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• Blue is the Coldest Color, Too

  

  Film: Blue Valentine Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on rockin’ flatscreen. The January NetFlix streaming purge ended with the loss of Blue Valentine, a... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• End of Year Five

  

  This closes out my fifth year blogging movies. On the one hand, that feels like a really long time. On the other hand, it feels like I’ve just gotten started. Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• I Feel the Earth Move Under My Feet

  

  Film: San Francisco Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. Spencer Tracy was nominated for Best Actor for San Francisco, so it would be understandable from my... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Lovey-Dovey

  

  Film: Romance Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. The early years of the Oscars tend to plague me not because I have trouble watching the... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Splitsville

  

  Film: Alice, Interiors Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on laptop. My experience with Woody Allen films is that I tend to like them. Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Grace Under Pressure

  

  Film: The Country Girl Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. It’s always a little bit of a surprise to me that I like Bing Crosby as an actor. I do, though. Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actress 1996

  

  The Contenders: Emily Watson: Breaking the Waves Kristin Scott Thomas: The English Patient Frances McDormand: Fargo (winner) Diane Keaton: Marvin’s Room Brenda... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Christmas Comes but Once a Year

  

  For the last few years, my traditional Christmas post has been to suggest 10 new additions to the 1001 Movies list. Sure, I’ve finished the list and finished... Read more

  Posted on 25 December 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• 17 Will Get You 20

  

  Film: The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. I make no secret of my love of Cary Grant. I don’t feel a need to,... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Lust in the Dust

  

  Film: Duel in the Sun Format: DVD from Mt. Morris Public Library through interlibrary loan on laptop. Anyone who has worked on a group project knows that there’... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Snitches Get Stitches

  

  Film: The Informer Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. Every now and then, I run across a film that I struggle mightily to understand. That’s absolutely the cas... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Director 1992

  

  The Contenders: Neil Jordan: The Crying Game James Ivory: Howards End Robert Altman: The Player Martin Brest: Scent of a Woman Clint Eastwood: Unforgiven... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Number One Fan

  

  Film: Misery Format: DVD from Rockford Public Library on laptop. Watch enough movies, and eventually you’ll see some stuff that you just don’t want to see again. Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Rabbits

  

  Film: Of Mice and Men Format: DVD from NetFlix on Sue’s Mother’s Day present. When I wrote up The Grapes of Wrath some time ago, I mentioned the arguments... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Eleanor Powell

  

  Film: Broadway Melody of 1936 Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. Line up the Best Picture winners end to end, and one the bottom in my... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Nick's Pick: Love Actually

  

  Film: Love Actually Format: DVD from personal collection on laptop. This is the twelfth in a monthly series of reviews suggested by Nick Jobe of YourFace. Love... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• You May Already Be a Winner

  

  Film: Nebraska Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on laptop. Fulfilling the new movies placed on the 1001 Movies list has meant frequently taking breaks from... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Please Fasten Seat Belts

  

  Film: Airport Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. Genres and sub-genres start somewhere. In the 1970s (and yes, I know this from having lived through them), it... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Original Screenplay 2006

  

  The Contenders: Babel Letters from Iwo Jima Little Miss Sunshine (winner) Pan’s Labyrinth The Queen What’s Missing In truth, the Academy did a pretty decent... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Love Hurts

  

  Film: Sense and Sensibility Format: DVD from Rasmussen College Library on laptop. I was asked at work recently to go through our library’s movie collection. Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES