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• Ten Days of Terror!: Under the Skin

  

  Film: Under the Skin Format: DVD from DeKalb Public Library on laptop. When the new 1001 Movies book came out and I saw that I had just four movies to watch to... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Ten Days of Terror!: Crimson Peak

  

  Film: Crimson Peak Format: Goodrich Randall 15 Theater. Anyone who knows me knows that I’m a sucker for Guillermo del Toro. I admit it—I like the guy’s movies. ... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Original Screenplay 1979

  

  The Contenders: …And Justice for All All That Jazz Breaking Away (winner) The China Syndrome Manhattan What’s Missing 1979 was a great year for original... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Ten Days of Terror!: Coraline

  

  Film: Coraline Format: DVD from personal collection on laptop. I remember liking Coraline the first time I watched it. I thought it was a cool story, and one... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Ten Days of Terror!: The Brood

  

  Film: The Brood Format: Internet video on laptop. When you write about a David Cronenberg movie, you have to be prepared for the body horror. Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Married to the Land

  

  Film: The River Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. There is a mystique about the American family farm that for whatever reason has long been a staple of a... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Your Face Picks Movies (Jason): Blood Feast

  

  Film: Blood Feast Format: Internet video on laptop. This is the tenth in a series of twelve films suggested by the guys at YourFace. This is Jason’s fourth and... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Life is for Living

  

  Film: Boyhood Format: DVD from DeKalb Public Library on laptop. Boyhood took me two tries to get through. I tried to watch it a couple of months ago, got about... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Payback's a Bitch

  

  Film: The Last Command Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. There’s a hefty little subgenre of films about the making of films. Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Adapted Screenplay 2012

  

  The Contenders: Argo (winner) Beasts of the Southern Wild Life of Pi Lincoln Silver Linings Playbook What’s Missing I like several of the nominees well enough... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• No One Has Ever Escaped From...

  

  Film: Stalag 17 Format: DVD from personal collection on laptop. Stalag 17 is an interesting film for a lot of reasons. The movie takes place in a prisoner of wa... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Grief

  

  Film: A Single Man Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on The Nook. As a heterosexual man, my relationship to queer cinema is hardly unique. Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Love Polygon

  

  Film: Four Daughters Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. My DVR goes through periods of boom and bust. Suddenly, out of nowhere, half a dozen... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Picks from Chip: 3 Idiots

  

  Film: 3 Idiots Format: Internet video on laptop. This is the tenth in a series of twelve movies selected by Chip Lary at Tips from Chip. Twice this year, Chip... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Diamonds Are a Thief's Best Friend

  

  Film: Out of Sight Format: DVDs from NetFlix on rockin’ flatscreen. I didn’t know going in that Out of Sight was based on an Elmore Leonard novel, but I... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• On the Lam

  

  Film: Running on Empty Format: DVDs from personal collection on laptop. A little more than a week ago, there was a discussion of Oscar category fraud. Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actress 1965

  

  The Contenders: Samantha Eggar: The Collector Julie Christie: Darling (winner) Elizabeth Hartmen: A Patch of Blue Simone Signoret: Ship of Fools Julie Andrews:... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The State of Denmark

  

  Film: Hamlet (1996) Format: DVDs from NetFlix on rockin’ flatscreen. I’ve seen four cinematic versions of Hamlet. From worst to first, I would rank them with th... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• I've Got My Philosophy

  

  Film: The Razor’s Edge Format: Movies! Channel on rockin’ flatscreen. Older movies are often preachy. It more or less comes with the territory, and so I try to... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Show, Don't Tell!

  

  Film: Enchanted April Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on laptop. I’ve done this blog for almost six years. I think in that time I’ve earned a bit of... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES