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• Waiting Game

  

  Film: Wing and a Prayer Format: Internet video on laptop. Watch enough propaganda films and eventually you start to discern interesting shades of difference... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• My Fair Pygmalion

  

  Film: Educating Rita Format: DVD from NetFlix on rockin’ flatscreen. In the original story of Pygmalion, a sculptor who turns the heads of all the ladies makes ... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• May/December Yet Again

  

  Film: Murphy’s Romance Format: Movies! Channel on rockin’ flatscreen. Those who remember James Garner tend to remember him much more as a television star than a... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• An Accounting Ledger for a Heart

  

  Film: The Wings of the Dove Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on laptop. When I see a movie like The Wings of the Dove, I remember that there was a time... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Lying in the Gutter You Can See the Stars

  

  Film: Seventh Heaven Format: DVD from NetFlix on rockin’ flatscreen. Despite the fact that I’ve watched a bunch of them, I still tend to find silent films... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wild Wild West

  

  Film: The Professionals Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. I record a lot of stuff off Turner Classic because there are a number of movies tha... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Adapted Screenplay 1952

  

  The Contenders: 5 Fingers The Bad and the Beautiful (winner) High Noon The Man in the White Suit The Quiet Man What’s Missing This is a case once again where I... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Emotional Baggage

  

  Film: Random Harvest Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. Melodrama has fallen out of favor. Okay, that’s kind of misleading. Melodrama fell out of favor a... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Quackery?

  

  Film: The Citadel Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. Every now and then, a movie surprises me. The Citadel turned out to be a pretty big... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• You Never Forget Your First Girl

  

  Film: Summer of ‘42 Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. Every time watch a coming-of-age story, I seem to end up talking about the same thing. Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Get Along, Little Lamb Chops

  

  Film: The Sheepman Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. There are a few classic Western plots. The first is that the railroad is coming through... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Come Sail Away

  

  Film: The Long Voyage Home Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. John Ford was one of five Hollywood directors who went to war in the 1940s. Of... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actress 1961

  

  The Contenders: Audrey Hepburn: Breakfast at Tiffany’s Piper Laurie: The Hustler Natalie Wood: Splendor in the Grass Geraldine Page: Summer and Smoke Sophia... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• She Wears Seal Coats by the Seashore

  

  Film: Song of the Sea Format: DVD from Rockford Public Library on laptop. There are plenty of times that Oscar nominates the wrong film, but there are times whe... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Beginnings and Endings

  

  Film: Marriage Italian Style (Matrimonio all’Italiana); Divorce Italian Style (Divorzio all’Italiana) Format: DVD from NetFlix (Marriage) and streaming video... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Afterlife Delight

  

  Film: Ghost Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on The Nook. The biggest shock in revisiting Ghost was not that Demi Moore can and Patrick Swayze could act. Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Off Script: Angel Heart

  

  Film: Angel Heart Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on various players. By the time it wraps up, Angel Heart has gone through almost a half dozen gruesome an... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Not Another Alzheimer's Movie

  

  Film: Away from Her Format: DVD from DeKalb Public Library on rockin’ flatscreen. There are times when I get frustrated with my Oscar lists. Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• I'll Sue for This!

  

  Film: Libeled Lady Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. There’s a joy going into a film completely cold. Based solely on the title and the... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actor 1937

  

  The Contenders: Spencer Tracy: Captains Courageous (winner) Charles Boyer: Conquest Paul Muni: The Life of Emile Zola Robert Montgomery: Night Must Fall... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES