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• Art Imitates Life Imitates Art

  

  Film: In Cold Blood Format: DVD from Northern Illinois University Founders Memorial Library on The New Portable. I’ve put off watching In Cold Blood for a few... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Original Screenplay 1996

  

  The Contenders: Fargo (winner) Jerry Maguire Lone Star Secrets & Lies Shine What’s Missing 1996 is a fine year for movies and a really good year for horror. Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wrestling with a Problem

  

  Film: Women in Love Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. Women in Love was one of those movies that has been unfindable for me since I started... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wednesday Horror: Raising Cain

  

  Film: Raising Cain Format: DVD from Peotone Public Library through interlibrary loan on The New Portable. There was a glorious moment of time in the 1980s and... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Now That's a Busy Day!

  

  Film: Training Day Format: DVD from personal collection on The New Portable. One of the greatest television shows ever made was Chapelle’s Show, and one of the... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Adapted Screenplay 2007

  

  The Contenders: Atonement Away from Her The Diving Bell and the Butterfly No Country for Old Men (winner) There Will Be Blood What’s Missing 2007 is a great... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Unbearable Length of This Movie

  

  Film: The Unbearable Lightness of Being Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. Sometimes I look at the list of movies I still have to watch for my Oscar... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Familiar Territory

  

  Film: The Breadwinner Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on the latest internet machine. I bought a Chromebook today because there are new restrictions that... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actress 1974

  

  The Contenders: Ellen Burstyn: Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (winner) Faye Dunaway: Chinatown Diahann Carroll: Claudine Valerie Perrine: Lenny Gena Rowlands: ... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Still's Disease

  

  Film: The Big Sick Format: DVD from Sycamore Public Library on laptop. The most interesting thing going into The Big Sick for me was Kumail Nanjiani, who I’d... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Off Script: The Satanic Rites of Dracula

  

  Film: The Satanic Rites of Dracula Format: DVD from personal collection on rockin’ flatscreen. Christmas money is a wonderful thing. Give me a $50 gift card... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actor 1946

  

  The Contenders: Fredric March: The Best Years of Our Lives (winner) Laurence Olivier: Henry V James Stewart: It’s a Wonderful Life Larry Parks: The Jolson... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Pearl

  

  Film: The Rose Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. There are a few important things I need to say before I delve too far into The Rose. Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Off Script: The Thing from Another World

  

  Film: The Thing from Another World Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. I have a huge soft spot for science fiction from the 1950s. Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Director 1965

  

  The Contenders: William Wyler: The Collector John Schlesinger: Darling David Lean: Doctor Zhivago Robert Wise: The Sound of Music (winner) Hiroshi Teshigahara:... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Highland Flung

  

  Film: The Hasty Heart Format: Turner Classic Movies on big ol’ televison. There are plenty of times I go into a movie without knowing a great deal about it. Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wednesday Horror: Predator

  

  Film: Predator Format: DVD from Sycamore Public Library on laptop. I’m often a little nervous going into a movie that was important to me in my past. If you gre... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Off Script: Goodnight, Mommy (Ich Seh, Ich Seh)

  

  Film: Goodnight Mommy (Ich Seh, Ich Seh) Format: DVD from Sycamore Public Library on laptop. I remember seeing the trailer for Goodnight Mommy (Ich Seh, Ich... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Picture 2005

  

  The Contenders: Brokeback Mountain Capote Crash (winner) Good Night and Good Luck Munich What’s Missing There are a lot of movies I like quite a bit released... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Withdrawal Symptoms

  

  Films: Dunkirk Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. It’s that time of year once again. The Oscar nominations have happened and, as I posted a few weeks ago, ther... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES