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August 15th, 2014: Tropic Thunder (2008)

Aug15 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Action, Comedy, Spoof, War Movies Tagged Acting!, actor turned director, agent, Alicia Silverstone, Ben Stiller, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Bill Hader, children of famous people, Danny McBride, Dreamworks, drug dealers, Etan Cohen, film within a film, Jack Black, Jason Bateman, Jay Baruchel, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jon Voight, jungle, Lance Bass, Matthew McConaughey, method actor, Nick Nolte, Robert Downey Jr., Steve Coogan, Tobey McGuire, Tom Cruise, Tyra Banks, Vietnam, Vietnam veterans, Vietnam War, Yvette Nicole Brown

March 29th, 2014: Apocalypse Now (1979)

Mar29 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Based on a Book, Independent, Movie of the Day, War Movies Tagged Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Cinematography, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Sound, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, boat, Colleen Camp, Dennis Hopper, Francis Ford Coppola, Frederic Forrest, Harrison Ford, John Milius, Joseph Conrad, journey, Laurence Fishburne, Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen, Philippines, R. Lee Emery, river, Robert Duvall, Sam Bottoms, Scott Glen, United Artists, USO, Vietnam, war is hell, Zoetrope Studios

January 30th, 2014: Uncommon Valor (1983)

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adventure, Drama, Movie of the Day, Special Operations, War Movies Tagged before they were famous, Fred Ward, Gail Strickland, Gene Hackman, helicopter, James Horner, Jane Kaczmarek, John Milius, Ken Framer, MIAs, Michael Dudikoff, P.O.W.s, Paramount Pictures, Patrick Swayze, Randall "Tex" Cobb, Reb Brown, rescue mission, Robert Stack, Ted Kotcheff, Tim Thomerson, Vietnam, Vietnam veterans, Wings Hauser

August 24th, 2013: American Gangster (2007)

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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

June 2nd, 2013: The Ninth Configuration aka Twinkle, Twinkle, Killer Kane

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black Comedy, Comedy, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Satire, Thriller Tagged "who is the madman?", afterlife, astronauts, asylum, attempted rape, bikers, brothers, castle, it's not over, Joe Spinell, message from beyond the grave, Moses Gunn, Neville Brand, psychiatrists, rape, Richard Lynch, Robert Loggia, Scott Wilson, Stacy Keach, Tom Atkins, twist, U.S. Army, Vietnam, Vietnam veterans, William Peter Blatty

Ministry of Vengeance

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1 Comment Posted in Action, Espionage, Full Reviews, Independent, Revenge, Reviews, So-Bad-It's-Good, Thriller Tagged "I'm Done Fighting", airport, attempted rape, cash-in, child death, Concorde Pictures, double cross, flashback, George Kennedy, hard ass seargant, hostage, Italy, James Tolkan, John Schneider, last stand, Lebanon, low-budget, Middle East, military training, minister, Ned Beatty, post traumatic stress disorder, pushed too far, Rome, terrorists, the declining years, torture, training sequence, TV actors, twist, under siege, Vietnam, Vietnam veterans, Yaphet Kotto

March 6th, 2012: Steele Justice

Mar6 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Cops, Crime, Independent, Movie of the Day, So-Bad-It's-Good, Special Operations, War Movies Tagged Al "Kabong" Leong, arms dealer, Bernie Casey, David L. Lander, drug dealers, drugs, exotic pet, gimmick weapon, Joseph Campanella, low-budget, Martin Kove, mobsters, Peter Kwong, Phil Fondacaro, Robert Kim, Ronny Cox, Sela Ward, Shannon Tweed, snakes, Soon-Tek Oh, U.S. Army, Vietnam, Vietnam veterans, Vietnamese organized crime

August 21st, 2011: Harold and Maude

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Coming of Age, May-September, Movie of the Day, Romance Tagged apprentice/mentor relationship, attempted suicide, Bud Court, Cat Stevens, counter-culture, cult, funeral, Hal Ashby, hearse, hippies, Holocaust survivor, MPDG, National Film Registry, older woman, Paramount Pictures, proto-Goth, Ruth Gordon, teens, Tom Skerritt, Vietnam

July 13th, 2011: Brotherhood of Death

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Blaxploitation, Buddy Flick, Guerrillas, Independent, Movie of the Day, Revenge, Special Operations, War Movies Tagged cash-in, Drive-In, grindhouse, KKK, low-budget, racists, rip-off, Roy Jefferson, Vietnam, Vietnam veterans

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