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• 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

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Picture 1966

  

  The Contenders: AlfieA Man for All Seasons (winner)The Russians are Coming, the Russians are Coming The Sand Pebbles Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Convert to Mormonism, Maybe?

  

  Films: Enemies, a Love Story Format: DVD from Hanover Township Library through interlibrary loan on rockin’ flatscreen. One of the problems of doing a series... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Manic Pixie Damaged Girl

  

  Films: The Sterile Cuckoo Format: Movies! Channel on rockin’ flatscreen. With The Sterile Cuckoo, we’re in familiar territory in a lot of places. This is... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Second Samuel

  

  Films: David and Bathsheba Format: DVD from NetFlix on rockin’ flatscreen. I’m not going to pretend that I have a fondness for biblical epics, because I don’t. Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Marriage 2.0?

  

  Films: Starting Over Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. When you think of Burt Reynolds in the 1970s, you probably think of him as more or less the male sex... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Animated Feature 2009

  

  The Contenders: CoralineFantastic Mr. FoxThe Princess and the Frog The Secret of Kells Up (winner) What’s Missing I’m often surprised by what I find when I... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Guilty Until Proven Innocent

  

  Films: Michael Clayton Format: IFC on rockin’ flatscreen. I’m not entirely sure what I think of George Clooney as an actor. There are times when I really like... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Workman's Comp

  

  Films: The Devil and Miss Jones Format: Movies! Channel on rockin’ flatscreen. One of the surprise pleasures I’ve had on this blog over the past 18 months was... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES