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• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Picture 1972

  

  The Contenders: Cabaret Deliverance The Emigrants The Godfather (winner) Sounder What’s Missing The Academy did a pretty solid job in the nominations for Best... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Transplants

  

  Film: Dirty Pretty Things Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. I go into a lot of movies pretty cold. As I get closer and closer to finishing my Oscar lists, I... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Not Another War Movie

  

  Film: Seven Beauties (Pasqualino Settebellezze) Format: Internet video on laptop. With the movies that are on my Oscar list that are harder to find, I... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Original Screenplay 1984

  

  The Contenders: Beverly Hills Cop Broadway Danny RoseEl Norte Places in the Heart (winner) Splash What’s Missing There are going to be a lot of movies for me... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Off Script: Saw

  

  Film: Saw Format: DVD from Sycamore Public Library on laptop. I’m probably one of the last horror fans to watch Saw. Out of respect to those reading this, I’ll... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wednesday Horror: The Crazies (2010)

  

  Film: The Crazies (2010) Format: DVD from Sycamore Public Library on laptop. There are a lot of things you can say about George Romero. His ideas are often... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• A Comment

  

  I didn’t really feel like watching a movie today. That’s not something I say that often. Over the last several days/weeks/feels like forever, allegations of... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Adapted Screenplay 1941

  

  The Contenders: Here Comes Mr. Jordan (winner) Hold Back the Dawn How Green Was My Valley The Little Foxes The Maltese Falcon What’s Missing I don’t have a lot... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Family Drama

  

  Film: Little Women (1994) Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. I’ll be blunt: Little Women was not made with me in mind. I went into this dreading it for one... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Fade

  

  Film: Still Alice Format: DVD from Northern Illinois University Founders Memorial Library on laptop. I’ve avoided Still Alice until now for a variety of reasons. Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actress 1960

  

  The Contenders: Shirley MacLaine: The Apartment Elizabeth Taylor: Butterfield 8 (winner) Melina Mercouri: Never on Sunday Deborah Kerr: The Sundowners Greer... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Sounds Like a Typical Couple

  

  Film: A Man and a Woman (Un Homme et une Femme)Format: DVD from Rock Island Public Library through interlibrary loan on laptop. Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wednesday Horror: From Beyond

  

  Film: From Beyond Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. Some actors have a particular milieu in which he or she is either particularly known or particularly... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Noir-ish

  

  Film: Angels Over Broadway Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. I went into Angels Over Broadway completely cold. Based on the title alone, I guessed that this... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actor 1950

  

  The Contenders: Jose Ferrer: Cyrano de Bergerac (winner) Spencer Tracy: Father of the Bride James Stewart: Harvey Louis Calhern: The Magnificent Yankee William... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Culture Shock

  

  Film: Captain Fantastic Format: DVD from Northern Illinois University Founders Memorial Library on laptop. A few years ago, the documentary Surfwise showed up o... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Off Script: Isle of the Dead

  

  Film: Isle of the Dead Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. There are a few things you know you’re going to get with a Val Lewton-produced movie. Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Director 2011

  

  The Contenders: Michel Hazanavicius: The Artist (winner) Alexander Payne: The Descendants Martin Scorsese: Hugo Woody Allen: Midnight in Paris Terrence Malick:... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Ocean is Pretty Mean, Too

  

  Film: The Cruel Sea Format: DVD from personal collection on laptop. While my current genres of choice are science fiction and horror, I grew up on war movies. Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wednesday Horror: Night of the Creeps

  

  Film: Night of the Creeps Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. When a genre gets to a certain point, a lot of tropes develop for it. There are clichés that are... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES