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The story of one man's odyssey of watching every movie ever contained in the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die" series
LATEST ARTICLES ( 2825 )
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Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Adapted Screenplay 2004
The Contenders: Before Sunset Finding Neverland Million Dollar Baby The Motorcycle Diaries Sideways (winner) What’s Missing In a world where I get to make all o... Read more
Posted on 02 July 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Italy is for Lovers
Film: Call My by Your Name Format: DVD from NetFlix on The New Portable. Earlier today, I spotted a tweet from fellow blogger Wendell Ottley commenting that he’... Read more
Posted on 02 July 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actress 1963
The Contenders: Patricia Neal: Hud (winner) Shirley MacLaine: Irma la Douce Natalie Wood: Love with a Proper Stranger Leslie Caron: the L-Shaped Room Rachel... Read more
Posted on 29 June 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Off Script: The Most Dangerous Game
Film: The Most Dangerous Game Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. I don’t know if it’s still the case, but there was a time when you couldn’t... Read more
Posted on 29 June 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Silver Linings Checkbook
Film: Joy Format: DVD from Sycamore Public Library on The New Portable. I’m getting close to the end of the Oscar movies on my various lists, which means that,... Read more
Posted on 27 June 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actor 2007
The Contenders: Viggo Mortensen: Eastern Promises Tommy Lee Jones: In the Valley of Elah George Clooney: Michael Clayton Johnny Depp: Sweeney Todd: The Demon... Read more
Posted on 25 June 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Blue is the Drippiest Color
Film: The Blue Veil Format: Internet video on the new internet machine. For a number of years, I’ve been under the opinion that there are some movies on the... Read more
Posted on 24 June 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Director 1932-1933
The Contenders: Frank Lloyd: Cavalcade (winner) Frank Capra: Lady for a Day George Cukor: Little Women What’s Missing What the hell, Oscar? Read more
Posted on 22 June 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
By My Age, They Tend Toward Bitter.
Film: Sweet Bird of Youth Format: Turner Classic Movies on big ol’ television. I have, in a sense, painted myself into a corner with the length of the reviews... Read more
Posted on 22 June 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Wednesday Horror: Opera
Film: Opera Format: DVD from NetFlix on Sue’s Mother’s Day present. So I think it’s something I can say now officially—I don’t like Italian horror. It’s... Read more
Posted on 21 June 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Picture 2013
The Contenders: 12 Years a Slave (winner) American Hustle Captain Phillips Dallas Buyers Club Gravity Her Nebraska Philomena The Wolf of Wall Street What’s... Read more
Posted on 18 June 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Project Runway
Film: Phantom Thread Format: Blu-Ray from DeKalb Public Library on rockin’ flatscreen. With Phantom Thread, there is really a single story to be told. Read more
Posted on 17 June 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Original Screenplay 1953
The Contenders: The Band Wagon The Desert Rats The Naked Spur Take the High Ground! Titanic (winner) What’s Missing I have to admit I was a bit nonplussed by th... Read more
Posted on 15 June 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Wednesday Horror: Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
Film: Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon Format: DVD from personal collection on The New Portable. While I love a good horror movie, I can’t admit that... Read more
Posted on 14 June 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
A Dickens of a Story
Film: David Copperfield Format: Turner Classic Movies on big ol’ television. My mother is a big fan of the work of Charles Dickens. I’m not; I think it’s eviden... Read more
Posted on 13 June 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Adapted Screenplay 1961
The Contenders: Breakfast at Tiffany’s The Guns of Navarone The Hustler Judgment at Nuremberg (winner) West Side Story What’s Missing I’ve evidently seen fewer... Read more
Posted on 11 June 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Obligatory Shocking Blue Reference
Film: Venus Format: DVD from NetFlix on The New Portable. Frequent readers of this blog will know that one of the things I take a stand on is the May/December... Read more
Posted on 11 June 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actress 2002
The Contenders: Renee Zellweger: Chicago Julianne Moore: Far from Heaven Salma Hayek: Frida Nicole Kidman: The Hours (winner) Diane Lane: Unfaithful What’s... Read more
Posted on 08 June 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Off Script: The Creeping Flesh
Film: The Creeping Flesh Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. It’s hard not to love Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee films from the ‘50s throug... Read more
Posted on 08 June 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Wednesday Horror: The Mummy (1999)
Film: The Mummy (1999) Format: DVD from personal collection on The New Portable. Brace yourself, folks; I’m going to get effusive here for a few minutes. Read more
Posted on 06 June 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES