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• 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

• Secret Service Man

  

  Film: In the Line of Fire Format: DVD from Polo Public Library through interlibrary loan on rockin’ flatscreen. Certain genres follow certain formulas. We all... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Fame at Any Price

  

  Film: Love Me or Leave Me Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. I’ve always liked James Cagney. Like a lot of the classic Golden Age actors, Cagney got roped... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• El Gato Con Botas

  

  Film: Puss in Boots Format: DVD from Erie Public Library through interlibrary loan on rockin’ flatscreen. I liked the two Shrek movies I’ve seen. With Shrek 2,... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Your Face Picks Movies (Nolahn): The World's End

  

  Film: The World’s End Format: DVD from Rockford Public Library on laptop. This is the eleventh in a series of twelve movies selected by the guys at YourFace.... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Song and Dance

  

  Film: Topsy-Turvy Format: Streaming video from Hoopla Digital on The Nook. Over the past six years, I’ve become much less of a musical hater and have found a... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES