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• Coupling and Uncoupling

  

  Film: Lovers and Other Strangers Format: Internet video on the latest internet machine. As the saying goes, dying is easy; comedy is hard. Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Picture 1999

  

  The Contenders: American Beauty (winner) The Cider House Rules The Green Mile The Insider The Sixth Sense What’s Missing 1999 is such a great year for movies, i... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Off Script: The Tingler

  

  Film: The Tingler Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. I love William Castle. I truly do. I’d be hard-pressed to call any of his movies great,... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong: Best Original Screenplay 2011

  

  The Contenders: The Artist Bridesmaids Margin Call Midnight in Paris (winner) A Separation What’s Missing 2011 is one of those years where it feels like no... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Where There's a Will, I Want to Be in It

  

  Films: Sudden Fear Format: Internet video on the new internet machine. NetFlix is a lot like an umpire or autocorrect. When it does its job well, you don’t... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wednesday Horror: Children of the Corn

  

  Films: Children of the Corn Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on the latest internet machine. It’s not a surprise that stories written by Stephen King would... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Education, After a Fashion

  

  Films: Charly Format: DVD from NetFlix on The New Portable. Charly seemed very familiar to me. I realized at some point while watching that I’d seen part of thi... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Adapted Screenplay 1981

  

  The Contenders: The French Lieutenant’s Woman On Golden Pond (winner) Pennies from Heaven Prince of the City Ragtime What’s Missing 1981 was a staggeringly... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The (Very) Slow Passage of Time

  

  Films: A Ghost Story Format: DVD from Sycamore Public Library on The New Portable. Sometimes, this hobby is a frustrating one. Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actress 1938

  

  The Contenders: Bette Davis: Jezebel (winner) Norma Shearer: Marie Antoinette Wendy Hiller: Pygmalion Margaret Sullavan: Three Comrades Fay Bainter: White... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Urban Haute Bourgeoisie

  

  Films: Metropolitan Format: DVD from Mokena Public Library through interlibrary loan on The New Portable. In the end of the blogging swimming pool where I... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wednesday Horror: Private Parts (1972)

  

  Films: Private Parts (1972) Format: DVD from NetFlix on The New Portable. For what it’s worth, not all of these reviews write that easily. Some of them are a... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Show Must Go on (and On)

  

  Films: Funny Girl Format: DVD from NetFlix on The New Portable. I’m going to be upfront here; Funny Girl is the sort of movie that really isn’t made for me at... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actor 1992

  

  The Contenders: Robert Downey Jr.: Chaplin Stephen Rea: The Crying Game Denzel Washington: Malcolm X Al Pacino: Scent of a Woman (winner) Clint Eastwood:... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Off Script: Flatliners (1990)

  

  Films: Flatliners (1990) Format: DVD from Sycamore Public Library on various players. When I started this blog, I made the decision that every review I posted... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Misery Loathes Company

  

  Films: Profumo di Donna (Scent of a Woman) Format: Internet video on laptop. Al Pacino, someone who almost certainly earned any number of Oscars in his career,... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Director 1955

  

  The Contenders: John Sturges: Bad Day at Black Rock Elia Kazan: East of Eden Delbert Mann: Marty (winner) Joshua Logan: Picnic David Lean: Summertime What’s... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Everybody Hurts

  

  Films: Rabbit Hole Format: DVD from DeKalb Public Library on various players. As I get closer and closer to finishing up the Oscar lists I have set for myself,... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wednesday Horror: Shadow of the Vampire

  

  Films: Shadow of the Vampire Format: DVD from DeKalb Public Library on laptop. When you talk about great silent films, there are a few names that are going to... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Picture 1940

  

  The Contenders: All This, and Heaven Too Foreign Correspondent The Grapes of Wrath The Great Dictator Kitty Foyle The Letter The Long Voyage Home Our Town The... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES