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• Fly Away (from) Home

  

  Film: Lady Bird Format: Blu-Ray from DeKalb Public Library on rockin’ flatscreen. One of this blog’s pet peeves along with romances between men and women half... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wednesday Horror: Two Thousand Maniacs!

  

  Film: Two Thousand Maniacs! Format: DVD from NetFlix on The New Portable. What can be said about Herschell Gordon Lewis that hasn’t already been said? Probably... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Acting Out

  

  Film: The Quiet One Format: Internet video on the new internet machine. There are times when I regret the average length of a review that I seem to have gotten... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Picture 2009

  

  The Contenders: Avatar The Blind Side District 9 An Education The Hurt Locker (winner) Inglourious Basterds Precious A Serious Man Up Up in the Air What’s... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Retirement, Kinda

  

  Film: Tribute Format: Internet video on the new internet machine. As this project winds to a close, there are now only a couple of years (not count 2017) where ... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Off Script: Scream and Scream Again

  

  Film: Scream and Scream Again Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. I’d love to tell you that Scream and Scream Again was a ton of fun for me to... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Original Screenplay 1962

  

  The Contenders: Divorce, Italian Style (winner) Freud Last Year at Marienbad That Touch of Mink Through a Glass Darkly What’s Missing Once again, we have an... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• 24/7/365

  

  Film: Another Year Format: DVD from Rockford Public Library on The New Portable. Sometimes, what makes a movie interesting isn’t so much the story as it is the... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wednesday Horror: Warm Bodies

  

  Film: Warm Bodies Format: DVD from Rockford Public Library on laptop. I’ve never been shy about the fact that I don’t much like Romeo and Juliet as a story. Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Shut Up and Deal

  

  Film: Molly’s Game Format: Blu-Ray from DeKalb Public Library on rockin’ flatscreen. If you look back at all of the reviews I’ve put on this site, there are... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Adapted Screenplay 1946

  

  The Contenders: Anna and the King of Siam The Best Years of Our Lives (winner) Brief Encounter The Killers Rome, Open City What’s Missing It’s actually... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Not-So-Dangerous Liaisons

  

  Film: The Affairs of Cellini Format: Internet video on the latest internet machine. There are plenty of actors in the world who seem to do little more than... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Misty and Water-Colored

  

  Film: The Way We Were Format: DVD from NetFlix on The New Portable. So here we go again. I clearly left the Barbra Streisand to the end of this set of films wit... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actress 1993

  

  The Contenders: Holly Hunter: The Piano (winner) Emma Thompson: The Remains of the Day Debra Winger: Shadowlands Stockard Channing: Six Degrees of Separation... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Viva Cuba?

  

  Film: Before Night Falls Format: DVD from NetFlix on The New Portable. Because my job involves a great deal of reading, I don’t read for pleasure a lot. It’s on... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wednesday Horror: I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House

  

  Film: I am the Pretty Thing that Lives in the House Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on laptop. A great deal of modern horror is about putting as much... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actor 1951

  

  The Contenders: Humphrey Bogart: The African Queen (winner) Arthur Kennedy: Bright Victory Fredric March: Death of a Salesman Montgomery Clift: A Place in the... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Director 1972

  

  The Contenders: Bob Fosse: Cabaret (winner) John Boorman: Deliverance Jan Troell: The Emigrants Francis Ford Coppola: The Godfather Joseph L. Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Finishing the AFI Top-100

  

  Film: Sophie’s Choice Format: DVD from DeKalb Public Library on The New Portable. For the last several years, I’d seen 99 of the AFI Top-100 movies. Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wednesday Horror: Return of the Living Dead

  

  Film: Return of the Living Dead Format: On Demand on big ol’ television. One of the most enduring ideas concerning movie zombies is that they love to eat brains. Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES