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• Thing's Starring Role

  

  Films: I Lost My Body (J’ai Perdu Mon Corps)Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on basement television. It seems that in a futile effort to watch as much as... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Original Screenplay 1994

  

  The Contenders: Bullets Over Broadway Four Weddings and a Funeral Heavenly Creatures Pulp Fiction (winner) Three Colors: Red What’s Missing 1994 is such a good... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Stop Bugging Me!

  

  Films: PhenomenaFormat: DVD from NetFlix on The New Portable. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again—I’m not a massive fan of a lot of Italian horror. So muc... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong: Best Adapted Screenplay 1943

  

  The Contenders: Casablanca (winner) Holy Matrimony The More the Merrier The Song of Bernadette Watch on the Rhine What’s Missing There probably aren’t going to... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• I'd Like to Meet His Tailor

  

  Film: Werewolf of London Format: DVD from Cortland Public Library on rockin’ flatscreen. As a long-time Warren Zevon fan, I think I can be forgiven for both... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actress 2006

  

  The Contenders: Meryl Streep: The Devil Wears Prada Kate Winslet: Little Children Judi Dench: Notes on a Scandal Helen Mirren: The Queen (winner) Penelope... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Blocked at Every Turn, Yeti Persisted

  

  Film: Missing Link Format: DVD from Sycamore Public Library on basement television. I don’t know why Laika can’t catch a break. Missing Link is the studio’s... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actor 1949

  

  The Contenders: Broderick Crawford: All the King's Men (winner)Kirk Douglas: Champion Richard Todd: The Hasty Heart John Wayne: Sands of Iwo Jima Gregory Peck:... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• One Banana, Two Banana, Three Banana, Death

  

  Films: The Banana Splits MovieFormat: DVD from DeKalb Public Library on rockin’ flatscreen. Sometimes you just know what you’re going to end up doing with your... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Serious Daddy Issues

  

  Films: Son of DraculaFormat: DVD from Cortland Public Library on rockin’ flatscreen. Dracula films are sort of their own thing, at least when you’re dealing wit... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Director 1971

  

  The Contenders: Stanley Kubrick: A Clockwork Orange Norman Jewison: Fiddler on the Roof William Friedkin: The French Connection (winner) Peter Bogdanovich: The... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Funded by Nazi Gold?

  

  Films: Marie-LouiseFormat: Internet video on laptop. I honestly don’t know how much I’m going to be able to say about Marie-Louise. Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• 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