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• (White) Power Play

  

  Films: American History X Format: DVD from Cortland Community Library on The New Portable. A movie like American History X reveals the tactical error I made... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wednesday Horror: The Testament of Dr. Mabuse

  

  Films: The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse) Format: Streaming video from Kanopy on laptop. When I was doing the 1001 Movies list, one of... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Adapted Screenplay 2008

  

  The Contenders: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Doubt Frost/Nixon The Reader Slumdog Millionaire (winner) What’s Missing It’s a nice collection of movies fo... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Insert Quarter

  

  Films: Ready Player OneFormat: Blu-Ray from Cortland Community Library on rockin’ flatscreen. I’m going to make some people mad now, or at least disappoint them. Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Voight-Kampff

  

  Films: Blade Runner 2049Format: DVD from Cortland Community Library on rockin’ flatscreen. I was initially interested to see Blade Runner 2049 as a... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actress 1956

  

  The Contenders: Ingrid Bergman: Anastasia (winner)Carroll Baker: Baby Doll Nancy Kelly: The Bad Seed Deborah Kerr: The King and I Katharine Hepburn: The... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• A Different Kind of Memento

  

  Films: BetrayalFormat: Internet video on the new internet machine. When Memento came out, a lot of the film world was taken with the idea that the story was tol... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actor 1990

  

  The Contenders: Robert De Niro: Awakenings Gerard Depardieu: Cyrano de Bergerac Kevin Costner: Dances with Wolves Richard Harris: The Field Jeremy Irons:... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Director 1948

  

  The Contenders: Laurence Olivier: Hamlet Jean Negulesco: Johnny Belinda Fred Zinnemann: The Search Anatole Litvak: The Snake Pit John Huston: The Treasure of th... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Off Script: Beetlejuice

  

  Films: BeetlejuiceFormat: DVD from Cortland Public Library on The New Portable. Opinions on Tim Burton are varied to put it mildly. Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Picture 1935

  

  The Contenders: Alice Adams The Broadway Melody of 1936 Captain Blood David Copperfield The Informer The Lives of a Bengal Lancer A Midsummer Night’s Dream Les... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Manic Pixie Dream...Wait a Minute...

  

  Films: Happy-Go-LuckyFormat: DVD from Cortland Public Library on The New Portable. I’ve not been nice in the past to the manic pixie dream girl stereotype in... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Original Screenplay 1971

  

  The Contenders: The Hospital (winner) Investigation of a Citizen above Suspicion Klute Summer of ’42 Sunday Bloody Sunday What’s Missing There are a lot of... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• History Lesson

  

  Films: Dawson City: Frozen TimeFormat: DVD from DeKalb Public Library on The New Portable. I said the other day that I commented that I was initially worried... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong: Best Adapted Screenplay 2006

  

  The Contenders: Borat Children of Men The Departed (winner) Little Children Notes on a Scandal What’s Missing The collection of movies nominated for Best Adapte... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Coming Soon

  

  Every year around this time, there’s hints and rumors and guesses about what might be in the next edition of the 1001 Movies book. Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actress 1955

  

  The Contenders: Susan Hayward: I’ll Cry Tomorrow Eleanor Parker: Interrupted Melody Jennifer Jones: Love is a Many-Splendored Thing Anna Magnani: The Rose Tatto... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wednesday Horror: What We Do in the Shadows

  

  Film: What We Do in the Shadows Format: DVD from Sycamore Public Library on laptop. (Just a short introductory note. You’ve may have noticed that my output... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Off Script: Cube

  

  Films: CubeFormat: Streaming video from NetFlix on the new internet machine. I remember watching Cube for the first time. It’s an odd film in a lot of... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actor 1984

  

  The Contenders: F. Murray Abraham: Amadeus (winner) Tom Hulce: Amadeus Sam Waterston: The Killing Fields Jeff Bridges: Starman Albert Finney: Under the Volcano... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES