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• Dangerous

  

  Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. Superstition is an odd thing. I don’t cotton to many of them; essentially, I’m not a believer in the idea... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Triplets of Belleville

  

  Format: DVD from Northern Illinois University Founders Memorial Library on laptop. Imagine if you will that animator Ralph Bakshi and director David Lynch got... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• One of Our Aircraft is Missing

  

  Format: DVD from Coal City Public Library through interlibrary loan on laptop. I’ve mentioned before that when I was a kid, war films were my go-to genre. I... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• WarGames

  

  Format: DVD from Northern Illinois University Founders Memorial Library on rockin’ flatscreen. I made the conscious decision not to introduce my kids to WarGame... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• State Fair

  

  Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. I’ve never been to the Iowa State Fair. As a matter of fact, I’ve never been to any state fair. Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Picture 1974

  

  The Contenders: Chinatown The Conversation The Godfather Part II Lenny The Towering Inferno What’s Missing The five nominees for 1974 are a pretty strong... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Stunt Man

  

  Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. I vaguely remember the release of The Stunt Man. Actually, what I remember is seeing a clip of it on Roger Ebert’s and Gene... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Zorba the Greek

  

  Format: DVD from Rockford Public Library on laptop. Zorba the Greek is a film I’ve heard about for quite a long time. Heard of it. I knew nothing about it... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Watch on the Rhine

  

  Format: DVD from NetFlix on rockin’ flatscreen. Propaganda is weird. Seriously weird. For whatever reason, during the height of World War II, someone deemed it... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Nick's Pick: Millennium Actress

  

  Format: DVD from Northern Illinois University Founders Memorial Library on laptop. This is the third in a monthly series of reviews suggested by Nick Jobe at... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Brother Bear

  

  Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on laptop. My original plans this year were to try to knock out an animated feature once a week, something I haven’t done o... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• One Hundred Men and a Girl

  

  Format: VHS from Freeport Public Library through interlibrary loan projected on screen. Frequent readers here may have noted that I get a lot of the movies I... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Picture 2002

  

  The Contenders: Chicago (winner) Gangs of New York The Hours The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers The Pianist What’s Missing Overall, the Academy did a decent... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Boys Town

  

  Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. I’ve mentioned WGN and Family Classics here before, and Boys Town is another film that showed up there at... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Scent of a Woman

  

  Format: DVD from NetFlix on rockin’ flatscreen. It’s no secret that there are Oscars awarded for performances that may not have earned them for careers that... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Henry V (1989)

  

  Format: DVD from Rockford Public Library on laptop. Of all of shakespeare’splays, my favorite is MacBeth, which almost certainly means that Kumonosu Jo is my... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Big House

  

  Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. I suppose there are enough prison films that it forms its own subgenre. It’s not one I think of a lot,... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Hot Millions

  

  Format: DVD from Geneseo Public Library through interlibrary loan on laptop. There’s something in most of us that enjoys a crime film. Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Little Women (1933)

  

  Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. I’ve made it a habit in general lately to stick all or most of the “very long wait” films on my NetFlix queue at the top of... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Picture 1986

  

  The Contenders: Children of a Lesser God Hannah and Her Sisters The Mission Platoon (winner) A Room with a View What’s Missing In a word, what’s missing is... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES