This is Spinal Tap is not the first "mockumentary," but it is probably the most famous one. And, in a time when the genre can be seen all over film (Borat, Bruno, and the slew …
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Movies, and my thoughts on them.
Monthly Movie Reviews – May, 2013
June 1, 2013
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in May. Stats Movies watched – 15 Movies that were new to me – 9 Star Trek movies – 3 Monthly Masterpieces – The Adventures of Robin Hood, Out …
For the uninitiated, film noir can be a disappointing thing. The colorful dialog often veers dangerously close to camp Calvin and Hobbes "Tracer Bullet" self-parody, while the B-movie visuals sometimes aren't quite as stylish as …
Monthly Movie Reviews – April, 2013
May 2, 2013
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in April. Stats Movies watched – 14 Movies that were new to me – 13 John Carpenter movies – 2 Monthly Masterpieces – none April 27 Slomo (2013) - …
My Favorite Movies 40 – Gummo (Harmony Korine, 1997)
April 8, 2013
Gummo is a movie people either hate or love. Or, more accurately, Gummo is a movie people either hate, or are apologists for--and today I guess I will be taking the apologist tack. After all, …
Monthly Movie Reviews – March, 2013
April 1, 2013
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in March. Stats Movies watched – 11 Movies that were new to me – 7 John Carpenter movies – 4 Monthly Masterpieces – Battleship, Deliverance, Beware of a …
German director R.W. Fassbinder has always been fascinated with the human desire for love and the soul crushing games of power that the human desire for love wreaks on those who attempt to be loved. …
Monthly Movie Reviews – February, 2013
March 1, 2013
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in February. Stats Movies watched – 11 Movies that were new to me – 10 Silent Westerns – 3 Monthly Masterpieces – The Asphalt Jungle February 24 …
Isley Reviews the 2012 Oscar nominees (plus best movies of 2012 list!)
February 24, 2013
Here we are on year four of me actually watching all the shitty best picture nominations so you don't have to. And you know what? They are actually getting better, there was only really one …
My Favorite Movies 38 – The Asphalt Jungle (John Huston, 1950)
February 11, 2013
Man do I love heist movies. I'm not talking about wacky romps like the Ocean's 11 movies (though they are fine for what they are), I'm talking about the old school heist movies where EVERYBODY fucking …