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• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Picture 1962

  

  The Contenders: Lawrence of Arabia (winner) The Longest Day The Music Man Mutiny on the Bounty To Kill a Mockingbird What’s Missing With 1962, we have a year... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Enigma

  

  Film: The Imitation Game Format: DVD from Rockford Public Library on laptop. Of all the movies that appeared on my Oscar lists from 2014, The Imitation Game... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• All the World's a Bar

  

  Film: Only When I Laugh Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. The clearing of my DVR backlog continues today with Only When I Laugh, a film I’ve... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Slacker Cinema

  

  Film: I Vitelloni Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. There are films out there that wield a tremendous amount of influence in the cinematic... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Prop Plane Propaganda

  

  Film: Air Force Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. I have a strange fascination with World War II propaganda films. Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Ten Days of Terror: Stir of Echoes

  

  Film: Stir of Echoes Format: DVD from personal collection on rockin’ flatscreen. When I started looking through the different horror and horror-related films... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Ten Days of Terror!: Leave Her to Heaven

  

  Film: Leave Her to Heaven Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. For the last two years, I’ve focused on traditional horror movies in the last 10... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Ten Days of Terror!: Blood Simple

  

  Film: Blood Simple Format: DVD from personal collection on laptop. When the topic of directorial debuts comes up, it won’t go too long before I bring up Blood... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Animated Feature 2004

  

  The Contenders: The Incredibles (winner) Shark Tale Shrek 2 What’s Missing Before someone mentions Howl’s Moving Castle here, I’ll point out that it was... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Ten Days of Terror!: NIght of the Comet

  

  Film: Night of the Comet Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. Night of the Comet is one of those movies that separates the horror nerd from the rest of movie... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Ten Day of Terror!: Threads

  

  Film: Threads Format: Internet video on laptop. When I was a kid, The Day After was one of the most important television events ever. Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Ten Days of Terror!: Screamers

  

  Film: Screamers Format: Internet video on The Nook. I can’t remember the last time I’d seen Screamers, but it’s been years. I still remembered the basics of... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Ten Days of Terror!: The Dead Pit

  

  Film: The Dead Pit Format: Internet video on The Nook. What do you get when someone puts a dollar in the “Horror Movie Cliché” slot machine and hits the jackpot? Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Ten Days of Terror!: Kingdom of the Spiders

  

  Film: Kingdom of the Spiders Format: Internet video on The Nook. Okay, I should come clean right at the start here: spiders scare the shit outta me. Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Ten Days of Terror!: The Fog (1980)

  

  Film: The Fog Format: DVD from personal collection on laptop. One of the reasons I’m fascinated with horror movies is that for whatever reason they seem to... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Ten Days of Terror!: Monster House

  

  Film: Monster House Format: DVD from Sycamore Public Library through interlibrary loan on rockin’ flatscreen. I think there are plenty of kids who like to be... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Ten Days of Terror!: God Told Me To

  

  Film: God Told Me To Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. When it comes to his films, Larry Cohen was always better at coming up with really interesting ideas... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Ten Days of Terror!: The Sentinel (1977)

  

  Film: The Sentinel (1977) Format: DVD from personal collection on laptop. I saw The Sentinel for the first time in 2009 when I was writing the now-defunct and... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Ten Days of Terror!: Alice, Sweet Alice

  

  Film: Alice, Sweet Alice Format: Drive-In Classics on rockin’ flatscreen. Alice, Sweet Alice (originally called Communion) is a film I’ve heard about for years... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Ten Days of Terror!: Cujo

  

  Film: Cujo Format: Movies! Channel on rockin’ flatscreen. Cujo is not a film I looked forward to reviewing. This is not because it’s a bad film (it’s not) or no... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES