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• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actor 1943

  

  The Contenders: Humphrey Bogart: Casablanca Gary Cooper: For Whom the Bell Tolls Mickey Rooney: The Human Comedy Walter Pidgeon: Madame Curie Paul Lukas: Watch... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Director 2004

  

  The Contenders: Martin Scorsese: The Aviator Clint Eastwood: Million Dollar Baby (winner) Taylor Hackford: Ray Alexander Payne: Sideways Mike Leigh: Vera Drake... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Yippy Ki-Yay

  

  Film: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Format: Streaming vieo from NetFlix on the new internet machine. Say what you will about the new “networks” putting together... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wednesday Horror: Fear

  

  Film: Fear Format: DVD from NetFlix on The New Portable. What can I say about Fear from 1996? I can say that it’s interesting to see Reese Witherspoon at this... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong: Best Picture 1952

  

  The Contenders: The Greatest Show on Earth (winner) High Noon Ivanhoe Moulin Rouge The Quiet Man What’s Missing This is going to be one of “those” years again. Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Fait Accompli

  

  Film: And Now My Love (Toute Une Vie)Format: DVD from Frankfort Public Library through OCLC WorldCat on The New Portable. Sometimes I have to really search for... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Original Screenplay 1990

  

  The Contenders: Alice Avalon Ghost (winner) Green Card Metropolitan What’s Missing As often seems to be the case, the movies that I love from this year are the... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wednesday Horror: Wolf Creek

  

  Film: Wolf Creek Format: DVD from NetFlix on The New Portable. I’m honestly not sure where to start with a movie like Wolf Creek. This is a modern horror film i... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Adapted Screenplay 1930-1931

  

  The Contenders: Cimarron (winner) The Criminal Code Holiday Little Caesar Skippy What’s Missing These early years are particularly interesting when it comes to... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Left Hook

  

  Film: Creed Format: DVD from Northern Illinois University Founders Memorial Library on The New Portable. I haven’t really decided what I’m going to do with... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actress 1982

  

  The Contenders: Jessica Lange: Frances Sissy Spacek: Missing Debra Winger: An Officer and a Gentleman Meryl Streep: Sophie’s Choice (winner) Julie Andrews:... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Tropic Thunder Reference

  

  Film: I Am Sam Format: DVD from Sycamore Public Library on The New Portable. I’m not sure where to start with I Am Sam (or i am sam as it is written in the... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wednesday Horror: Thir13en Ghosts

  

  Film: Thir13en Ghosts Format: DVD from Cortland Public Library on The New Portable. The things I do for this blog. Seriously. I’d seen Thir13en Ghosts before,... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actor 1942

  

  The Contenders: Walter Pidgeon: Mrs. Miniver Monty Woolley The Pied Piper Gary Cooper: The Pride of the Yankees Ronald Colman: Random Harvest James Cagney:... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• That Darn Cat

  

  Film: Harry and Tonto Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. It’s mildly shocking when you look at Harry and Tonto, to realize that Art Carney... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Animated Feature 2016

  

  The Contenders: Kubo and the Two Strings Moana My Life as a Zucchini The Red Turtle Zootopia (winner) What’s Missing There are some surprisingly high profile... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Foster Portfolio

  

  Film: Coco Format: DVD from Cortland Library on The New Portable. “So,” I hear you say, “you’ve still got a few movies from 2017 to finish up and the next set o... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wednesday Horror: The Village

  

  Film: The Village Format: DVD from Sycamore Public Library on rockin’ flatscreen. It is not without some trepidation that I enter into a film with M. Night... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• End of Year Nine

  

  Today marks the end of the ninth year of this blog. Technically, the first three posts were in 2009, but the first reviews were posted at the start of 2010. Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Director 1999

  

  The Contenders: Sam Mendes: American Beauty (winner) Spike Jonze: Being John Malkovich Lasse Hallstrom: The Cider House Rules Michael Mann: The Insider M. Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES