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• Off Script: Constantine

  

  Film: Constantine Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on The Nook. Constantine is the sort of movie that I really want to like. It’s more or less The Matrix... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wednesday Horror: Dark Waters (Temnye Vody)

  

  Films: Dark Waters (Temnye Vody)Format: Internet video on laptop. A lot of horror movies get a good amount of mileage through the use of religious imagery. Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Sticky Situation

  

  Films: The Big Pond Format: Internet video on laptop. Finding movies on the internet, particularly those from the first few years of Oscar, is always a mixed... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actor 1983

  

  The Contenders: Tom Courtenay: The Dresser Albert Finney: The Dresser Michael Caine: Educating Rita Tom Conti: Reuben, Reuben Robert Duvall: Tender Mercies... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Crazy

  

  Films: Frances Format: DVD from Mokena Community Public Library through interlibrary loan on laptop. I don’t know why I haven’t really warmed to Jessica Lange a... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Sisters Are Doing It for Themselves

  

  Films: Hidden Figures Format: DVD from NetFlix on rockin’ flatscreen. When I first heard about Hidden Figures, I knew it was going to be a movie that I really... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Director 2012

  

  The Contenders: Michael Haneke: Amour Benh Zeitlin: Beasts of the Southern Wild Ang Lee: Life of Pi (winner) Steven Spielberg: Lincoln David O. Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Dubliners?

  

  Films: Ulysses Format: Internet video on laptop. I don’t claim to be a genius, but it’s a rare film where I don’t have something to say. Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wednesday Horror: Cannibal Holocaust

  

  Films: Cannibal Holocaust Format: Streaming video from Kanopy on laptop. Watching from a list means opening yourself up to a lot of possibilities. In the case o... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• You Ain't Nothing but a Hound Dog

  

  Films: My Life as a Dog (Mitt Liv som Hund) Format: Streaming video from Kanopy on laptop. In the last few months, I’ve gone on a tear about Holocaust films... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Picture 1950

  

  The Contenders: All About Eve (winner) Born Yesterday Father of the Bride King Solomon’s Mines Sunset Boulevard What’s Missing There’s plenty of room for... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Math Majors Hate Him! Click to Find Out Why!

  

  Films: Good Will Hunting Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. So I finally caught up with Good Will Hunting. It’s only taken my 20 years to get there. Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Off Script: Wes Craven's New Nightmare

  

  Film: Wes Craven’s New Nightmare Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on The Nook. I love Wes Craven’s work. I think even now, two years after his death, we’re... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Original Screenplay 1998

  

  The Contenders: Bulworth Life is Beautiful Shakespeare in Love (winner) Saving Private Ryan The Truman Show What’s Missing Every now and then you get a year lik... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• She's So Modern

  

  Films: Bridget Jones’s Dary Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on laptop. I’ve never really cottoned to Renee Zellweger. This has been a problem for this... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wednesday Horror: Sleepy Hollow

  

  Films: Sleepy Hollow Format: DVD from personal collection on laptop. I’m not what anyone would mistake for a Tim Burton apologist. I like plenty of his movies,... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Off Script: The Stone Tape

  

  Film: The Stone Tape Format: Internet video on The Nook. We live in a golden age of television to be sure. Shows now have actual budgets, for instance. Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Adapted Screenplay 1973

  

  The Contenders: The Exorcist (winner) The Last Detail The Paper Chase Paper Moon Serpico What’s Missing There are some really interesting choices for Best... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Conscientious Objector

  

  Films: Hacksaw Ridge Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. I can’t say that I was really looking forward to Hacksaw Ridge. Mel Gibson has demonstrated in the... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Off Script: Bone Tomahawk

  

  Films: Bone Tomahawk Format: DVD from Sycamore Public Library on laptop. I’d heard about Bone Tomahawk and that it was a grueling horror movie worth seeing.... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES