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• Month 47 Status Report and a Brief Look Back

  

  Well, I finished. For no reason beyond my own geekishness, here are some metrics for you: Date this blog started: December 28, 2009Date of first reviews: Januar... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• All Good Things Come to an End

  

  Film: The Last Picture ShowFormat: DVD from personal collection on laptop. So here we are, at the final film I have yet to watch and review on the 1001 Movies... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• That Thing in the Room

  

  Film: ElephantFormat: DVD from personal collection on laptop. I’m not sure what I should do about Elephant in terms of a spoiler. Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Help! Help! I'm Being Repressed!

  

  Film: Sleeping DogsFormat: DVD from NetFlix on rockin’ flatscreen. Sometimes I wonder what goes on in people’s heads. With a world of wonderful, meaningful,... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Shoeless Joe

  

  Film: Field of DreamsFormat: DVD from personal collection on rockin’ flatscreen. I should say right off the top that this is not going to be an objective review... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Learning Experience

  

  Film: Mean StreetsFormat: DVD from personal collection on laptop. If someone told me that he or she thought Martin Scorsese is the greatest living film director... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Future of Law Enforcement

  

  Film: RoboCopFormat: DVD from Rockford Public Library on laptop. When the topic rolls around to great sci-fi action films of the 1980s, one that seems to get... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Dance Dance Revolution

  

  Film: Saturday Night FeverFormat: DVD from personal collection on various players. Sometimes it seems hard to believe that in the late 1970s, John Travolta coul... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Drawing Things Out

  

  Film: The Draughtsman’s ContractFormat: DVD from NetFlix on rockin’ flatscreen. It wouldn’t be an overstatement to suggest that The Draughtsman’s Contract had a... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Chasing Its Own Tail

  

  Film: Trois Vies et Une Seule Mort (Three Lives and Only One Death)Format: Video from The Magic Flashdrive on rockin’ flatscreen. The last time I watched a Raou... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Getting One's Irish Up

  

  Film: The Butcher BoyFormat: DVD from personal collection on laptop. Sometimes I buy a film on a whim. I don’t do it that often, but for the last four years,... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Drug War

  

  Film: Drugstore CowboyFormat: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. Anyone who knows me would not be shocked that my connection to the drug culture is an entirely... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Sea Cruise

  

  Film: Life of PiFormat: DVD from DeKalb Public Library on laptop. I like Ang Lee’s films. There’s even a part of me that sort of appreciates what he tried to... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Blaxploitastic!

  

  Film: Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss SongFormat: Video from The Magic Flashdrive on laptop. It’s been a theme lately that the films I have watched have dealt... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Watching Oscar: Mogambo

  

  Film: Mogambo Format: DVD from Rockford Public Library on laptop. I wouldn’t call myself a huge fan of Clark Gable, but I do understand the appeal of the man... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Sex Sells

  

  Film: Sex, Lies and Videotape Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. I don’t have a vast amount of experience with the work of Steven Soderbergh. Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• No Femme More Fatale

  

  Film: The Last Seduction Format: DVD from personal collection on laptop. Linda Fiorentino needs to work more. I say this because her IMDB profile lists only... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Off Script: Evil Dead II

  

  Film: Evil Dead II Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on The Nook. I had a birthday recently. My family bought me a Nook. The new Nooks are essentially... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Perfect Victim

  

  Film: Faustrecht der Freiheit (Fox and His Friends Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. Faustrecht der Freiheit (Fox and His Friends) is an unpleasant film. Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Window to the Past

  

  Film: Cave of Forgotten Dreams Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on rockin’ flatscreen. I have long had an interest in archaeology. It’s not something I... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES