone, Leslie Bricusse, Mel Stuart, Michael Bollner, Paris Themmen, Peter Capell, Peter Ostrum, Peter Stuart, Roald Dahl, Roy Kinnear, Ursula Reit, Werner Heyking

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