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• Civil Rights Are Human Rights

  

  Films: Malcolm X Format: DVD from Northern Illinois University Founders Memorial Library on laptop. For a long time, I’ve said that my favorite Spike Lee movie... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wednesday Horror: Pin

  

  Films: Pin Format: Internet video on laptop. There aren’t a lot of movies quite like Pin. Actually, that’s not quite true; there’s quite a bit of Psycho in Pin. Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Bear Market

  

  Films: Margin Call Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. I don’t pretend to understand financial markets. Watching the financial markets collapse a decade ago... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Picture 2007

  

  The Contenders: AtonementJunoMichael Clayton No Country for Old Men (winner) There Will Be Blood What’s Missing 2007 is one of those years with a lot of films... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Casting Decisions

  

  Films: Othello (1965) Format: Streaming video from Kanopy on rockin’ flatscreen. When one looks at the 1965 version of Othello, there are a lot of places one ca... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Down with the Ship

  

  Films: Titanic (1953) Format: DVD from Northern Illinois University Founders Memorial Library on rockin’ flatscreen. When it comes to movies, Titanic typically... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Original Screenplay 1980

  

  The Contenders: Brubaker Fame Melvin and Howard (winner) Mon Oncle d’AmeriquePrivate Benjamin What’s Missing No decade frustrates me more than the ’80s when it... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Sixteenth Round

  

  Film: The HurricanFormat: Showtime on big ol’ television. As the list of Oscar movies I still have to get through starts to wind down, I realize there are movie... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wednesday Horror: Under the Shadow (Zir-e Saye)

  

  Film: Under the Shadow (Zir-e Saye)Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on rockin’ flatscreen. How do you deal with a slow burn? For me, it’s something that... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Off Script: Rose Red

  

  Film: Rose Red Format: DVD from Bertolet Memorial Library through interlibrary loan on rockin’ flatscreen. Sometimes what you really want is a good haunted hous... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Adapted Screenplay 1950

  

  The Contenders: All About Eve (winner) The Asphalt Jungle Born Yesterday Broken ArrowFather of the Bride What’s Missing Well, it’s not a bad collection of... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Sing, Sing a Song

  

  Films: Florence Foster Jenkins Format: DVD from Sycamore Public Library on laptop. I’m going to say something unpopular here: The Academy needs to end its love... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actress 1971

  

  The Contenders: Jane Fonda: Klute (winner) Vanessa Redgrave: Mary, Queen of Scots Julie Christie: McCabe & Mrs. Miller Janet Suzman: Nicholas and Alexandra... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• War, Baby

  

  Films: A Farewell to Arms Format: Streaming video from Kanopy on laptop. This is another of those reviews where I feel I have to come clean at the start. I... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wednesday Horror: The Borrower

  

  Films: The Borrower Format: Internet video on laptop. Strap in, folks. This is going to be interesting. I do try to give each movie I watch a fair shot, but I... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Proud Mary

  

  Films: What’s Love Got to Do with It? Format: DVD from Lena Public Library through interlibrary loan on laptop. I’m not sure where to start with What’s Love... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actor 1954

  

  The Contenders: Humphrey Bogart: The Caine Mutiny Bing Crosby: The Country Girl Marlon Brando: On the Waterfront (winner) Dan O’Herlihy: Robinson Crusoe James... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Lord of the Dance

  

  Films: Billy Elliot Format: DVD from Somonauk Public Library through interlibrary loan on laptop. I’ve almost certainly mentioned on this blog before that both... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Maui...Wowie!

  

  Films: Moana Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on rockin’ flatscreen. It’s not often that a studio gets two films nominated for Best Animated Feature in the... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Director 1935

  

  The Contenders: Michael Curtiz: Captain Blood (write-in) John Ford: The Informer (winner) Henry Hathaway: The Lives of a Bengal LancerFrank Lloyd: Mutiny on... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES