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• 24 Carrot Gold

  

  Film: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Format: DVD from personal collection on laptop. I’ve loved Wallace & Gromit for years. Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Mazel Tov!

  

  Film: Hester Street Format: Streaming video from Hulu+ on laptop. Hester Street starts life as a silent film with people dancing. One of those people is Yankl... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Picture 1976

  

  The Contenders: All the President’s Men Bound for GloryNetwork Rocky (winner) Taxi Driver What’s Missing We have a surprisingly strong list this time. Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Jesus Wept

  

  Film: The Bells of St. Mary’s Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on laptop. I had hopes for The Bells of St. Mary’s. I really did. Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Mermaid Avenue

  

  Film: Bound for Glory Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. When you think of innovation in film, particularly technical innovations, movies like The Matrix sprin... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Ides of March

  

  Film: Julius Caesar Format: DVD from Northern Illinois University Founders Memorial Library on laptop. Shakespeare on film is always interesting to me. Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Weimar Romance

  

  Film: Three Comrades Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. Anyone who knows me knows that I am not usually at a loss for words. Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Deux for the Price of Un

  

  Film: The French Lieutenant’s Woman Format: DVD from Northern Illinois University Founders Memorial Library on laptop. The concept of a story within a story, a... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• O Canada

  

  Film: 49th Parallel Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. I find propaganda films an interesting sub-genre of film. 49th Parallel is unquestionably a propaganda... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actress 1953

  

  The Contenders: Deborah Kerr: From Here to Eternity Leslie Caron: LiliAva Gardner: Mogambo Maggie McNamara: The Moon is Blue Audrey Hepburn: Roman Holiday... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Be Careful What You Wish For

  

  Film: Room at the Top Format: Streaming video from Hulu+ on laptop. Say the word “romance” in the context of a movie and certain things immediately come to mind... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Finishing Best Picture...Again

  

  Film: 12 Years a Slave Format: DVD from Northern Illinois University Founders Memorial Library on laptop. There wasn’t a great deal of surprise in 12 Years a... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wakey Wakey

  

  Film: Awakenings Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. Of all the actors I have encountered in this massive project, none is so frustrating as Robin Williams. Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Spy Hard(ly)

  

  Film: Julia Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on rockin’ flatscreen. It’s interesting to go into a movie cold. There are plenty of films I haven’t seen on... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Divorced, Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Beheaded, Survived

  

  Film: The Private Life of Henry VIII Format: Streaming video from Hulu+ on rockin’ flatscreen. One of the problems with watching movies off a list (or multiple... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Director 1982

  

  The Contenders: Wolfgang Peterson: Das BootSteven Spielberg: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Richard Attenborough: Gandhi (winner)Sydney Pollack: Tootsie Sidney... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• American Miniver

  

  Film: Since You Went Away Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. When you set up a NetFlix queue with the “very long wait” films at the top, there are benefits... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Secret Ingredient

  

  Film: Kung Fu Panda Format: DVD from personal collection on laptop. Movies made for children are their own thing. It’s easy to make a bad one, even a bad one... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Epic Disappointment

  

  Film: War and Peace (1956) Format: DVD from DeKalb Public Library on laptop. While the term “epic” in movie language tends to bring up films like Gone with the... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Nick's Pick: Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World

  

  Film: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Format: DVD from Johnsburg Public Library through interlibrary loan on laptop. This is the sixth in a series of monthly review... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES