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• 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

• Doctor, Doctor, Please

  

  Film: Arrowsmith Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. I tend to be ambivalent to medical dramas as a rule. I know virtually nothing about... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• My Cherie Amour

  

  Film: Silver Linings Playbook Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on rockin’ flatscreen. Silver Linings Playbook has been sitting on one of my DVD shelves sinc... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Asylum's Nemo

  

  Film: Shark Tale Format: DVD from Putnam County Public Library through interlibrary loan on rockin’ flatscreen. I knew when I added Best Animated Feature to my... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Planned Obsolescence

  

  Film: The Man in the White Suit Format: DVD from Sycamore Public Library through interlibrary loan on rockin’ flatscreen. When I was a kid, I knew who Alec... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Pucker Up!

  

  Film: The Princess and the Frog Format: DVD from Rockford Public Library on rockin’ flatscreen. There was a time when Disney was the gold standard for animated... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Animated Feature 2013

  

  The Contenders: The Croods Despicable Me 2 Ernest et Celestine Frozen (winner) The Wind Rises What’s Missing As with last week, we have a case where the... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Paint Me a Picture

  

  Film: Holy Matrimony Format: Internet video on laptop. If you think of a proper English gentleman from the ‘30s and ‘40s, you’re thinking of Monty Wooley. Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Dear Diary

  

  Film: Notes on a Scandal Format: DVD from NetFlix on rockin’ flatscreen. I’ve been focusing heavily on Best Actress performances for some time because... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Panache

  

  Film: Cyrano de Bergerac (1950) Format: DVD from DeKalb Public Library/Internet video on laptop. In the more than five years I’ve been writing this blog, I’ve... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Your Face Picks Movies (Jason): Undefeatable

  

  Film: Undefeatable Format: Internet video on rockin’ flatscreen. This is the seventh in a series of twelve films suggested by the guys at YourFace. This is... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Off Script: Immortality

  

  Film: Immortality (The Wisdom of Crocodiles; Wisdom of the Crocodiles) Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on laptop. My boss loves Jude Law in the way that I... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wild Horses

  

  Film: Wild is the Wind Format: Streaming video from Amazon Prime on rockin’ flatscreen. I’ve played around a little bit with Amazon Prime, but I haven’t used... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES