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• Ten Days of Terror!: Grindhouse

  

  Film: Grindhouse Format: Bluray from Somonauk Public Library through interlibrary loan on rockin’ flatscreen. There are problems with reviewing Grindhouse on... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Ten Days of Terror!: Death Proof

  

  Film: Death Proof Format: DVD from DeKalb Public Library on laptop. Anyone who has read this blog for any length of time will know that I think Quentin Tarantin... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Ten Days of Terror!: Planet Terror

  

  Film: Planet Terror Format: DVD from Sycamore Public Library on the new portable. Why didn’t Grindhouse work? I mean, I would point at least in part to just... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Ten Days of Terror Kick Off

  

  For a number of years, I’ve posted nothing but horror movies for the last 10 days of October (with an old Oscar Got It Wrong post thrown in as well). Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Fear of a Black Cinema

  

  Films: Horror Noire: A History of Black HorrorFormat: Streaming video from Amazon Prime on rockin’ flatscreen I like horror movies. Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Stepping into the Twilight Zone

  

  Films: The Vast of NightFormat: Streaming video from Amazon Prime on rockin’ flatscreen The newest edition of the 1001 Movies list is out. I can’t tell you... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Good Talk

  

  Films: One Night in MiamiFormat: Streaming video from Amazon Prime on rockin’ flatscreen The politics of Oscars is very strange indeed. Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Rooster Coop

  

  Films: The White TigerFormat: Streaming video from NetFlix on Fire! Say what you will about NetFlix, but they have started going more and more out of their way... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Last Airb...er...Dragon

  

  Films: Raya and the Last Dragon Format: DVD from Sycamore Public Library on basement television. I don’t tend to predict Oscar films, although I do every now an... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Milk of Human Kindness

  

  Films: First Cow Format: DVD from DeKalb Public Library on basement television Let’s talk for a second about one of the serious problems that Oscar has. Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• What I've Caught Up With, September 2021

  

  I spent a lot of time in September preparing for the last ten days of October and my traditional run of 40 posts in the lead-up to Halloween. Despite this, I... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Levee's Going to Break

  

  Films: Ma Rainey’s Black BottomFormat: Streaming video from NetFlix on rockin’ flatscreen Sometimes you can tell that a movie isn’t merely based on a play but... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• A Mind is a Terrible Thing to (Go To) Waste

  

  Films: The FatherFormat: DVD from Sycamore Public Library on rockin’ flatscreen My father is 86 years old and will be 87 in January. Right now, his biggest... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Konami Code

  

  Films: Silent HillFormat: DVD from Earlville Public Library through interlibrary loan on rockin’ flatscreen Movie adaptations of video games have a pretty... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• And Then!...And Then!...And Then!

  

  Films: Army of the Dead Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on various players. We need to talk about Zack Snyder. He seems like he’s a pretty decent guy. Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Retirement Plan

  

  Films: Nobody Format: DVD from Sycamore Public Library on rockin’ flatscreen. Before I talk about Nobody in detail, I want to talk in general about action movie... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Chekhov's Syringe

  

  Films: Warlock Format: Streaming video from Tubi TV on Fire! There are times when I think I’ve seen something before, but I’m not sure until a particular point... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• It's What's Inside That Counts

  

  Films: Inside (A L’interieur)Format: DVD borrowed from a friend on rockin’ flatscreen There are plenty of films that I don’t want to watch, and some of them I’v... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• What I've Caught Up With, August 2021

  

  In August, my wife and I became empty nesters. Kid #2 has headed off to college, and naturally that came with a few days of heavy lifting, moving, and dealing... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Mutton to See Here

  

  Films: A Shaun the Sheep Movie: FarmageddonFormat: Streaming video from NetFlix on rockin’ flatscreen I’ve always had a bit of a warm fuzzy for Aardman... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES