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• 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

• What's Next is Skipping This Film

  

  Film: What Next, Corporal Hargrove? Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. I’ve said before that these Oscar categories take me to some strange... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• God Bothering

  

  Film: One Foot in Heaven Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. Let’s get this out of the way right away; if you’re a fan of films that shoehorn... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Original Screenplay 1987

  

  The Contenders: Au Revoir, Les EnfantsBroadcast News Hope and GloryMoonstruck (winner) Radio Days What’s Missing This is a strange year for me when it comes to... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• A Time to Mourn

  

  Film: In the Bedroom Format: DVD from DeKalb Public Library on laptop. In one of the early scenes of In the Bedroom, Frank Fowler (Nick Stahl) and his father... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Swann Song

  

  Film: My Favorite Year Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. A couple of years ago, Nick Jobe asked me to give him a list of films he’d never see... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Lost Weekend 2: Electric Booze-a-loo

  

  Film: Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman Format: Internet video on laptop. There are members of my family who are more than a little bit drinky. This more than... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES