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• 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

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Picture 2014

  

  The Contenders: American Sniper Birdman (winner) Boyhood The Grand Budapest Hotel The Imitation Game Selma The Theory of Everything Whiplash What’s Missing I sa... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• It All Falls Down

  

  Film: Save the TigerFormat: DVD from Aurora University through OCLC WorldCat on The New Portable. According to the legend, when on his deathbed, Edmund Gwenn wa... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Blue Note

  

  Film: ’Round MidnightFormat: DVD from NetFlix on The New Portable. I always wonder about those cases where someone is Oscar nominated in a debut. Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Original Screenplay 1949

  

  The Contenders: Battleground (winner) Jolson Sings Again Paisa Passport to Pimlico The Quiet One What’s Missing 1949 appears to be one of those years where the... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wednesday Horror: Exorcist II: The Heretic

  

  Film: Exorcist II: The HereticFormat: DVD from Cortland Public Library on The New Portable. There are a lot of things someone could say about sequels. There... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Adapted Screenplay 1982

  

  The Contenders: Das Boot Missing (winner) Sophie’s Choice The Verdict Victor/Victoria What’s Missing This will be interesting, because this is at least an... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• All About Krystyna

  

  Film: AnnaFormat: DVD from Morris Library through OCLC WorldCat on rockin’ flatscreen. I find movies like Anna incredibly frustrating. Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Cold Blooded

  

  Film: Lady MacbethFormat: DVD from Putnam County Public Library through interlibrary loan on The New Portable. There are times when I have to shake my head at... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actress 1929-1930

  

  The Contenders: Greta Garbo: Anna Christie Nancy Carroll: The Devil’s Holiday Norma Shearer: The Divorcee (winner) Greta Garbo: Romance Ruth Chatterton: Sarah... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Kids Are Trouble

  

  Film: GloriaFormat: DVD from Gail Borden Public Library through OCLC WorldCat on The New Portable. Gloria was not the movie I expected it to be. Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Ten Days of Terror!: The Picture of Dorian Gray

  

  Film: The Picture of Dorian Gray Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. One of the problems of a lot of Code-era horror films is that they aren’t really that scary. Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Ten Days of Terror!: World War Z

  

  Film: World War Z Format: DVD from Sycamore Public Library on laptop. I didn’t really want to watch World War Z for a number of reasons. Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Ten Days of Terror!: Killer Klowns from Outer Space

  

  Film: Killer Klowns from Outer Space Format: DVD from Sycamore Public Library on laptop. I should say at the outset here that I went into this with my eyes open. Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Ten Days of Terror!: 13 Ghosts (1960)

  

  Film: 13 Ghosts Format: DVD from Northern Illinois University Founders Memorial Library on laptop. I do have a warm, squishy soft spot for William Castle. Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Ten Days of Terror!: 28 Weeks Later

  

  Film: 28 Weeks LaterFormat: DVD from Sycamore Public Library on laptop. I’m always prepared, at least a little, to be disappointed in a sequel. I first saw 28... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Ten Days of Terror!: The Craft

  

  Film: The Craft Format: DVD from Sycamore Public Library on laptop. I’m not sure why I like The Craft as much as I do. Some of it is that it seems like the... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES