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• Nursed Back to Health

  

  Film: Sister Kenny Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. We live in many ways in the best possible time. Sure there are tons of problems around... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actress 1983

  

  The Contenders: Julie Walters: Educating Rita Meryl Streep: Silkwood Shirley MacLaine: Terms of Endearment (winner) Debra Winger: Terms of Endearment Jane... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Gimme Some Space

  

  Film: Room Format: DVD from NetFlix on rockin’ flatscreen. There are movies I look forward to and movies that I watch because they are on one or more of my movi... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Saying One Thing and Meaning Your Mother

  

  Film: Freud (Freud: The Secret Passion) Format: Internet video on laptop. When I started reviewing movies on this blog in 2010, I didn’t have a particularly hig... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• I Know What I LIke (in Your Wardrobe)

  

  Film: Shadowlands Format: Internet video on The Nook. Like many from several different generations, I grew up reading, among other things, the Narnia books by... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Matt Damon Won't Stay Rescued

  

  Film: The Martian Format: DVD from NetFlix on rockin’ flatscreen. It’s kind of a running Hollywood joke that Matt Damon gets left places and has to be rescued. Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actor 1955

  

  The Contenders: Spencer Tracy: Bad Day at Black Rock James Dean: East of Eden James Cagney: Love Me or Leave Me Frank Sinatra: The Man with the Golden Arm Ernes... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Road Trip

  

  Film: The Trip to Bountiful Format: DVD from Morris Area Public Library through interlibrary loan on laptop. I don’t like the term “chick flick.” I think it’s... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Motherhood

  

  Film: The Trespasser Format: Internet video on The Nook. I’ve said it before, but it bears repeating: when I dip into the distant past on Oscar films, I’m... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Off Script: The Descent

  

  Film: The Descent Format: DVD from personal collection on laptop. Every movie viewer has holes in his or her viewing history. For me, the 1001 Movies list and... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Bad Religion

  

  Film: The Crucible Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on rockin’ flatscreen. Say the name Arthur Miller and most people will jump to Death of a Salesman. Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• I MIssed the Music

  

  Film: Anna and the King of Siam Format: Movies! Channel on rockin’ flatscreen. Sometimes, you take a small step backwards. This happened to me when I watched th... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Director 1937

  

  The Contenders: Leo McCarey: The Awful Truth (winner) Sidney Franklin: The Good Earth William Dieterle: The Life of Emile Zola Gregory La Cava: Stage Door... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Scrooge Goes to War

  

  Film: The War against Mrs. Hadley Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. Propaganda films take all forms. The traditional war propaganda film is... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Sharecropping

  

  Film: Sounder Format: Streaming video from Hoopla Digital on The Nook. I don’t do a lot of blogathons. It’s not because I don’t have a desire to participate in... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Nick's Picks: No Holds Barred

  

  Film: No Holds Barred Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on The Nook. This is the second in a series of twelve movies selected by Nick Jobe. With friends... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• You Always Hate the Ones You Love

  

  Film: Bloodbrothers Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. I try very hard not to be judgmental about the movies that I review on this site. I... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Rule of Law

  

  Film: Talk of the Town Format: DVD from Sycamore Public Library on laptop. Talk of the Town is a film that’s going to play with our expectations in the opening... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Picture 1989

  

  The Contenders: Born on the Fourth of July Dead Poets Society Driving Miss Daisy (winner) Field of Dreams My Left Foot What’s Missing Looking at 1989... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Daria: The Movie

  

  Film: Ghost World Format: DVD from Sycamore Public Library on laptop. There are movies that we come to at the wrong point in our lives. I think Ghost World is... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES