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• Good for Her!

  

  Film: Blink Twice Format: DVD from DeKalb Public Library on basement television. There’s a sub-genre of movies, typically horror and thriller movies, that are... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2025 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Psycho Killer

  

  Film: Strange Darling Format: DVD from DeKalb Public Library on basement television. There are a few films on my various lists that I will probably never watch. Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2025 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• What Some People Won't Do for a Slice

  

  Film: A Quiet Place: Day One Format: DVD from Sycamore Public Library on basement television. When A Quiet Place came out a few years ago, I thought it was a... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2025 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Adapted Screenplay 2023

  

  The Contenders: American Fiction (winner) Barbie Oppenheimer Poor Things The Zone of Interest What’s Missing It’s always interesting to me to see some of the... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2025 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Feathers McGraw

  

  Film: Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on Fire!. I love Wallace & Gromit, and I have for years. Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2025 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Cross Country

  

  Film: Will and Harper Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on rockin’ flatscreen. Most people, I think, have a fairly strong opinion about Will Ferrell. I... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2025 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Original Screenplay 2023

  

  The Contenders: Anatomy of a Fall (winner) The Holdovers Maestro May December Past Lives What’s Missing It’s not always easy to tell what belongs in Original... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2025 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Get a Gift Receipt

  

  Film: Oddity Format: DVD from Sycamore Public Library on basement television. I frequently do full reviews on newer horror movies with the thought that it is... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2025 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Monsterpiece Theater

  

  Film: Godzilla Minus One (Gojira -1.0) Format: DVD from Sycamore Public Library on basement television. I’m not really a kaiju guy. Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2025 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• What I've Caught Up With, December 2024 Part 2

  

  I managed to do something unpleasant to my knee a few weeks back, which means I wasn’t able to do anything in the gym for a few weeks. Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2025 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• What I've Caught Up With, December 2024 Part 1

  

  So I finished the year with 366 movies watched. Of those, about 285 or so were new to me, with the rest being rewatches. On the They Shoot Zombies list as it... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2025 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Animated Feature 2023

  

  The Contenders: The Boy and the Heron (winner) Elemental Nimona Robot Dreams Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse What’s Missing I don’t watch a great deal of... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2025 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Sacre Blech!

  

  Film: An American Werewolf in Paris Format: Streaming video from Peacock on Fire! Sometimes, when someone drops a sequel years after the original movie, it turn... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2025 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• End of Year Fifteen

  

  My goal every year is to watch 400 movies, and for the last few years I’ve been coming up short. I came up short again this year, but I’m a lot closer than I... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2025 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• New Wine, Old Bottle

  

  Film: Nosferatu (2024) Format: Market Square Theater (Theater 7). Sometimes I wonder what story has been filmed the most. Certainly Dracula and variations of... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Hanuman-to-Man

  

  Film: Monkey Man Format: Streaming video from Amazon Prime on Fire! There are weird confluences in movies sometimes. Every now and then, two studios release... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Banality of Evil

  

  Film: The Zone of Interest Format: Streaming video from Max on Fire! For Christmas this year my kids got me a year of HBO Max, which is honestly the only thing ... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Ten Films of Christmas

  

  There are rumors that the 1001 Movies list is getting an update. I’ve seen a list of 15 or so additions, but I also haven’t actually seen a new edition of the... Read more

  Posted on 25 December 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Il Papa è Morto

  

  Film: Conclave Format: Streaming video from Peacock on Fire! I tend to think Ralph Fiennes rarely gets the credit that he deserves. Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Jurassic Plateau

  

  Film: The Lost World (1925) Format: Streaming video from Hoopla on Fire! Some movies are important because of the story they tell, the quality of what happens o... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES