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August 29th, 2014: O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

Aug29 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Arthouse, Based on a Board Game, Based on a Poem, Comedy, Fantasy, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Prison, Road Trip, Slapstick Tagged 1930s, absent father, bank robber, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, buried treasure, chain gang, Charles Durning, Classical allusion, Classical Mythology, convict, crossroads, dam, deal with the devil, escaped convicts, father, George Clooney, Holly Hunter, homage, husband, John Goodman, John Turturro, Mississippi, music contest, pomade, radio station, Roger Deakins, Studio Canal, T Bone Burnett, Tim Blake Nelson, Touchstone Pictures, Universal Pictures, wife, Working Title Films

July 22nd, 2014: The World’s End (2013)

Jun22 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Action, Aliens, Comedy, Movie of the Day, Robots, Sci-Fi, Spoof, War with Aliens Tagged bar, bar fight, Bill Nighy, body snatchers, Britain, car dealer, co-production, Cornetto Trilogy, David Bradley, Edgar Wright, Focus Features, gentrification, Japan, Martin Freeman, Michael Smiley, Nick Frost, Paddy Considine, Pierce Brosnan, pub, pub crawl, rehab, Relativity Media, reunion, robots, Rosamund Pike, Simon Pegg, Universal Pictures, Working Title Films

November 13th, 2013: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)

Nov13 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Espionage, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Remake, Thriller, Whodunnit Tagged adultery, Benedict Cumberbatch, Best Actor Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Original Score Nominee, Britain, Canal+, Christmas Party, Ciaran Hinds, Cold War, Colin Firth, double agent, double cross, Gary Oldman, John Hurt, John Le Carre, Mark Strong, MI6, party, Soviet Union, Soviets, Stephen Graham, Studio Canal, Toby Jones, Tom Hardy, Tomas Alfredson, Working Title Films

September 21st, 2013: Barton Fink

Sep21 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Arthouse, Black Comedy, Comedy, Drama, Independent, Indy, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Satire Tagged adultery, alcoholic, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Carter Burwell, Christopher Murney, decapitation, dream sequence, Ethan Coen, Hollywood, hotel, Joel Coen, John Goodman, John Mahoney, John Turturro, Jon Polito, Judy Davis, leftist, Los Angeles, Michael Lerner, New York City, nightmares, playwright, Richard Portnow, Roger Deakins, screenwriter, Steve Buscemi, studio executive, Tony Shalhoub, travelling salesman, Working Title Films, writer, writer's block

May 4th, 2013: Frost/Nixon (2008)

May4 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Based on a Play, Drama, Movie of the Day, Period Film Tagged behind the scenes, Best Actor Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Clint Howard, double cross, former child stars, Frank Langella, Hans Zimmer, Imagine Entertainment, interview, Kevin Bacon, less famous parents, less famous siblings, Michael Sheen, Oliver Platt, Oscar bait, Patty McCormack, President of the United States, Rance Howard, Relativity Media, Richard Nixon, Ron Howard, Sam Rockwell, Studio Canal, Toby Jones, Universal Pictures, Working Title Films

April 29th, 2013: My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)

Apr29 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Arthouse, Comedy, Drama, Movie of the Day, Romance Tagged arranged marriage, before they were famous, Best Original Screenplay Nominee, Britain, Channel Four Films, class issues, Daniel Day-Lewis, immigrants, laundromat, mistress, Pakistanis, poverty, racism, racists, Roshan Seth, Saeed Jaffrey, Shirley Anne Field, Stephen Frears, Stephen Marcus, Working Title Films

August 6th, 2012: The Big Lebowski (1998)

Aug6 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Arthouse, Buddy Flick, Comedy, Crime, Detective, Fish-Out-of-Water, Indy, Mistaken Identity, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Slapstick, Spoof, Stoner Tagged Aimee Mann, art, artists, Ben Gazzara, bowling, California, Carter Burwell, David Huddleston, dream sequence, Ethan Coen, film within a film, Flea, Jeff Bridges, Joel Coen, John Goodman, John Turturro, Jon Polito, Julianne Moore, Kenny Rogers, kidnapping, Los Angeles, mix-tape soundtrack, nihilists, Peter Stormare, Philip Seymour Hoffman, PolyGram, porn, porn stars, ransom, Roger Deakins, Sam Elliot, sex offender, Steve Buscemi, stoners, Tara Reid, Vietnam veterans, Working Title Films

May 11th, 2011: Fargo (1996)

May11 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Arthouse, Black Comedy, Comedy, Cops, Crime, Indy, Movie of the Day, Spoof Tagged Best Actress, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Original Screenplay, Best Picture Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Carter Burwell, Ethan Coen, Frances McDormand, Joel Coen, kidnapping, Peter Stormare, PolyGram, pregnancy, Steve Buscemi, William H. Macy, wood chipper, Working Title Films

March 21st, 2011: Hot Fuzz

Mar21 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Cops, Event Film, Fish-Out-of-Water, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Slapstick, Spoof Tagged Bill Nighy, Britain, cameos, Cate Blanchett, conspiracy, David Bradley, Edgar Wright, Edward Woodward, Jim Broadbent, Martin Freeman, maverick cops, Nick Frost, Paddy Considine, Paul Freeman, Peter Jackson, Simon Pegg, Steve Coogan, Studio Canal, Timothy Dalton, Universal Pictures, Working Title Films

A Serious Man

Mar13 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black Comedy, Comedy, Quick Reviews, Reviews Tagged Best Original Screenplay Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, biblical allusion, Book of Job, Ethan Coen, Fyvush Finkel, George Wyner, Joel Coen, Richard Kind, Simon Helberg, Studio Canal, Working Title Films

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