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• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Original Screenplay 1978

  

  The Contenders: Autumn Sonata Coming Home (winner) The Deer HunterInteriors An Unmarried Woman What’s Missing It appears that many of the movies that I’d... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Have a Conversation, Dammit!

  

  Film: Street Angel Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. When the Oscars first started, there were some different rules covering aspects of the... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• End of Year Seven

  

  My goal at the start of the year was the same as last year—watch 400 different movies. I didn’t get there. I’m at 366 at the time of this writing, an average... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Adapted Screenplay 1985

  

  The Contenders: The Color Purple Kiss of the Spider Woman Out of Africa (winner) Prizzi’s Honor The Trip to Bountiful What’s Missing I can’t say that I’m... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Days Like This

  

  Film: As Good as It Gets Format: DVD from Sycamore Public Library on laptop. I think everyone has an actor or two that rubs him or her the wrong way. For me, on... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Divine Right

  

  Film: The Man Who Would Be King Format: DVD from Sycamore Public Library on laptop. I can’t claim to know a great deal about the works of Rudyard Kipling,... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2016 MOVIES

• Waltzing Matilda

  

  Film: The Sundowners Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. It’s entirely possible that I did The Sundowners a little bit of a disservice by watching it on a lapto... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Fraud for Fun and Profit

  

  Film: The Fortune Cookie Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. When you think of classic screen duos, there are a lot that certainly come to mind. Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Ho, Ho, Ho!

  

  I know that the Keepers of the List don’t pay attention to this site. Why the hell should they? But I do hope that every now and then one of them might wander... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Trial of the Century

  

  Film: Miracle on 34th Street Format: HBO Go on rockin’ flatscreen. Everyone, or almost everyone, has a favorite Christmas movie, at least in the U.S. where... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actress 1959

  

  The Contenders: Audrey Hepburn: The Nun’s Story Doris Day: Pillow Talk Simone Signoret: Room at the Top (winner) Katherine Hepburn: Suddenly, Last Summer... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Shades of Salo

  

  Film: Quills Format: DVD from DeKalb Public Library on laptop. I’ve had Quills sitting on my desk for more than two weeks. I’ve been telling myself that I need... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Black Phillip

  

  Film: The Witch Format: DVD from Sycamore Public Library on laptop. Has there been a resurgence in horror? It feels like there are suddenly good, new horror... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Off Script: Blood and Black Lace (Sei Donne Per L'Assassino)

  

  Film: Blood and Black Lace (Sei Donne per L’Assassino) Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. Mario Bava more or less invented the slasher. Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Nick's Picks: Easy A

  

  Film: Easy A Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. This is the twelfth in a series of twelve movies selected by Nick Jobe. Teen comedies aren’t easy to do well. Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• There and Back Again

  

  Film: Brooklyn Format: HBO on rockin’ flatscreen. When I look at the movies that I still have left on my Oscars list, I see that I have a habit of leaving a Bes... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Better Late Than Never

  

  Film: Deadpool Format: DVD from Rockford Public Library on laptop. I realize that everyone who regularly reads this site almost certainly saw Deadpool when it... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actor 1936

  

  The Contenders: Walter Huston: Dodsworth Gary Cooper: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town William Powell: My Man GodfreySpencer Tracy: San Francisco Paul Muni: The Story of... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Nest of Vipers

  

  Film: Hedda Format: Internet video on The Nook. Let’s be honest; I was never going to be a huge fan of Hedda in the best of circumstances. Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Red Knight

  

  Film: The Fisher King Format: DVD from DeKalb Public Library on laptop. In a lot of ways, Terry Gilliam is the Orson Welles of today. I like Gilliam a lot and... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES