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FOF #1153 – Wish I Were an #oscarweiners

This year’s Oscars with a new ranking-voting system. Our friend and movie buff Curtis Jensen shares with us his insights about the awards and how the new system impacts who wins.

Plus: Patti Lupone and Mandy Patinkin tear up the Windy City, a woman gets an unexpected breast augmentation, death by Sauna, breath by Chocolate, Killer whale woes and a letter from listeners in San Diego looking for a little friendship.

Posted in: Podcast 15 years ago 1

Curtis’ View From the Back Row: Percy Jackson & the Olympians, the Lightning Thief

Hollywood is trying again.  Every studio wants a new teen focused franchise and the latest attempt is “Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightening Thief” a trifle of a fantasy epic full of the paint […]

Posted in: Culture & Style, Images, Movies 15 years ago 2

Gingerbread Video 2009! Chateau Vaux Le Vicomte

Here it is, after many hours of editing my 2009 gingerbread video is ready.  This year’s project: the Chateau Vaux le Vicomte.  Enjoy and Happy Holidays!

Posted in: Culture & Style, Food & Drink, Videos 15 years ago 17

Curtis’ View From the Back Row: Up in the Air

I’ll admit it right up front-  This was one of my most anticipated films of the year and not just because America’s best “movie star” actor, George Clooney, is working at the very top of […]

Posted in: Culture & Style, Images, Movies 15 years ago 1

Curtis’ View From the Back Row: Fantastic Mr. Fox

Wes Anderson is a director with a quirky world view.  When Rushmore debuted in 1996 with its quirky attitude on character, dialogue and story, it felt like a witty breath of fresh air.  But, with […]

Posted in: Animals, Culture & Style, Movies 15 years ago 1

Curtis’ View From the Back Row: The Road

I really was feeling too happy after Thanksgiving.  I needed something to knock me down a peg or two, something to remind me of the relentless hopelessness of the Great Recession, the inert Health Care […]

Posted in: Culture & Style, Images, Movies 15 years ago 3

Curtis’ View From the Back Row: The Twilight Saga: New Moon

They’re back.  Last year’s most bloodless and sexless vampires have returned to the screen in part two of the Twilight franchise. By now you have to be living under a rock to not know about […]

Posted in: Culture & Style, Images, Movies 15 years ago 12

Curtis’ View From the Back Row: Precious Based on the Novel ”Push” by Sapphire

The power of Oprah compels you.  Resistance is definitely futile. Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire is, in case you have been living under a rock, the Oprah certified, Tyler Perry approved (and […]

Posted in: Images, Movies 15 years ago 2

Curtis’ View From the Back Row: 2012

I have to confess something right up front.  I’m a disaster film junkie. When I was a little boy back in the 1970’s during what I consider the golden age of the disaster film I […]

Posted in: Images, Movies 15 years ago 16

FOF #1085 – Chicago’s Halloween Secret

Curtis Jensen joins us to talk about the Halloween Parade in Chicago. In the news: Levi Johnston disses the Palins, a man claims to be too fat to kill, California eyes legalizing pot and a phone call from a listener.

Posted in: Featured, Podcast 15 years ago 4