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• Ten Days of Terror!: Body Snatchers

  

  Films: Body Snatchers Format: DVD from Cordova District Library through interlibrary loan on The New Portable. One of the first movies that I can think of that... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Ten Days of Terror!: A Cat in the Brain (Un Gatto El Cervello)

  

  Films: A Cat in the Brain (Un Gatto el Cervello) Format: Streaming video from Kanopy on the new internet machine. Lewis Black used to do a bit about candy corn. Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Ten Days of Terror!: Shivers

  

  Film: ShiversFormat: Internet video on the new internet machine. I have seen a surprising number of David Cronenberg’s films without really going out of my way... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Ten Days of Terror!: Lovely Molly

  

  Film: Lovely Molly Format: DVD from Putnam County Public Library through interlibrary loan on The New Portable. Sometimes I don’t know how to start a review. Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Ten Days of Terror!: Piranha (2010)

  

  Film: Piranha (2010) Format: DVD from Sycamore Public Library on The New Portable. The success of Jaws caused a lot of copycat films in the years that followed. Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Ten Days of Terror!: Island of Lost Souls

  

  Films: Island of Lost SoulsFormat: DVD from DeKalb Public Library on laptop. There are some classic stories that continue to be made and remade over and over... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Ten Days of Terror! (Late Start)

  

  So I've been busy with a few things over the last couple of weeks and completely forgot that today would be normally the start of my ten days of horror movie... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Director 1962

  

  The Contenders: Frank Perry: David and Lisa Pietro Germi: Divorce, Italian Style David Lean: Lawrence of Arabia (winner) Arthur Penn: The Miracle Worker Robert... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Original Screenplay 2004

  

  The Contenders: The Aviator The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (winner) Hotel Rwanda The Incredibles Vera Drake What’s Missing Surprise, surprise, but I... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wednesday Horror: Eight-Legged Freaks

  

  Film: Eight Legged Freaks Format: DVD from Rockford Public Library on The New Portable. I don’t like spiders. I mean, I understand that spiders are useful and... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Adapted Screenplay 1988

  

  The Contenders: The Accidental Tourist Dangerous Liaisons (winner) Gorillas in the Mist Little Dorrit The Unbearable Lightness of Being What’s Missing 1988 is... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Off Script: The Taking of Deborah Logan/The Taking

  

  Film: The Taking of Deborah Logan (The Taking)Format: DVD from Rockford Public Library on laptop. I don’t know why it was so difficult for me to find The... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actress 1942

  

  The Contenders: Greer Garson: Mrs. Miniver (winner) Rosalind Russell: My Sister Eileen Bette Davis: Now, Voyager Teresa Wright: The Pride of the Yankees... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• A List Update

  

  It seems a little late this year, but the new version of the 1001 Movies list is out. As tends to be the case these days, I've seen most of the entries... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wednesday Horror: The Mummy's Hand; The Mummy's Tomb

  

  Film: The Mummy’s Hand; The Mummy’s Tomb Format: DVDs from Cortland Public Library on rockin’ flatscreen. My friend Dawn is a librarian at the public library... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Off Script: La Cabina

  

  Film: La Cabina (The Telephone Box) Format: Internet video on laptop. It feels like ages since I’ve actually written about a specific film at length. Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actor 1973

  

  The Contenders: Jack Nicholson: The Last Detail Marlon Brando: The Last Tango in Paris Jack Lemmon: Save the Tiger (winner) Al Pacino: Serpico Robert Redford:... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Director 1960

  

  The Contenders: Billy Wilder: The Apartment (winner) Jules Dassin: Never on Sunday Alfred Hitchcock: Psycho Jack Cardiff: Sons and Lovers Fred Zinnemann: The... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wednesday Horror: The Last Exorcism

  

  Film: The Last Exorcism Format: DVD from Sycamore Public Library on laptop. I wanted to like The Last Exorcism. I really did, even though on its surface it’s... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Original Screenplay 1992

  

  The Contenders: The Crying Game (winner) Husbands and Wives Lorenzo’s Oil Passion Fish Unforgiven What’s Missing As tends to be the case, the movies available t... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES