If Hollywood films are all merely bits of magical mythmaking, then the musicals of the 1930s are their apotheosis. In a world of romantic comedies and westerns, it is not to much of a reach to add “breaking into song […]
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Mailbag Monday 38
July 2, 2012
Hello dear readers, it’s MAILBAG MONDAY again! On this special day I will search through my mountain of reader mail and answer the five most pressing questions! What’s that you say? Do I really get that …
Monthly Movie Reviews – June, 2012
July 1, 2012
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in June. Stats Movies watched – 18 Movies that were new to me – 10 Days since last Dazed and Confused viewing – 32 Monthly Masterpieces …
Middle Earth Monday 30: The Old Forest Road
June 25, 2012
Welcome back to everyone’s favorite www.isleyunruh.com Monday feature! Middle Earth being the place of enchantment and wonder that it is, each month I will use my love of fictional cartography to transport you to another …
IMM 14: Come at me bro! Jesus VS Thor edition!
June 20, 2012
Welcome back to Internet Meme Monday! What is a meme you say? Well, as I understand it, a meme is similar to a gene, except instead of passing on genetic information it passes on cultural …
Minor Key Monday 30: Laibach – Macbeth
June 18, 2012
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 …
Seattle death metal band Infester only had one release, but damn if it wasn't an instant classic. 1994's To the Depths (In Degradation) (featuring one of my favorite song title naming conventions (that is, of …
My Favorite Movies 30 – Hackers (Iain Softley, 1995)
June 11, 2012
The A.V. Club, as part of its "New Cult Canon" series, recently published a piece on Hackers. While it correctly pointed to the impossible allure of a young Angelina Jolie's face, I felt that it largely failed to …
Mailbag Monday 37
June 4, 2012
Hello dear readers, it’s MAILBAG MONDAY again! On this special day I will search through my mountain of reader mail and answer the five most pressing questions! What’s that you say? Do I really get that …
Monthly Movie Reviews – May, 2012
June 1, 2012
Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in May. Stats Movies watched – 12 Movies that were new to me – 3 Days since last Dazed and Confused viewing – 184 Monthly Masterpieces – Dazed …