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• It is Balloon!

  

  Film: The Red Balloon (Le Ballon Rouge)Format: Various media on multiple players. DVDs are a lot like sports officials and autocorrect in one important... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wednesday Horror: Bug

  

  Film: Bug Format: DVD from Manhattan-Elwood Public Library through interlibrary loan on The New Portable. Bug is one of those movies that I think you either... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actor 1963

  

  The Contenders: Rex Harrison: Cleopatra Paul Newman: Hud Sidney Poitier: Lilies of the Field (winner) Richard Harris: This Sporting Life Albert Finney: Tom Jone... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Off Script: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)

  

  Film: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. There’s something oddly reassuring to me about sliding into a film... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• She's Got a Good Personality...or Two

  

  Film: The Three Faces of Eve Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on the latest internet machine. Posting this review today is something of a milestone for me. Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Director 1987

  

  The Contenders: Adrian Lyne: Fatal Attraction John Boorman: Hope and Glory Bernardo Bertolucci: The Last Emperor (winner) Norman Jewison: Moonstruck Lasse... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Really Junior Executives

  

  Film: The Boss Baby Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on the latest internet machine. When The Boss Baby was nominated for Best Animated Feature, I knew... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wednesday Horror: Red Eye

  

  Film: Red Eye Format: DVD from personal collection on The New Portable. I’ve been a Wes Craven fan for a long time. I have nothing but respect for the guy who... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Children of Divorce

  

  Film: The Squid and the Whale Format: DVD from personal collection on laptop. This is going to be painful. I’m a child of divorce and The Squid and the Whale... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Picture 2011

  

  The Contenders: The Artist (winner) The Descendants Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close The Help Hugo Midnight in Paris Moneyball The Tree of Life War Horse... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Falling for Flying

  

  Film: Crazy Heart Format: DVD from DeKalb Public Library on laptop. So it’s Oscar night and while I watch and live-tweet the awards (something I’ve literally... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• 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