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May 22nd, 2014: Sleuth (1972)

May22 by Professor Mortis

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3 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Play, Crime, Drama, Heist, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Thriller Tagged battle of wits, Best Actor Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Original Score Nominee, Britain, class issues, clowns, co-production, country estate, double cross, double nominee, gimmick, hairdresser, it's not over, jilted lover, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine, mystery writer, Palomar Pictures, prejudice, thief, twist, writer

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

March 9, 2013: The English Patient (1996)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Drama, Epic, Espionage, Movie of the Day, Romance, Tragedy, War Movies Tagged 1930s, adultery, affair, Africa, amnesia, Anthony Minghella, Best Actor Nominee, Best Actress Nominee, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Director, Best Film Editing, best music original dramatic score, Best Picture, Best Sound, Best Supporting Actress, best writing nominee adapted screenplay, Colin Firth, desert, double agent, Juliette Binoche, Kristin Scott Thomas, mistaken identity, morphine, Naveen Andrews, nurse, Ralph Fiennes, thief, unexploded bombs, Willem Dafoe, World War Two

January 4th, 2014: Castle of Cagliostro

Jan4 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Animation, Anime, Based on the Manga, Comedy, Family, Heist, Movie of the Day, Sequel Tagged counterfeiters, double cross, Hayao Miyazaki, Interpol, Japan, Kingdom of Madupia, Lupin III, noble, sniper, thief, twist

December 2nd, 2013: The Thief of Bagdad (1940)

Dec2 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Based on a Folk Tale, Event Film, Family, Fantasy, Independent, Movie of the Day, Remake Tagged Alexander Korda, Arabian Nights, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Original Score Nominee, Best Special Effects, Britain, Conrad Veidt, djinni, king, magic, magician, Michael Powell, princess, Rex Ingram, Sabu, Technicolor, thief, United Artists, wizards

November 17th, 2013: After Hours (1985)

Nov17 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Drama, Mistaken Identity, Movie of the Day, Thriller Tagged "One Crazy Night", art, artists, bar, Bronson Pinchot, Catherine O'Hara, Cheech Marin, Dick Miller, diner, Griffin Dunne, Howard Shore, insanity, John Heard, Linda Fiorentino, Martin Scorcese, mob, New York City, Patricia Arquette, sculptor, SoHo, Teri Garr, The Geffen Company, thief, Tommy Chong, Victor Argo.

September 23rd, 2013: Wicked, Wicked

Sep23 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Camp, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Serial Killer, Slasher, Stalker, Thriller Tagged attic, bellhop, body collector, Charles B. Pierce, Duo Vision, Edd Byrnes, ex-girlfriend, gigolo, gimmick, hotel, hotel detective, insanity, life guard, MGM, molested child, musical interlude, Richard L. Bare, secret lair, serial killer, singer, sleazy manager, split screen, taxidermy, thief, traumatized children, twist

February 16th, 2013: The Mummy (1999)

Feb16 by Professor Mortis

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4 Comments Posted in Action, Adventure, Comedy, Event Film, Fantasy, Movie of the Day, Mummy, Period Film, Remake, Romance, Screwball, Slapstick, The Original Tagged "re-imagined", "This Lost World is Gonna Blow!", Arnold Vosloo, before they were famous, biblical allusion, Brendan Fraser, buried alive, buried treasure, cult, cult leader, cultists, deserted city, doomed expedition, Egypt, Egyptians, Erick Avari, ethnic stereotype, fire, French Foreign Legion, Great War, Great War veteran, Jerry Goldsmith, John Hannah, Jonathan Hyde, Kevin J. O'Connor, Legionnaire, librarian, library, Oded Fehr, Odious Comic Relief, pilots, plague, Rachel Weisz, reincarnation, riverboat, scarab, secret society, sorcerer, Stephen Sommers, storm, thief, Universal Pictures

The Thief of Bagdad (1924)

Mar9 by Professor Mortis

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3 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Based on a Folk Tale, Based on a Short Story(ies), Black and White, Comedy, Event Film, Fairy Tale, Fantasy, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Quick Reviews, Reviews, Silent, Sword and Sorcery, The Original Tagged Anna Mae Wong, Arabian Nights, Bagdad, caliph, Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks Pictures, magic, Noble Johnson, princess, Raoul Walsh, thief, United Artists

February 15th, 2012: Grand Hotel (1932)

Feb15 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Based on a Play, Black and White, Drama, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Romance, The Original, Women's Picture Tagged accountant, ballerina, Berlin, Best Picture, doctor, Germany, Greta Garbo, hotel, industrialist, Irving Thalberg, Jean Hersholt, Joan Crawford, John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, MGM, National Film Registry, noble, secretary, terminal illness, thief, Wallace Beery

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