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• Morgan! (Morgan - A Suitable Case for Treatment)

  

  Format: DVD from Northern Illinois University Founders Memorial Library on laptop. Every now and then I find a film where it feels like the nomination went to... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Judgment at Nuremberg

  

  Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. There are a few films out there that are a wet dream from a casting perspective. Judgment at Nuremberg is just such a film. Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Dark Victory

  

  Format: DVD from Northern Illinois University Founders Memorial Library on laptop. When I started watching films seriously, I wasn’t much of a Bette Davis fan. ... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Sin of Madelon Claudet

  

  Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. There was evidently a genre of film in the early days in which a woman makes a single bad choice and... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Off Script: Friday the 13th

  

  Format: Independent Film Channel on rockin’ flatscreen. When you prepare to talk about one of the granddaddies of the horror/slasher genre, you need to be... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Heaven Can Wait (1978)

  

  Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. I think I can be forgiven if I assumed based on the name that the 1978 version of Heaven Can Wait was a remake of the film o... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actor 1967

  

  The Contenders: Warren Beatty: Bonnie and Clyde Paul Newman: Cool Hand Luke Dustin Hoffman: The Graduate Spencer Tracy: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner Rod Steiger... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Magnificent Yankee

  

  Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. Oh boy. February on TCM is great because every film they show has some connection to the Oscars and many... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Travels with My Aunt

  

  Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. Who knew that there’s evidently a very small genre of films involving young men being whirlwinded around... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Mission

  

  Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. Every now and again, someone gets it into his head that the world needs another religious epic, and for most of the Western... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Turning Point

  

  Format: Internet video on laptop. I might be surprising a number of people with this review. Musicals generally aren’t my thing, but The Turning Point isn’t a... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Barretts of Wimpole Street

  

  Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. I have a B.A. in literature (I promise this is relevant), so I’ve studied more than my share of the... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Decision Before Dawn

  

  Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. I think I’ve mentioned before that when I was a kid, war films were my favorite genre of film. I watched other films, but wa... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Original Screenplay 1989

  

  The Contenders: Crimes and Misdemeanors Dead Poets Society (winner) Do the Right Thing Sex, Lies and Videotape When Harry Met Sally What’s Missing I’ll admit... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Hours

  

  Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on laptop. With a film like The Hours, I’m not sure where to start. I’m honestly lost for a good way to even start writing... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Lady for a Day

  

  Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. Oh, boy. This is going to be interesting. Lady for a Day is a film that takes a hard turn. Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Passport to Pimlico

  

  Format: DVD from Northern Illinois University Founders Memorial Library on laptop. I imagine that when a screenwriter comes up with a truly original idea. Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Nick's Picks: The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter

  

  Film: The Eight Diagram Pole FighterFormat: DVD from DeKalb Public Library on laptop. This is the second in a monthly series of reviews suggested by Nick Jobe a... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Tess

  

  Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. One of these days, smart filmmakers will devise something other than rape to serve as a crisis for women in a story. Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Constant Nymph

  

  Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. There are stories that change dramatically in how they are seen over time. What seems normal for one era... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES