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• Their Own Desire

  

  Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. When one looks at the earliest films in Oscar’s arsenal, one is apt to find films in which the plot seems t... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Kitty Foyle

  

  Format: DVD from Mokena Community Public Library through interlibrary loan on laptop. There’s a weird sense of the archaic with Kitty Foyle. The first five... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Member of the Wedding

  

  Format: DVD from Rockford Public Library on laptop. There are times when I’m surprised that a given film has a history of coming from the stage. Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Picture 2000

  

  The Contenders: ChocolatCrouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Erin Brockovich Gladiator (winner)Traffic What’s Missing As always seems to be the case, reducing the Bes... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Off Script: Shallow Grave

  

  Format: DVD from Rockford Public Library on laptop. So yesterday I watched Marvin’s Room. Because of that, I decided that today I needed something with a bit... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Marvin's Room

  

  Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on laptop. Sometimes I don’t get to make the decisions I want to. A case in point is my watching Marvin’s Room today. Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Apollo 13

  

  Format: DVD from Rockford Public Library on laptop. It’s not something that comes up here that often, but I’m a complete space nerd. Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Verdict

  

  Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. Consider Paul Newman for a moment. While Oscar wins and nominations aren’t specifically the best judge of anyone’s career... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Off Script: Possession (1981)

  

  Format: Internet video on laptop. Is there a way to explain Possession? I think there is, and even a way that’s sort of satisfying, but this is in many ways a... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actress 1950

  

  The Contenders: Anne Baxter: All About Eve Bette Davis: All About Eve Judy Holliday: Born Yesterday (winner) Eleanor Parker: Caged Gloria Swanson: Sunset... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Lilo & Stitch

  

  Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on laptop. People talk about the Disney renaissance as starting with Tangled or with Frozen. Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Sadie Thompson

  

  Format: Internet video on laptop. I don’t watch a great deal of silent film, and when I do, I tend to prefer comedies over dramas. When I decided to give Sadie... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Chocolat

  

  Format: DVD from NetFlix on rockin’ flatscreen. How in the hell did Chocolat fly under my radar for 14 years? Why did no one tell me of the joys of this film? Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Nick's Pick: 10 Items Or Less

  

  Format: DVD from Manteno Public Library through interlibrary loan on laptop. This is the fourth in a series of monthly reviews suggested by Nick Jobe at Your... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• A Soldier's Story

  

  Format: DVD from Rockford Public Library on laptop. I went into A Soldier’s Story blind. I watched it more or less because I found it at the library, which is... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Director 1986

  

  The Contenders: David Lynch: Blue Velvet Woody Allen: Hannah and Her Sisters Roland Joffe: The Mission Oliver Stone: Platoon James Ivory: A Room with a View... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Apostle

  

  Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on laptop. Today was “Ask an Atheist Day” according to the Secular Student Alliance. Based on the way this made my... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• On Golden Pond

  

  Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. One of the necessities of my regular Friday feature is that I have to have a completed Oscar category ready to go. Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Master

  

  Format: DVD from Rockford Public Library on laptop. I’ve been told that The Master is at least in part based on the Church of Scientology. Having now seen it,... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Norma Rae

  

  Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. Movies frequently have a “moment” in them that is the absolute heart of the film. In Norma Rae, that moment comes (as is... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES