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December 13th, 2014: Inside Man (2006)

Dec13 by bellabone

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Cops, Crime, Detective, Drama, Heist, Hostage Situation, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Revenge, Thriller Tagged Albania, bank robbery, Christopher Plummer, Clive Owen, Denzel Washington, detective, disguise, hostage situation, Jodie Foster, Nazis, negotiator, pizza, police, secret identity, Spike Lee, unreliable narrator, World War Two

May 4th, 2014: The Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941)

May4 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Comic Book, Black and White, Fantasy, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Pulp, Serial, Superheroes, The Original, Whodunnit Tagged alter ego, Captain Marvel, cub reporter, explorers, Fawcett Comics, idol, low-budget, MacGuffin, machine gun, masked criminal, mastermind, mystics, reporter, scientific expedition, scientists, secret identity, Siam, Tom Tyler, William Witney

July 8th, 2012: The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)

Jul8 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Black and White, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Romance, Swashbuckler Tagged "the prince and the pauper", Alfred Newman, before they were famous, Best Art Direction Nominee, Best Score Nominee, Bullshitania, C. Aubrey Smith, children of famous people, David Niven, David O. Selznick, double cross, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., forbidden love, George Cukor, identical cousins, James Wong Howe, king, Mary Astor, Montagu Love, National Film Registry, Raymond Massey, reshoots, Ronald Coleman, secret identity, Selznick International Pictures, troubled production, W. S. Van Dyke

May 12th, 2012: The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

May12 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Horror, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Silent, Stalker, The Original, Thriller Tagged "Cast of Thousands", "Phantom of the", apprentice/mentor relationship, Carl Laemmle, color sequence, insanity, Lon Chaney Sr., masquerade, Norman Kerry, obsessed fan, opera, opera house, Paris, Paris sewers, secret identity, sewer lair, sewers, Universal Pictures

January 6th, 2012: The Mark of Zorro (1920)

Jan6 by Professor Mortis

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3 Comments Posted in Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Short Story(ies), Black and White, Comedy, Event Film, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Silent, Swashbuckler, The Original Tagged California, corruption, Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks Pictures, Fred Niblo, mask, masked avenger, secret identity, United Artists, Zorro

October 7th, 2011: Masque of the Red Death (1964)

Oct7 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Short Story(ies), Cults, Gothic Horror, Horror, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Remake, Revenge Tagged AIP, Britain, burning, Charles Beaumont, corruption, Drive-In, dual role, Edgar Allan Poe, Hazel Court, Italy, James H. Nicholson, Little People, low-budget, masquerade, Nicholas Roeg, Patrick Magee, plague, Red Death, reused sets, Roger Corman, Samuel Z. Arkoff, satanism, secret identity, Skip Martin, twist, Vincent Price

January 30th, 2011: The Testament of Dr. Mabuse

Jan30 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Arthouse, Black and White, Crime, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Sequel, Thriller Tagged assassination, asylum, Fritz Lang, Germany, insanity, mastermind, Nero-Film AG, possession, secret identity, twist

A Perfect Getaway

Jun12 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Full Reviews, Reviews, Thriller Tagged Chris Hemsworth, David Twohy, Hawaii, Kiele Sanchez, Marley Shelton, Milla Jovovich, red herring, secret identity, serial killer, Steve Zahn, Timothy Olyphant

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