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• 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

• The Girl Can't Help It

  

  Film: Rambling Rose Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. Movies can show us things both terrible and beautiful. When we’re given something awful to see, at... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Editing 101

  

  Film: 21 Grams Format: Streaming video from Hoopla Digital on The Nook. The movie 21 Grams gets its name from the apocryphal story that the human body loses 21... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Gender Blender

  

  Film: Victor/Victoria Format: DVD from Manhattan Elwood Public Library through interlibrary loan on laptop. Before I get into discussing Victor Victoria, I... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Director 1940

  

  The Contenders: John Ford: The Grapes of Wrath (winner) Sam Wood: Kitty Foyle William Wyler: The Letter George Cukor: The Philadelphia Story Alfred Hitchcock:... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• End of Year Six

  

  My goal in terms of movies this year was to watch 400 different movies. As I write this, I have, in fact, watched 400 different movies this year, and since the... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES