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The story of one man's odyssey of watching every movie ever contained in the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die" series
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Ten Days of Terror!: Rabid
Films: Rabid Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. David Cronenberg is best known for body horror films. Even much of the last decade’s examples of his filmograph... Read more
Posted on 24 October 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Adapted Screenplay 1932-1933
The Contenders: Lady for a Day Little Women (winner) State Fair What’s Missing The Oscars for 1933 actually cover a year and a half of movies. Read more
Posted on 23 October 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Ten Days of Terror!: Land of the Dead
Films: Land of the Dead Format: IFC on rockin’ flatscreen. When George Romero created Night of the Living Dead he essentially invented a new subgenre of horror... Read more
Posted on 23 October 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Ten Days of Terror!: Lake Placid
Films: Lake Placid Format: Syfy on rockin’ flatscreen. Oh, I really wanted to like Lake Placid. I wanted to like it when I saw it in the theater in 1999 and I... Read more
Posted on 23 October 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Ten Days of Terror!: Pitch Black
Films: Pitch Black Format: Syfy Channel on rockin’ flatscreen. There are only a few basic science fiction stories. I read somewhere that the classic science... Read more
Posted on 23 October 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Ten Days of Terror!: Zombie (Zombi 2)
Film: Zombie (Zombi 2)Format: Internet video on laptop. How a film gets made and marketed is often almost as interesting as the film itself. Read more
Posted on 22 October 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Ten Days of Terror!: Tremors
Films: Tremors Format: Syfy Channel on rockin’ flatscreen. I like Kevin Bacon as an actor, and I’m not alone in that. There’s a reason that “Six Degrees of... Read more
Posted on 22 October 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Ten Days of Terror!: It (1990)
Films: It (1990) (Stephen King’s It) Format: DVD from Morris Area Public Library through interlibrary loan on rockin’ flatscreen. There was a time in my life... Read more
Posted on 22 October 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
The Next Ten Days
For the last few years, I've reviewed a bunch of horror movies in October. I like horror movies; war movies, science fiction, and horror movies are very much... Read more
Posted on 21 October 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actress 2013
The Contenders: Amy Adams: American HustleMeryl Streep: August: Osage County Cate Blanchett: Blue Jasmine (winner) Sandra Bullock: Gravity Judi Dench:... Read more
Posted on 20 October 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Growing Old Ungracefully
Films: KotchFormat: DVD from Somonauk Public Library through interlibrary loan on laptop. There are plenty of screen pairings that become legendary. Fred and... Read more
Posted on 20 October 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Wednesday Horror: Salem's Lot
Film: Salem’s Lot Format: IFC on rockin’ flatscreen. One of the reasons I enjoy horror movies is that I find them to be similar to roller coasters. They’re a... Read more
Posted on 18 October 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Kiss My Grits
Films: Alice Doesn’t Live Here AnymoreFormat: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. When you think of Martin Scorsese, chances are good that you think... Read more
Posted on 18 October 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actor 1981
The Contenders: Paul Newman: Absence of Malice Dudley Moore: ArthurBurt Lancaster: Atlantic CityHenry Fonda: On Golden Pond (winner) Warren Beatty: Reds What’s... Read more
Posted on 16 October 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Jokerman
Films: Toni ErdmannFormat: DVD from Northern Illinois University Founders Memorial Library on rockin’ flatscreen. When I finished the 1001 Movies list, I though... Read more
Posted on 15 October 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Director 1964
The Contenders: Peter Glenville: Becket Stanley Kubrick: Dr. Strangelove Robert Stevenson: Mary PoppinsGeorge Cukor: My Fair Lady (winner) Michael Cacoyannis:... Read more
Posted on 13 October 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
You'll Want to Escape, Though
Films: Escape Me NeverFormat: Internet video on laptop. When I drop back into the earliest years of Oscar, I generally know a couple of things. Read more
Posted on 13 October 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Wednesday Horror: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Films: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein Format: DVD from Mt. Morris Library on various players. I remember when Kenneth Branagh’s version of Frankenstein, sometimes... Read more
Posted on 11 October 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Be Fruitful and Multiply
Films: The Seven Little Foys Format: DVD from Northern Illinois University Founders Memorial Library on laptop. I’ve checked out The Seven Little Foys from the... Read more
Posted on 11 October 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Picture 1991
The Contenders: Beauty and the Beast Bugsy JFK The Prince of Tides The Silence of the Lambs (winner) What’s Missing 1991 is a great film year, although I’d be... Read more
Posted on 09 October 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES