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• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Original Screenplay 1995

  

  The Contenders: Braveheart Mighty Aphrodite Nixon Toy Story The Ususl Suspects What’s Missing There’s a lot of potential for 1995 being labelled as a great... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Picks from Chip: House of Flying Daggers (Shi Mian Mai Fu)

  

  Films: House of Flying Daggers (Shi Mian Mai Fu) Format: DVD from DeKalb Public Library on rockin’ flatscreen. There was a time around the turn of the last... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Adapted Screenplay 1965

  

  The Contenders: Cat Ballou The Collector Dr. Zhivago (winner) Ship of Fools A Thousand Clowns What’s Missing As much as I hate The Sound of Music, I admit to... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Run for Your Life

  

  Films: The Naked Prey Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on rockin’ flatscreen. There’s a difference between a screenplay and a script. Nowhere is that more... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actress 2005

  

  The Contenders: Judi Dench: Mrs. Henderson Presents Charlize Theron: North Country Keira Knightley: Pride & Prejudice Felicity Huffman: Transamerica Reese... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Gender Roles

  

  Films: Woman of the Year Format: DVD from Sycamore Public Library on laptop. When you think of great screen couples from the golden age of Hollywood, Spencer... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Off Script: The Ring

  

  Films: The Ring Format: DVD from personal collection on rockin’ flatscreen. In the 2000s, particularly in 2008, there was a spate of American remakes of Japanes... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Everyone Gets Hit

  

  Films: Champion Format: Movies! Channel on rockin’ flatscreen. Baseball might be America’s national pastime and football may well be our sport of choice, but... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong! Best Actor 1938

  

  The Contenders: Charles Boyer: Algiers James Cagney: Angels with Dirty Faces Spencer Tracy: Boys Town (winner) Robert Donat: The Citadel Leslie Howard: Pygmalio... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• We're All Puppets

  

  Films: Anomalisa Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. There are movies that frustrate me. The whole string of them is probably too long to mention, but the fact... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Shakespeare as It Shouldn't Be

  

  Films: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1935) Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. Strap in, because this one is going to hurt a little. Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Real Problems Are Too Scary

  

  Films: Life with Father Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. Comedies don’t always transfer well from age to age. Life with Father is a dandy... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Nick's Picks: Kiki's Delivery Service

  

  Films: Kiki’s Delivery Service (Majo no Takkyubin) Format: DVD from DeKalb Public Library on rockin’ flatscreen. This is the seventh in a series of twelve movie... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Mission: Impossible--Jerusalem Branch

  

  Films: Munich Format: DVD from Sycamore Library on rockin’ flatscreen. I knew going in to Munich that it was about what happened with the Israeli Olympic team i... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Director 1984

  

  The Contenders: Milos Forman: Amadeus (winner) Woody Allen: Broadway Danny Rose Roland Joffe: The Killing Fields David Lean: A Passage to India Robert Benton:... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Off Script: The Mist

  

  Films: The Mist Format: IFC on rockin’ flatscreen. Frank Darabont hasn’t directed a lot of movies, and those that he has directed have been almost exclusively... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Tobruk

  

  Films: The Desert Rats Format: Movies! Channel on rockin’ flatscreen. I’ve said before that I grew up at least in part on war movies, so when I encounter one... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Picks from Chip: Incendies

  

  Films: Incendies Format: DVD from NetFlix on rockin’ flatscreen. This is the seventh in a series of twelve movies suggested by Chip Lary. We all classify films... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Still Depressing with the Sound Off

  

  Films: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter Format: DVD from Manhattan-Elwood Public Library through interlibrary loan on laptop. I should’ve know what I was getting... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Election Year

  

  Films: The Candidate Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. Think of any political campaign movie you’d like, scratch the surface, and you’re boun... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES