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• People Check In, but They Don't Check Out

  

  Film: The Innkeepers Format: Streaming video from IMDb TV on basement television. When we all went into self-isolation and sheltering at home, I went to three o... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actress 1978

  

  The Contenders: Ingrid Bergman: Autumn Sonata Jane Fonda: Coming Home (winner) Geraldine Page: Interiors Ellen Burstyn: Same Time, Next Year Jill Clayburgh: An... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Pick Flick

  

  Film: Election Format: DVD from Sycamore Public Library on basement television. Of all the movies on my Oscars list, there is none that I have been as close to... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actor 2009

  

  The Contenders: Jeff Bridges: Crazy Heart (winner) Jeremy Renner: The Hurt Locker Morgan Freeman: Invictus Colin Firth: A Single Man George Clooney: Up in the... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Santa Claus is Coming to Town

  

  Film: Klaus Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on the internet machine. Watching a Christmas movie in May is perhaps not the strangest thing I have done. Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Bleak House

  

  Film: The Reflecting Skin Format: DVD from personal collection on basement television I wasn’t sure what to expect with The Reflecting Skin. I knew this was... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• I Want to Marry a Lighthouse Keeper

  

  Film: The LighthouseFormat: Streaming video from Amazon Prime on basement television. I use the phrase “fever dream” a lot, I’ve realized, but sometimes there i... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Picture 2018

  

  The Contenders: Black Panther BlacKkKlansman Bohemian Rhapsody The Favourite Green Book (winner) Roma A Star is Born Vice What’s Missing The list of nominees fo... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Tapeworms

  

  Film: Parasite (Gisaengchung)Format: Streaming video from Hulu on basement television. I imagine there is a great deal of competition among the general streamin... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Adapted Screenplay 1967

  

  The Contenders: Cool Hand Luke The Graduate In Cold Blood In the Heat of the Night (winner) Ulysses What’s Missing The nominations here aren’t bad. I like... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Hey, Dummy!

  

  Film: MagicFormat: DVD from personal collection on basement television. When Magic was released in 1978, I had just turned 11. This is important only in the... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Title is the Most Shocking Part

  

  Film: Zombi Holocaust (Zombie Holocaust; Doctor Butcher M.D.)Format: DVD from Cortland Public Library on the new portable. Where do I even start with a movie... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actress 1973

  

  The Contenders: Marsha Mason: Cinderella Liberty Ellen Burstyn: The Exorcist Joanne Woodward: Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams Glenda Jackson: A Touch of Class... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Reading Rainbow?

  

  Film: The BabadookFormat: DVD from personal collection on basement television. Being under lockdown has given me the opportunity to watch a lot of the movies I... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actor 2008

  

  The Contenders: Brad Pitt: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Frank Langella: Frost/Nixon Sean Penn: Milk (winner) Richard Jenkins: The Visitor Mickey Rourke:... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Space Adaptation Syndrome

  

  Film: PandorumFormat: DVD from personal collection on basement television. Pandorum is one of those movies where I don’t exactly know where to start on... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Cautionary Tale?

  

  Film: MonsterFormat: DVD from personal collection on basement television. Aside from the movies that have been on my Oscars list for a year or two, there is... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Adapted Screenplay 1963

  

  The Contenders: Captain Newman, M.D. Hud Lilies of the Field Sundays and Cybele Tom Jones (winner) What’s Missing There are some fine nominees for Best Adapted... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• "Based on a True Story"

  

  Film: The ConjuringFormat: DVD from Cortland Public Library on The New Portable. Say what you will about The Conjuring, the producers and director James Wan mad... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actress 1951

  

  The Contenders: Katharine Hepburn: The African Queen Jane Wyman: The Blue Veil Eleanor Parker: Detective Story Shelley Winters: A Place in the Sun Vivien... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES