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• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actress 1970

  

  The Contenders: Carrie Snodgress: Diary of a Mad Housewife Jane Alexander: The Great White Hope Ali MacGraw: Love Story Sarah Miles: Ryan’s Daughter Glenda... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Come on Baby, Light My Fire

  

  Films: Joan of Arc Format: DVD from NetFlix on The New Portable. As I get down to the last few dozen movies on my Oscars lists, I’m starting to find more and... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wednesday Horror: The Strangers

  

  Films: The Strangers Format: DVD from Franklin Grove Public Library through interlibrary loan on The New Portable. The home invasion horror movie has been aroun... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Starry Starry Night

  

  Films: Loving Vincent Format: DVD from Dekalb Public Library on The New Portable. Frequent readers of this blog will know that I’m mostly interested in story. Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actor 2014

  

  The Contenders: Bradley Cooper: American Sniper Michael Keaton: Birdman Steve Carell: Foxcatcher Benedict Cumberbatch: The Imitation Game Eddie Redmayne: The... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Flip and Flop

  

  Films: House of Sand and Fog Format: DVD from personal collection on various players. I’m going to go far afield to introduce the idea of House of Sand and Fog... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Director 1993

  

  The Contenders: Jim Sheridan: In the Name of the Father Jane Campion: The Piano James Ivory: The Remains of the DaySteven Spielberg: Schindler’s List (winner)... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Now That's a Hangover!

  

  Films: The Morning After Format: Internet video on the new internet machine. Jane Fonda is one of those actors I have to take on a case-by-case basis. She can b... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wednesday Horror: Diary of the Dead

  

  Films: Diary of the Dead Format: DVD from LaSalle Public Library through interlibrary loan on rockin’ flatscreen. So let’s talk for a minute about George Romero. Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Punchy

  

  Film: The ChampFormat: DVD from NetFlix on The New Portable. I’ve said before that Oscar seems to be obsessed with boxing more than any other sport. Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Picture 1929-1930

  

  The Contenders: All Quiet on the Western Front (winner) The Big House Disraeli The Divorcee The Love Parade What’s Missing These early years of Oscar are... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wakanda Forever

  

  Film: Black PantherFormat: Market Square Cinema. So it only took me six weeks or so to get to Black Panther. That’s honestly pretty good for me; this marks the... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Business as Unusual

  

  Film: The Apprenticeship of Duddy KravitzFormat: Internet video on the new internet machine. With the number of movies I need to watch dropped below100, I’m... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Original Screenplay 2013

  

  The Contenders: American Hustle Blue Jasmine Dallas Buyers Club Her (winner) Nebraska What’s Missing It seems staggering to me that Gravity was five years ago,... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• When Danger is Boring

  

  Film: Casanova 70Format: Streaming video from Kanopy on rockin’ flatscreen. I really wanted to like Casanova 70. I really did. Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wednesday Horror: Cloverfield

  

  Film: CloverfieldFormat: DVD from Sycamore Public Library on The New Portable. Life is short, so I really try to focus on watching movies I’ve never seen... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Grounded

  

  Films: The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell Format: Internet video on the new internet machine. Casting a biopic is a weird thing. Do you cast for looks or the... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Adapted Screenplay 1953

  

  The Contenders: The Cruel Sea From Here to Eternity (winner) Lili Roman Holiday Shane What’s Missing There are some great stories from 1953 films, and a lot of... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Off Script: Starry Eyes

  

  Films: Starry Eyes Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on laptop. The movie industry is obsessed with itself in ways that would be evidence of psychosis in jus... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actress 1940

  

  The Contenders: Ginger Rogers: Kitty Foyle (winner) Bette Davis: The Letter Martha Scott: Our Town Katharine Hepburn: The Philadelphia Story Joan Fontaine:... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES