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• 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

• Gosford Park

  

  Format: DVD from DeKalb Public Library on laptop. Ah, Robert Altman, you complete son of a bitch! I’m almost always conflicted on the films of Altman. I can... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Original Screenplay 1968

  

  The Contenders: 2001: A Space Odyssey The Battle of Algiers Faces Hot Millions The Producers (winner) What’s Missing The five nominated films are about as... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Caged

  

  Format: DVD from Mokena Community Public Library through interlibrary loan on laptop. Ah, the women’s prison movie. Typically, these films are on the bottom... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Tommy

  

  Format: DVD from Rockford Public Library on laptop. There are times, and this is one of them, where a summary won’t handle it. I can’t begin to explain Tommy. Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Working Girl

  

  Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. You know how you can tell when a movie is from the seventies by looking at the wardrobes of the people in it? By the same... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• A Cat in Paris (Une Vie De Chat)

  

  Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on laptop. There are times when I wonder what the hell the Academy is thinking. Why nominate a film like A Cat in Paris... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932)

  

  Format: DVD from Cordova District Library through interlibrary loan on laptop. In a particular way, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde bears a similarity to The... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES