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• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actress 1976

  

  The Contenders: Sissy Spacek: Carrie Marie-Christine Barrault: Cousin, Cousine Liv Ullmann: Face to Face Faye Dunaway: Network (winner) Talia Shire: Rocky What’... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Sharpen Your Claws

  

  Film: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Format: DVD from Rockford Public Library on laptop. It seems funny that after more than five-and-a-half years of blogging that I... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Help Me Out

  I'm doing something a little different tonight. Despite not having seen more than a movie or two for the past 10 days, I'm still catching up with work and a... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Your Face Picks Movies (Nolahn): Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris

  

  Film: Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris Format: Blu-ray from personal collection on rockin’ flatscreen. This is the eighth in a series of twelve films suggested by the... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• It's Greek to Me

  

  Film: America, America Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. It’s not often that a director breaks the fourth wall him- or herself, but America... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actor 1964

  

  The Contenders: Richard Burton: Becket Peter O’Toole: Becket Peter Sellers: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Rex Harrison: M... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Off Script: The Dead Zone

  

  Film: The Dead Zone Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on The Nook. The Dead Zone is one of those movies that tends to be classified as horror but isn’t reall... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Every Parent's Nightmare

  

  Film: Changeling Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on The Nook. There’s a moment in Changeling that, through no fault of the movie, pulled me out of it... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Rats!

  

  Film: Ratatouille Format: DVD from DeKalb Public Library on rockin’ flatscreen. I’ll come right out and say this off the top: I have a pet rat. His name is... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Picks from Chip: POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold

  

  Film: POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold Format: DVD from NetFlix on rockin’ flatscreen. This is the eighth in a series of twelve movies... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Paging Dr. Freud

  

  Film: The Mark Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. Directors, at least the ones who are interested in more than money, often want to take on... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Director 1978

  

  The Contenders: Hal Ashby: Coming Home Michael Cimino: The Deer Hunter (winner) Warren Beatty & Buck Henry: Heaven Can Wait Woody Allen: Interiors Alan Parker:... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Coup d'Etat

  

  Film: Dave Format: DVD from personal collection on rockin’ flatscreen. I’m not sure if I should label the movie Dave as a guilty pleasure or just a pleasure. Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Take It Like a Man

  

  Film: Albert Nobbs Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on The Nook. As always, I’m a slave to my Oscar lists, and I’m also a slave in one respect or another... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Adrift

  

  Film: Lifeboat Format: DVD from personal collection on laptop. With films like Rope and Rear Window, Alfred Hitchcock demonstrated his absolute mastery over... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Schadenfreude

  

  Film: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. I knew very little about The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie going in except that it starred... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Sisters Share Everything

  

  Film: Hilary and Jackie Format: Streaming video from Hoopla Digital on The Nook. Going into a movie blind sometimes has its benefits and sometimes it ends up... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Contract Killer

  

  Film: The Paper Chase Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on The Nook. I’m not old enough to remember The Paper Chase when it was a new movie, but I am old... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Picture 1969

  

  The Contenders: Anne of the Thousand Days Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Hello, Dolly! Midnight Cowboy (winner) Z What’s Missing Thre’s a surprising amount... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Hippie Hippie Shakedown

  

  Film: Inherent Vice Format: DVD from Rockford Public Library on rockin’ flatscreen. I knew that Inherent Vice was going to be trouble. I’ve read a little... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES