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• 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

• A Serious Man

  

  Format: DVD from DeKalb Public Library on laptop. I like the Coen Brothers pretty much without exception. Note the words “pretty much” in that first sentence. Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Director 1980

  

  The Contenders: David Lynch: The Elephant Man Robert Redford: Ordinary People (winner) Martin Scorsese: Raging Bull Richard Rush: The Stunt Man Roman Polanski:... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Erin Brockovich

  

  Format: DVD from NetFlix on rockin’ flatscreen. I think it’s kind of easy to dislike Julia Roberts sometimes. I mean, I think it’s easy to believe that she... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Speedy

  

  Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. This post is a part of the Big League Blogathon started by Todd Liebenow at Forgotten Films. Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Darling

  

  Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. Movies are, after a fashion, a sort of illusion, so I tend to find it interesting when a filmmaker creates such an illusion... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Chico and Rita (Chico y Rita)

  

  Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on laptop. It seems that I’ve got a knack for picking the strange one out of the list of animated features for a given year. Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Picture 1951

  

  The Contenders: An American in Paris (winner) Decision Before Dawn A Place in the Sun Quo Vadis A Streetcar Named Desire What’s Missing I at least like more tha... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Road to Utopia

  

  Format: DVD from Northern Illinois University Founders Memorial Library on laptop. I’m always a little surprised when I like Bing Crosby in a film. I’m not... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES