Film
Monthly Movie Reviews – March, 2011
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in March. Stats Movies watched – 13 Movies that were new to me – 6 Black comedies – 2 Monthly Masterpieces – Cabin in the Sky, Touchez Pas au Grisbi March 30 The Paradine Case (1947) – This film has too many flaws to…
Read MoreMy Favorite Movies 15 – Touchez Pas au Grisbi (Jacques Becker, 1954)
From the very beginning cinema has been fascinated with the character of the gangster. These onscreen rebels who live outside normal society have undergone many permutations over the years, from hoodlum to organized criminal. However, my favorite type of gangster is the post High Sierra (1941) professional (and honorable) career criminal and this is the…
Read MoreMonthly Movie Reviews – February, 2011
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in February. Stats Movies watched – 24 Movies that were new to me – 19 Shitty Hitchcock movies – 2 Monthly Masterpieces – The Docks of New York February 28 Moguls and Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010) – This documentary has…
Read MoreIsley Reviews the 2010 Oscar nominees (plus best movies of 2010 list!)
Here we are at Oscars time again, and here I am reviewing all the best picture nominees again. Kind of reminds me of Valentine’s Day, everyone knows it is a bullshit holiday and yet it still gets talked about far more than it should come February. Still, for what it is worth, these are what…
Read MoreMy Favorite Movies 14 – The Docks of New York (Josef von Sternberg, 1928)
It’s a common misconception to think of all silent films as primitive, sped-up affairs with histrionic acting and a lot of makeup. Now, not that there’s anything wrong with the primitive sped-up silent films with a lot of arm waving, but there are also a lot of silent films that are just as polished and…
Read MoreMonthly Movie Reviews – January, 2011
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in January. Stats Movies watched – 37 Movies that were new to me – 33 Romantic Comedies – 14ish Monthly Masterpieces – Army of Shadows January 31 Hitch (2005) – Though this has a bit of trouble juggling the multiple story lines without the…
Read MoreMy Favorite Movies 13 – Dazed and Confused (Richard Linklater, 1993)
So, even though I’m in film school now and people are making me write about movies, I still like writing about movies in my free time. Thus, I’m switching from the monthly “Internet Meme Monday” feature to a more sustainable monthly “My Favorite Movies” feature. I’ve written about my favorite movies in the past, and this “new”…
Read More2010 – Year in Reviews
Every time the end of the year comes around I always get the same questions. How many movies did you watch last year? What were the best ones? How many did you watch by decade? Well fear not, because I’m here to answer all such questions today! How many movies did I watch in the…
Read MoreMonthly Movie Reviews – December, 2010
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in December. Stats Movies watched – 15 Movies that were new to me – 7 Hitchcock to Holmes ratio – 3 to 2 Monthly Masterpieces – It’s a Wonderful Life December 30 The Black Swan (2010) – Well made, but ultimately rather underwhelming…
Read MoreMonthly Movie Reviews – November, 2010
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in November. Stats Movies watched – 24 Movies that were new to me – 18 Percent increase in Dazed and Confused viewings from last month – 100% Monthly Masterpieces – Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, Dazed and Confused November 26 The Land Before Time…
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