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• I'm Gonna Live Forever

  

  Film: Fame Format: DVD from Sycamore Public Library on laptop. Anyone who knows me knows me knows about my girls pretty quickly. Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• A Dickens of a Tale

  

  Film: Little Dorrit Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. When I did the 1001 Movies list, one of the (many) things I tracked was film length. Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Mach One

  

  Film: The Sound Barrier (Breaking the Sound Barrier; Breaking through the Sound Barrier) Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. A week ago, the only Ann Todd film ... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Adapted Screenplay 1937

  

  The Contenders: The Awful Truth Captains Courageous The Life of Emile Zola (winner) Stage Door... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Svengali

  

  Film: The Seventh Veil Format: Internet video on laptop. Sometimes I play coy in my first paragraph or two when it comes to the film I’m reviewing. Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Sinister Birth

  

  Film: Blossoms in the Dust Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. I suppose I must be a Greer Garson fan. Garson was nominated for seven Best... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Emotional Rescue

  

  Film: The Prince of Tides Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. I wasn’t 20 minutes in with The Prince of Tides when I realized it was going to be one of “those”... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Nick's Picks: Chef

  

  Film: Chef Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on The Nook. This is the first in a series of twelve movies selected by Nick Jobe. One has to be careful when... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Descent into Hell

  

  Film: A Simple Plan Format: DVD from Sycamore Public Library on laptop. Recently, a few people around the country won a share of the massive Powerball jackpot... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actress 1967

  The Contenders: Faye Dunaway: Bonnie and Clyde Anne Bancroft: The Graduate Katharine Hepburn: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (winner) Audrey Hepburn: Wait Until... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Skin Trade

  

  Film: Mrs. Henderson Presents Format: DVD from Sycamore Public Library on laptop. My local library is closed, which means that I’m forced one town over. Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Screwball

  

  Film: Designing Woman Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. The heyday of the screwball comedy was the 1930s and the early 1940s. Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• 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