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• 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

• Bungle in the Jungle

  

  Film: Vinyan Format: DVD from personal collection on basement television A lot of movies are naturally combinations of other movies or of multiple ideas. Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Everything All at Once

  

  Film: Night Watch (Nochnoy Dozor) Format: DVD from personal collection on basement television I have complained in the past about the fact that a lot of anime... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actor 2006

  

  The Contenders: Leonardo DiCaprio: Blood DiamondRyan Gosling: Half Nelson Forest Whitaker: The Last King of Scotland (winner) Will Smith: The Pursuit of... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Original Screenplay 1945

  

  The Contenders: Dillinger Marie-Louise (winner) Music for Millions Salty O’Rourke What Next, Corporal Hargrove? What’s Missing It hasn’t happened often, but it... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Like Father, Like Son

  

  Film: Son of Frankenstein Format: DVD from personal collection on various players. One of the great characters in Mel Brooks’s Young Frankenstein is the local... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Coffin Something Up

  

  Film: The Oblong Box Format: DVD from personal collection on basement television You never quite know what you’re going to get with an adaptation. Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Adapted Screenplay 1962

  

  The Contenders: David and Lisa Lawrence of Arabia Lolita The Miracle Worker To Kill a Mockingbird (winner) What’s Missing 1962 was one of those years where I... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Loup De Baskervilles

  

  Film: Brotherhood of the Wolf (Le Pacte des Loups) Format: DVD from personal collection on base Silly me thought Brotherhood of the Wolf was going to be a... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES