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• Wednesday Horror: Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon

  

  Film: Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon Format: DVD from personal collection on The New Portable. While I love a good horror movie, I can’t admit that... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• A Dickens of a Story

  

  Film: David Copperfield Format: Turner Classic Movies on big ol’ television. My mother is a big fan of the work of Charles Dickens. I’m not; I think it’s eviden... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Adapted Screenplay 1961

  

  The Contenders: Breakfast at Tiffany’s The Guns of Navarone The Hustler Judgment at Nuremberg (winner) West Side Story What’s Missing I’ve evidently seen fewer... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Obligatory Shocking Blue Reference

  

  Film: Venus Format: DVD from NetFlix on The New Portable. Frequent readers of this blog will know that one of the things I take a stand on is the May/December... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actress 2002

  

  The Contenders: Renee Zellweger: Chicago Julianne Moore: Far from Heaven Salma Hayek: Frida Nicole Kidman: The Hours (winner) Diane Lane: Unfaithful What’s... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Off Script: The Creeping Flesh

  

  Film: The Creeping Flesh Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. It’s hard not to love Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee films from the ‘50s throug... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wednesday Horror: The Mummy (1999)

  

  Film: The Mummy (1999) Format: DVD from personal collection on The New Portable. Brace yourself, folks; I’m going to get effusive here for a few minutes. Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• My Wild Irish Rows

  

  Film: The Field Format: DVD from Rockford Public Library on The New Portable. I think it’s easy to think of Richard Harris as his last roles. Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actor 1971

  

  The Contenders: Chaim Topol: Fiddler on the Roof Gene Hackman: The French Connection (winner) George C. Scott: The Hospital Walter Matthau: Kotch Peter Finch:... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Off Script: American Mary

  

  Film: American Mary Format: DVD from NetFlix on The New Portable. I am a fan of the horror genre and have been for decades, but there are things that bother... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Director 1943

  

  The Contenders: Michael Curtiz: Casablanca (winner) Ernst Lubitsch: Heaven Can Wait Clarence Brown: The Human Comedy George Stevens: The More the Merrier Henry... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• 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