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• 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

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actress 1944

  

  The Contenders: Barbara Stanwyck: Double Indemnity Ingrid Bergman: Gaslight (winner)Bette Davis: Mr. Skeffington Greer Garson: Mrs. Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Human Sextipede

  

  Films: La RondeFormat: Streaming video from Kanopy on laptop. I don’t particularly like writing two less-than-enthusiastic reviews in a row. In fact, I don’t... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wednesday Horror: Lighthouse (Dead of Night (1999))

  

  Film: Lighthouse (Dead of Night (1999))Format: Internet video on laptop. When a list of movies—any list—is put together by committee, I imagine there is some... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Celine and Jesse Go Through Life

  

  Films: Before Sunset; Before Midnight Format: DVD from personal collection (Sunset) and Sycamore Public Library (Midnight) on laptop. Years ago, former blogger... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actor 2013

  

  The Contenders: Chiwetel Ejiofor: 12 Years a Slave Christian Bale: American Hustle Matthew McConaughey: Dallas Buyers Club (winner) Bruce Dern: Nebraska Leonard... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Book Learnin'

  

  Films: The Reader Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. In the past, I’ve taken a stand on what I think about Holocaust dramas. I get why they are made and I get... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Getting Lost in a Part

  

  Films: A Double Life Format: Internet video on laptop. I didn’t know anything about A Double Life going into it. What I discovered soon after starting is that... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Director 1938

  

  The Contenders: Michael Curtiz: Angels with Dirty Faces Norman Taurog: Boys Town King Vidor: The Citadel Michael Curtiz: Four Daughters Frank Capra: You Can’t... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• For Art's Sake

  

  Films: The Horse’s Mouth Format: Streaming video from Kanopy on laptop. Alec Guinness was one of the great cinematic chameleons. Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wednesday Horror: X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes

  

  Films: X (X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes) Format: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. I do love good science fiction and I always have. I think we’re... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Anytown, USA

  

  Films: Our Town Format: Internet video on laptop. Our Town is based on a stage play, and it manages to do something that many films do not: it doesn’t... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Picture 2003

  

  The Contenders: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (winner) Lost in Translation Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Mystic River... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Shirley Valentine's Patient Zero

  

  Films: Summertime Format: Streaming video from Kanopy on laptop. When you think of David Lean, you probably think of epic films, but those films are from the en... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES