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• 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

• Ten Days of Terror!: Army of Darkness

  

  Film: Army of Darkness Format: DVD from personal collection on laptop. The Evil Dead trilogy is much beloved by horror fans. There are plenty who would put... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Ten Days of Terror!: Alien3

  

  Film: Alien3 Format: IFC on rockin’ flatscreen. The common wisdom when it comes to trilogies is that the third movie in the trilogy shits the bed. Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Ten Days of Terror!: Horror Hotel (The City of the Dead)

  

  Film: Horror Hotel (The City of the Dead)Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. There are going to be some spoilers here, so you’re warned. Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Ten Days of Terror!: A Bucket of Blood

  

  Film: A Bucket of Blood Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. I’ve waxed rhapsodic about the influence of Roger Corman on the film industry befor... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Ten Days of Terror!: Christine

  

  Film: Christine Format: DVD from Sycamore Public Library on laptop. An adaptation of a Stephen King novel is always going to be a crapshoot. Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Picture 2004

  

  The Contenders: The Aviator Finding Neverland Million Dollar Baby (winner) Ray Sideways What’s Missing As usual, there are plenty of movies that I think could b... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Ten Days of Terror!: The Mummy (1932)

  

  Film: The Mummy (1932) Format: TCM on rockin’ flatscreen. I do love the Universal monsters; it’s hard to pick a favorite. Frankenstein’s Monster is probably... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Ten Days of Terror!: The Ghost of Frankenstein

  

  Film: The Ghost of Frankenstein Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. In the early days of the Universal monster films, few of those monsters... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Ten Days of Terror!: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)

  

  Film: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) Format: TCM on rockin’ flatscreen. A few years ago, I spent my Friday posts by going through the relevant Oscar... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES