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• Off Script: Wolfen

  

  Films: Wolfen Format: DVD from Cordova District Library through interlibrary loan on The New Portable. Of all of the classic Universal monsters, the Wolf Man... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Adapted Screenplay 1986

  

  The Contenders: Children of a Lesser God The Color of Money Crimes of the Heart A Room with a View (winner) Stand by Me What’s Missing I dislike years like... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actress 1935

  

  The Contenders: Katharine Hepburn: Alice Adams Miriam Hopkins: Becky Sharp Bette Davis: Dangerous (winner) Merle Oberon: The Dark Angel Elisabeth Bergner: Escap... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actor 1977

  

  The Contenders: Woody Allen: Annie Hall Richard Burton: Equus Richard Dreyfus: The Goodbye Girl (winner) John Travolta: Saturday Night Fever Marcello... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Off Script: Maximum Overdrive

  

  Film: Maximum Overdrive Format: DVD from Cortland Public Library on The New Portable. There are some movies that have to be experienced to be believed. Maximum... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Director 1998

  

  The Contenders: Roberto Benigni: Life is Beautiful Steven Spielberg: Saving Private Ryan (winner) John Madden: Shakespeare in Love Terrence Malick: The Thin... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wednesday Horror: Witchfinder General (The Conqueror Worm)

  

  Film: Witchfinder General (The Conqueror Worm)Format: DVD from River Valley District Library through interlibrary loan on The New Portable. Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Picture 2015

  

  The Contenders: The Big Short Bridge of Spies Brooklyn Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian The Revenant Room Spotlight (winner) What’s Missing There were a lot of... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Original Screenplay 1951

  

  The Contenders: Ace in the Hole An American in Paris (winner) David and Bathsheba Go for Broke! The Well What’s Missing With some years, the vast majority of th... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Off Script: Ghost Ship

  

  Films: Ghost Ship Format: DVD from Northern Illinois University Founders Memorial Library on laptop. There are certain expectations with a horror movie. Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Off Script: The Crow

  

  Film: The CrowFormat: DVD from Cortland Public Library on The New Portable. There are weird moments when art imitates life and other weird moments where there... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Adapted Screenplay 1983

  

  The Contenders: Betrayal The Dresser Educating Rita Reuben, Reuben Terms of Endearment (winner) What’s Missing Boy, 1983 was a fun year for movies, and as... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Feet of Clay

  

  Film: Camille ClaudelFormat: DVD from Arlington Heights Memorial Library through OCLC WorldCat on The New Portable. Every now and then I mention how much I enjo... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actress 1930-1931

  

  The Contenders: Irene Dunne: Cimarron Norma Shearer: A Free Soul Ann Harding: Holiday Marie Dressler: Min and Bill (winner) Marlene Dietrich: Morocco What’s... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• London to Brighton

  

  Film: GenevieveFormat: DVD from NetFlix on rockin’ flatscreen. There are multiple genres that seem to be on Oscar’s shitlist. Horror, fantasy, and science... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actor 1976

  

  The Contenders: William Holden: Network Peter Finch: Network (winner) Sylvester Stallone: Rocky Giancarlo Giannini: Seven Beauties Robert De Niro: Taxi Driver... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Done and Done

  

  Film: The Handmaiden (Agassi)Format: DVD from Mokena Community Public Library through interlibrary loan on The New Portable. Styles in any sort of art will... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Director 1997

  

  The Contenders: Peter Cattaneo: The Full Monty Gus Van Sant: Good Will Hunting Curtis Hanson: L.A. Confidential Atom Egoyan: The Sweet Hereafter James Cameron:... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Empathicalism

  

  Film: Funny Face Format: DVD from NetFlix on The New Portable. Funny Face is a movie that is going to give me agita. I like Fred Astaire; how can you not? I lov... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wednesday Horror: Strait-Jacket

  

  Film: Strait-Jacket Format: DVD from Rockford Public Library laptop. I haven’t been shy in the past about the fact that I love William Castle and love the chees... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES