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• He'll Steel Your Heart

  

  Film: The Valley of Decision Format: DVD from Mokena Public Library through interlibrary loan on laptop various players. It’s hard for me to dislike Gregory Pec... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Palooka

  

  Film: Body and Soul Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. The movies have always had a love affair with sports because sports are guaranteed drama. Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Animated Feature 2001

  

  The Contenders: Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius Monsters, Inc. Shrek (winner) What’s Missing When a new award is brought into the Oscar fold, there’s always a bit of... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Off Script: Kill, Baby...Kill!

  

  Film: Kill, Baby…Kill! (Operazione Paura) Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on laptop. Over the past few years, I’ve come more and more to the conclusion tha... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Retread

  

  Film: Peggy Sue Got Married Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. What do you get when you take almost everything fun from Back to the Future and replace it with... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Picks from Chip: Safety Not Guaranteed

  

  Film: Safety Not Guaranteed Format: DVD from DeKalb Public Library on laptop. This is the fourth in a series of twelve films suggested by Chip Lary at Tips... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Blood is Thicker Than Water

  

  Film: You Can Count on Me Format: DVD from DeKalb Public Library on laptop. Every family has that one person who screws up constantly, and not in little ways. Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Statesman

  

  Film: Disraeli Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. Sometimes, the movies that I watch on a given day are ones I look forward to and sometimes... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Original Screenplay 2009

  

  The Contenders: The Hurt Locker (winner) Inglourious Basterds The Messenger A Serious Man Up What’s Missing As much as I didn’t really like Avatar, I’m a... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• A Little Hiccup

  

  Film: How to Train Your Dragon 2 Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on The Nook. I won’t pretend like I wasn’t interested in watching How to Train Your... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Fatale-est of Femmes

  

  Film: Gone Girl Format: DVD from NetFlix on rockin’ flatscreen. I think the Academy hates Ben Affleck. I say this despite him having won two Oscars. Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Yowza, Yowza, Yowza

  

  Film: They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? Format: DVD from Sycamore Public Library through interlibrary loan on laptop. I’ve been looking forward to rewatching They... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Never Judge a Film by Its Title

  

  Film: Ragtime Format: DVD from Kankakee Public Library through interlibrary loan on laptop. Every now and then I get reminded of something that I should remembe... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Coming Out of the Closet

  

  Film: Monsters, Inc. Format: DVD from personal collection on laptop. Monsters, Inc. is what turned me into a Pixar believer. When Toy Story was released, I... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• All the Feels

  

  Film: Il Postino (The Postman)Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. What makes you tear up while watching a film? For many people, it’s the sad stuff. For me,... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Adapted Screenplay 1990

  

  The Contenders: Awakenings Dances with Wolves (winner) Goodfellas The Grifters Reversal of Fortune What’s Missing The nominees for 1990 are, on the whole, prett... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Fourth Wall? What's That?

  

  Film: The Love Parade Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. Maurice Chevalier was involved, nay instrumental, in one of the weirdest sub-genres of film in history. Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• I'm Not Half the Man I Used to Be

  

  Film: The Men Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on laptop. When a movie is about to go off streaming on NetFlix, I go into a little bit of panic mode. Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Player One

  

  Film: Wreck-It Ralph Format: DVD from personal collection on laptop. I have a long connection to video games despite not having been an active gamer for a... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• In the Navy

  

  Film: Operation Petticoat Format: DVD from Plano Community Library District through interlibrary loan on laptop. War comedies are a strange breed of film. Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES