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• The Broadway Melody

  

  Film: The Broadway Melody Format: DVD from Galena Public Library through interlibrary loan on laptop. So I was warned about The Broadway Melody. Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Doctor Dolittle (1967)

  

  Film: Doctor Dolittle Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on rockin’ flatscreen. When I was little, I had a Doctor Dolittle book that I read pretty frequently. Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Great Ziegfeld

  

  Film: The Great Ziegfeld Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. I haven’t heard a great deal of enthusiasm for The Great Ziegfeld, the winner for Best Picture in... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Cavalcade

  

  Film: Cavalcade Format: Internet video on laptop. Of all of the Best Picture winners, Cavalcade is the one that is nearly impossible to find. Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The High and the Mighty

  

  Film: The High and the Mighty Format: DVD from Rockford Public Library on laptop. The High and the Mighty is a “Noah’s Ark” film. I believe that term came from... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Becket

  

  Film: Becket Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on laptop. I’m never really sure how to react to substantially religious epics. Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• New Directions

  So I've put some thought into where this blog is going to go over the coming months and years. The following are how I plan to change things up a bit starting,... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• With Apologies to Poets Everywhere

  The following is an embarrassing set of haiku about my favorite films by each letter of the alphabet. These aren't specifically my favorite films on from The... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• 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