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• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Original Screenplay 2000

  

  The Contenders: Almost Famous (winner) Billy Elliot Erin Brockovich Gladiator You Can Count on Me What’s Missing I think 2000 is a really underrated movie year. Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Ants in the Pants

  

  Films: Phase IVFormat: DVD from Champaign Public Library through interlibrary loan on The New Portable. Phase IV is a movie that I’ve seen for some reason at... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Shot for More Or Less Shot

  

  Films: The Omen (2006) Format: DVD from Cortland Public Library on basement television. I can’t say that I was excited to see the remake of The Omen. Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Adapted Screenplay 1942

  

  The Contenders: 49th Parallel Mrs. Miniver (winner) The Pride of the Yankees Random Harvest The Talk of the Town What’s Missing As is often the case with many o... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• They Don't Laugh Much, Either

  

  Films: The Dead Don’t Die Format: DVD from Byron Public Library through interlibrary loan on basement television. When I found out that Jim Jarmusch was making ... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Minor Changes

  

  It's typical for me to announce changes at the start of the year, or, more accurately, at the end of the year. But here we are, just under two weeks into the ne... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong: Best Actress 2004

  

  The Contenders: Annette Bening: Being Julia Kate Winslet: The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Catalina Sandino Moreno: Maria Full of Grace Hilary Swank:... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• What If...?

  

  Films: Brightburn Format: DVD from DeKalb Public Library on basement television. p> Back in the day (and perhaps now, too—I’m not a comic book guy anymore),... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wednesday Horror: Paranoiac

  

  Films: Paranoiac Format: DVD from Nippersink District Library through interlibrary loan on basement television. I’ve been watching a lot of weird Hammer horror... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Off Script: The Awakening

  

  Films: The Awakening Format: DVD from Sycamore Public Library on basement television. There’s a trend in movies, horror movies especially, of American remakes o... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actor 1932-1933

  

  The Contenders: Leslie Howard: Berkeley Square Paul Muni: I am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang Charles Laughton: The Private Life of Henry VIII (winner) What’s... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Off Script: The Addams Family

  

  Film: The Addams Family Format: DVD from Cortland Public Library on basement television. I’m just going to cut to the chase here and say that I really, really... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Director 1970

  

  The Contenders: Arthur Hiller: Love Story Robert Altman: M*A*S*H Franklin J. Schaffner: Patton (winner) Federico Fellini: Satyricon Ken Russell: Women in Love... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Just in Time for the Next Set of Nominations

  

  Film: Roma Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on basement television. What can I say about Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma that hasn’t already been said at least a... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wednesday Horror: Us

  

  Film: Us Format: DVD from Sycamore Public Library on basement television. A couple of days ago, I looked at the Original Screenplay race from 2017 and I put... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• End of Year Ten

  

  Year 10. Hard to believe that I’ve hit double digits. I have to admit that the last 18 months or so have been difficult on this blog. Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Original Screenplay 2017

  

  The Contenders: The Big Sick Get Out (winner) Lady Bird The Shape of Water Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri What’s Missing 2017 was a dandy year for... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Music Hath Charms

  

  Films: Cold War (Zimna Wojna) Format: DVD from DeKalb Public Library on basement television. I went into Cold War (also called Zimna Wojna) completely cold. Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Adapted Screenplay 1979

  

  The Contenders: Apocalypse Now La Cage aux Folles Kramer vs. Kramer (winner) A Little Romance Norma Rae What’s Missing As usual, the list of nominees for this... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• I Saw Ten Ships Come Sailing In

  

  While this blot has shifted in general away from the 1001 Movies list, that list is still at the heart of what I’ve done here. Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES