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• 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

• ...Burma Shave

  

  Films: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Format: DVD from NetFlix on The New Portable. Going into Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (hereafter... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Colonizers Gonna Colonize

  

  Films: Indochine Format: DVD from Northern Illinois University Founders Memorial Library on various players. I’m not sure what it is about an epic that makes... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Original Screenplay 1991

  

  The Contenders: Boyz n the Hood Bugsy The Fisher King Grand Canyon Thelma & Louise (winner) What’s Missing As tends to be the case, I like some of the... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Alien Lanes

  

  Films: Starman Format: DVD from personal collection on The New Portable. One of my favorite pieces of Oscar trivia is that Wes Craven once directed Meryl... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wednesday Horror: Maniac (1980)

  

  Films: Maniac (1980) Format: DVD from NetFlix on The New Portable. I know I’ve referenced the Video Bug a few times in the past here. Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Films: 10 Cloverfield Lane Format: DVD from Sycamore Publ...

  

  Films: 10 Cloverfield Lane Format: DVD from Sycamore Public Library on laptop. I was less enamored of Cloverfield than a lot of people. Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Adapted Screenplay 1958

  

  The Contenders: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Gigi (winner) The Horse’s Mouth I Want to Live! Separate Tables What’s Missing It happens that 1958 was a solid year for... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Allegory, Emphasis on "Gory"

  

  Films: mother! Format: Blu-ray from DeKalb Public Library on rockin’ flatscreen. I know roughly where I am starting out with this, but I have no idea where I’m... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Prime Minister's Speech

  

  Films: Darkest Hour Format: Blu-ray from DeKalb Public Library on rockin’ flatscreen. For the next 800-1200 words I’m going to talk about Darkest Hour, but I’m... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES