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June 12th: Cidade de Deus aka City of God (2002)

Jun12 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Coming of Age, Crime, Drama, Issue Film, Juvenile Delinquent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, True Crime Tagged Alice Braga, before they were famous, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Brazil, brothers, co-production, double cross, drug dealers, drugs, favelas, Fernando Meirelles, France, insanity, it's not over, revenge, Rio De Janerio, Seu Jorge, slums, street gang, teens

January 13th, 2014: Death Wish 3 (1985)

Jan13 by Professor Mortis

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5 Comments Posted in Action, Crime, Movie of the Day, Revenge, Sequel, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged "compensating much?", Alex Winter, before they were famous, Cannon, Charles Bronson, Death Wish, Ed Lauter, excessive force, fighting back, Golan-Globus, LAW, Marina Sirtis, Martin Balsam, Menahem Golan, Michael Winner, motorcycle gang, muggers, New York City, overkill, Paul Kersey, rape, revenge, rocket launcher, street gang, under siege, vigilantes, Wildey Magnum, World War Two Veterans, Yoram Globus

September 6th, 2013: B13 aka District 13 (2004)

Sep6 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Crime, Dark Future, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, The Original Tagged "race against time", "You will self destruct in 24 hours", blackmail, Canal+, cops, corrupt cops, double cross, France, futures past, homage, hostage, Luc Besson, maverick, maverick cops, neutron bomb, Paris, Parkour, revenge, slums, street gang, undercover

December 17th, 2012: Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

Dec17 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adventure, Buddy Flick, Comedy, Event Film, Fantasy, Martial Arts, Movie of the Day, Screwball Tagged "martial arts", 20th Century Fox, Al "Kabong" Leong, Alan Howarth, brothel, California, card game, Carter Wong, Chinatown, cult, Dean Cundey, demon, Dennis Dun, Donald Li, flop, gambling debts, Gerald Okamura, homage, immigrants, it's not over, James Hong, John Carpenter, kidnapping, Kim Cattrall, Kurt Russell, madame, prostitutes, sacrifice, San Francisco, sorcerer, street gang, Triads, truckers, undead, Victor Wong

Vamp (1986)

Sep14 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Buddy Flick, College, Comedy, Full Reviews, Horror, Independent, Reviews, Road Trip, Vampires Tagged "kill it with fire", albinos, Billy Drago, cash-in, Chris Makepeace, Deedee Pfieffer, elevator, elevator operator, fire, fraternity, Gedde Wantanabe, Grace Jones, homage, Kansas, kid vampire, less famous siblings, low-budget, Molotov cocktails, nerds, New World Pictures, Oklahoma City, operator, rip-off, Robert Rusler, sexy vampires, street gang, strip club, stripper with a heart of gold, sunlight kills, unfriendly locals, yuppies

March 7th, 2012: A Clockwork Orange (1971)

Mar7 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Black Comedy, Crime, Dark Future, Juvenile Delinquent, Movie of the Day, Satire, Sci-Fi Tagged Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, brain washing, Britain, cops, corrupt cops, David Prowse, double cross, futures past, it's not over, Malcolm McDowell, Nazis, Patrick Magee, political group, priest, prison, rape, scientists, Stanley Kubrick, street gang, Warner Brothers

February 26th, 2012: Kenka Erejî aka The Fighting Elegy aka The Born Fighter

Feb26 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Black Comedy, Comedy, Coming of Age, Crime, Drama, Issue Film, Juvenile Delinquent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Satire Tagged adults playing teens, boarding house, Catholic, coup, Facism, February 26th Incident, Hideki Takahashi, Japan, militarists, Nikkatsu, Seijun Suzuki, street gang, teens, World War Two

December 30th, 2011: West Side Story (1961)

Dec30 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Play, Coming of Age, Drama, Issue Film, Juvenile Delinquent, Movie of the Day, Musical, Romance, Tragedy Tagged Arthur Laurents, before they were famous, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Music Scoring of a Musical Picture, Best Picture, Best Sound, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, double cross, Jerome Robbins, John Astin, Leonard Bernstein, Natalie Wood, New York City, Rita Moreno, Robert Wise, Russ Tamblyn, Seven Arts Productions, Simon Oakland, street gang, The Mirisch Corporation, United Artists, William Shakespeare

August 9th, 2011: Once Were Warriors

Aug9 by Professor Mortis

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3 Comments Posted in "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Addicition, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Coming of Age, Drama, Juvenile Delinquent, Movie of the Day Tagged abusive relationship, alcoholic, bar fight, Cliff Curtis, domestic violence, Lee Tamahori, low-budget, Maori, New Zealand, New Zealand Film Commission, poverty, racists, rape, street gang, Temuera Morrison

May 4th, 2011: The Class of 1984

May4 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Independent, Juvenile Delinquent, Movie of the Day, Revenge, Thriller Tagged alcoholic, Alice Cooper, before they were famous, burning, children of famous people, grindhouse, high school, hostage situation, Lalo Schifrin, low-budget, Mark L. Lester, Michael J. Fox, Perry King, punks, rape, Roddy McDowall, street gang, teachers, teens, Timothy Van Patten, Tom Holland

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