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My Favorite Movies 56: Gunga Din (George Stevens, 1939)
August 11, 2014

Exotic locales, daring displays of machismo, and high adventure–in addition to being the basic ingredients for a Bond movie, these are also some of my favorite things to watch in non-Bond movies as well.  Unfortunately, most of the time when you […]

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An Open Letter to ABC RE: Your so-called ReaLARPy show, The Quest
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Greetings ABC television network.  Eugene Pendergrass here, you may know me from such extraordinarily exasperated open letters as, "An Open Letter to The CW RE: Your imbecilic decision to cancel Arrow," “An Open Letter to www.isleyunruh.com RE: …

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Mailbag Monday 63
August 4, 2014

Want to have your pressing questions answered by Isley Unruh himself? Send all queries HERE, and I will get to them as soon as I can on a future Mailbag Monday! Welcome back to Mailbag Monday!  On …

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Monthly Movie Reviews – July, 2014
August 1, 2014

Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in July. Stats Movies watched – 24 Movies that were new to me – 13 Sherlock Holmes movies – 4 Monthly Masterpieces – This is Spinal Tap, The Firemen’s Ball   July …

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Middle-earth Monday 55: The Swanfleet
July 27, 2014

Welcome back to everyone’s favorite www.isleyunruh.com Monday feature! Middle-earth being the land of enchantment and wonder that it is, each month I will use my love of fictional cartography to transport you to another time …

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Minor Key Monday 55: J.S. Bach – St. John Passion, Herr, unser Herrscher
July 21, 2014

I always have to stop myself when I say I like “all kinds of music”.  Because, honestly, that just isn’t true, there is really only one kind of music I like.  No, not [just] Black …

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Mid-month Metal Masterpiece 55: Sortilège – Sortilège (1983)
July 15, 2014

Though France is known for its filthy black metal, you don't hear as much about more traditional French "heavy metal" bands.  Still, they are out there, and Sortilège is one of the earliest and still the …

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My Favorite Movies 55: The Firemen’s Ball (Milos Forman, 1967)
July 14, 2014

Though the human race may be loathe to admit it, the desire to see the world burn is found within the hearts of more than just Batman villains.  Who hasn't experienced a small illicit thrill …

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Mailbag Monday 62: ALL NEW, now with actual reader questions!
July 7, 2014

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