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• If Only They Had a Budget...

  

  Film: The Quatermass Xperiment Format: DVD from St. Charles Public Library through OCLC WorldCat on The New Portable. Science fiction from the 1950s tended to... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Director 2018

  

  The Contenders: Spike Lee: BlacKkKlansman Pawel Pawlikoski: Cold War Yorgos Lanthimos: The Favourite Alfonso Cuaron: Roma (winner) Adam McKay: Vice What’s... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Rodent Problems

  

  Film: The Killer Shrews Format: DVD from personal collection on The New Portable. Every now and then, it’s fun to jump into the shallow end of the pool. Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• All of Them?

  

  Film: All the Boys Love Mandy Lane Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on the new internet machine. Siskel and Ebert used to call a particular breed of... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Adapted Screenplay 1969

  

  The Contenders: Anne of the Thousand Days Goodbye, Columbus Midnight Cowboy (winner) They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? Z What’s Missing I’m a little surprised... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Feet (and Everything Else) of Clay

  

  Film: The Golem: How He Came into the World (Der Golem: Wie Er in die Welt Kam) Format: Internet video on the new internet machine. If you were ever a D&D;... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actress 1979

  

  The Contenders: Marsha Mason: Chapter Two Jane Fonda: The China Syndrome Sally Field: Norma Rae (winner) Bette Midler: The Rose Jill Clayburgh: Starting Over... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Third Time Pays for All

  

  Film: How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World Format: Blu-ray from Sycamore Public Library on rockin’ flatscreen. I went into How to Train Your Dragon: The... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Chop-Chop

  

  Film: Hatchet Format: DVD from personal collection on basement television. Of all of the subgenres of horror, torture porn is absolutely my least favorite and... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actor 2010

  

  The Contenders: James Franco: 127 Hours Javier Bardem: Biutiful Colin Firth: The King’s Speech (winner) Jesse Eisenberg: The Social Network Jeff Bridges: True... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Adapted Screenplay 1968

  

  The Contenders: The Lion in Winter (winner) The Odd Couple Oliver! Rachel, Rachel Rosemary’s Baby What’s Missing This is a pretty good collection of... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Columbus Has Red on Him

  

  Film: Zombieland; Shaun of the Dead Format: DVDs from personal collection on basement television. As mentioned recently, I collected a bunch of movies to watch... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• 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