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• 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

• Whoops!

  

  Yes, I know I missed an Oscar post this past Friday. That's kind of shameful when I've claimed that I'm going to start posting more regularly again. Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Adapted Screenplay 1940

  

  The Contenders: The Grapes of Wrath Kitty Foyle The Long Voyage Home The Philadelphia Story (winner) Rebecca What’s Missing This is a year where I think a lot o... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Off Script: Honeymoon

  

  Film: Honeymoon Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on laptop. I’d like to see more women directing horror movies. There are a number of horror movies that hav... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actress 1969

  

  The Contenders: Genevieve Bujold: Anne of the Thousand Days Jean Simmons: The Happy Ending Maggie Smith: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (winner) Liza Minnelli:... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Off Script: They Live

  

  Film: They Live Format: DVD from personal collection on laptop. Why is it that John Carpenter doesn’t get the respect that he has clearly earned? Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actor 1934

  

  The Contenders: Frank Morgan: The Affairs of Cellini Clark Gable: It Happened One Night (winner) William Powell: The Thin Man What’s Missing I’ll be the first t... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Director 1951

  

  The Contenders: John Huston: The African Queen Vincente Minnelli: An American in Paris William Wyler: Detective Story George Stevens: A Place in the Sun (winner... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Picture 2017

  

  The Contenders: Call Me by Your Name Darkest Hour Dunkirk Get Out Lady Bird Phantom Thread The Post The Shape of Water (winner) Three Billboards Outside... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES