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• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actress 2001

  

  The Contenders: Renee Zellweger: Bridget Jones’s Diary Sissy Spacek: In the Bedroom Judi Dench: Iris Halle Berry: Monster’s Ball (winner) Nicole Kidman: Moulin... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Prosecution on Defense

  

  Film: Boomerang! Format: Internet video on laptop. Every now and then, you get a movie that you almost can’t explain. We tend to expect certain things from... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wednesday Horror: Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles

  

  Film: Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles Format: DVD from Sycamore Public Library on rockin’ flatscreen. Years ago, I had a student write a pape... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Place Before Peyton

  

  Film: Kings Row Format: DVD from NetFlix on rockin’ flatscreen. When I think of movies from the 1940s, I tend to think of film noir and films that did what... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actor 1978

  

  The Contenders: Laurence Olivier: The Boys from Brazil Gary Busey: The Buddy Holly Story Jon Voight: Coming Home Robert De Niro: The Deer Hunter Warren Beatty:... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Camelot Has Fallen

  

  Film: Jackie Format: DVD from Northern Illinois University Founders Memorial Library on various players. I can’t say that I was overly excited about the prospec... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Director 1944

  

  The Contenders: Billy Wilder: Double Indemnity Leo McCarey: Going My Way (winner) Otto Preminger: Laura Alfred Hitchcock: Lifeboat Henry King: Wilson What’s... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Father Figure

  

  Film: About a Boy Format: HBO Go on rockin’ flatscreen. I still have a large number of movies that I need to watch, but the number is getting smaller and... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wednesday Horror: The Other

  

  Films: The Other Format: DVD from NetFlix on rockin’ flatscreen. When you see the poster for 1972’s The Other, it comes as no surprise that we’re going to be... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• White People (Solve) Problems

  

  Film: Grand Canyon Format: DVD from Sycamore Public Library on rockin’ flatscreen. Grand Canyon earned some immediate cred from when in an early scene, Kevin... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Picture 1958

  

  The Contenders: Auntie Mame Cat on a Hot Tin Roof The Defiant Ones Gigi (winner) Separate Tables What’s Missing Looking at the nominees for 1958, it would seem... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Living in Django's Shadow

  

  Film: Sweet and Lowdown Format: DVD from Franklin Grove Public Library through interlibrary loan on laptop. Before I get into the nuts and bolts of Sweet and... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Bus Stop

  

  Film: Central Station (Central do Brasil) Format: DVD from DeKalb Public Library on rockin’ flatscreen. I complain a great deal on this blog about plots that... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Original Screenplay 1997

  

  The Contenders: As Good as it Gets Boogie Nights Deconstructing Harry The Full Monty Good Will Hunting (winner) What’s Missing There are some gaping holes in th... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Have Makeup Case, Will Act

  

  Film: Man of a Thousand Faces Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. When you know the name of the movie Man of a Thousand Faces, there’s no shock what it’s going... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wednesday Horror: The Uninvited (1944)

  

  Film: The Uninvited (1944) Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. There’s something about classic horror movies that I love. Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Side Dishes

  

  Films: The Facts of Life Format: DVD from Mokena Community Public Library through interlibrary loan on laptop. Infidelity has long been a plot point in plenty o... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong: Best Adapted Screenplay 2013

  

  The Contenders: 12 Years a Slave (winner)Before Midnight Captain Phillips Philomena The Wolf of Wall Street What’s Missing I don’t love all of the nominations... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Free at Last?

  

  Films: 13th Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on laptop. A few days ago, fellow 1001 List completer Adolytsi posted news that the next version of the book,... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Where You Goin' with That Gun in Your Hand?

  

  Films: Joe Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. Sometimes with NetFlix, I play a game I call “What will I get roulette.” The idea is that I stack all of the... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES