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• Who Would You Vote For?

  

  Film: Bulworth Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on The Nook. It’s 2016, which means that we’ve got a presidential election coming up this year. That being... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Picks from Chip: The One I Love

  

  Film: The One I Love Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on The Nook. This is the first in a series of twelve movies selected by Chip Lary at Tips from Chip. Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Off Script: Signs

  

  Film: Signs Format: DVD from Sycamore Public Library on rockin’ flatscreen. As hard as it may be to believe, there was a time when people believed in the variou... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Basic Training

  

  Film: Private Benjamin Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. Despite an earlier Oscar nomination and a win, it wasn’t really until Private Benjamin that Goldie... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actor 1994

  

  The Contenders: Tom Hanks: Forrest Gump (winner) Nigel Hawthorne: The Madness of King George Paul Newman: Nobody’s Fool John Travolta: Pulp Fiction Morgan... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Obligatory U2 Reference

  

  Film: Sunday Bloody Sunday Format: DVD from Sycamore Public Library on laptop. I’ve liked a good amount of John Schlesinger’s work in the past, so I went into... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Unitarian YHWH

  

  Film: Oh, God! Format: HBO Go on rockin’ flatscreen. When you are making a movie that has God as a character, it’s an important casting decision, and an easy on... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Every Breath You Take

  

  Film: Julie Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. You know that scene in a cheesy thriller where our heroes are in an airplane and the pilot has... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Girl Can't Help It

  

  Film: Rambling Rose Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. Movies can show us things both terrible and beautiful. When we’re given something awful to see, at... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Editing 101

  

  Film: 21 Grams Format: Streaming video from Hoopla Digital on The Nook. The movie 21 Grams gets its name from the apocryphal story that the human body loses 21... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Gender Blender

  

  Film: Victor/Victoria Format: DVD from Manhattan Elwood Public Library through interlibrary loan on laptop. Before I get into discussing Victor Victoria, I... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Director 1940

  

  The Contenders: John Ford: The Grapes of Wrath (winner) Sam Wood: Kitty Foyle William Wyler: The Letter George Cukor: The Philadelphia Story Alfred Hitchcock:... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• End of Year Six

  

  My goal in terms of movies this year was to watch 400 different movies. As I write this, I have, in fact, watched 400 different movies this year, and since the... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Hero Worship

  

  Film: Hail the Conquering Hero Format: Streaming video from Hoopla Digital on The Nook. A couple of weeks ago, the Library of Congress announced the latest... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Not the Television Show

  

  Film: The Odd Couple Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on laptop. If some of your formative years were in the 1970s, you remember The Odd Couple on... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Bataan Love March

  

  Film: So Proudly We Hail! Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. Sometimes I don’t pay attention to my NetFlix queue, and what shows up is something I don’t expect... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Picture 1980

  

  The Contenders: Coal Miner’s Daughter The Elephant Man Ordinary People (winner) Raging Bull Tess What’s Missing Movies like Star Wars don’t normally get... Read more

  Posted on 25 December 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• 'Twas the Night Before Christmas

  

  Normally, I post my list of ten necessary additions to the 1001 Movies list on Christmas. Christmas falls on a Friday this year, though, and the Oscar Got It... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Off Script: Black Christmas (1974)

  

  Film: Black Christmas Format: Internet video on laptop. Bob Clark made two classic Christmas films. The first is perennial favorite A Christmas Story, which... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Beverage Service

  

  Film: Flight Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. There was a time when Denzel Washington could do no wrong. He’s always been good, able to handle an action... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES