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My Favorite Movies 14 – The Docks of New York (Josef von Sternberg, 1928)
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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, […]

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Mailbag Monday 21
February 7, 2011

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 …

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Monthly Movie Reviews – January, 2011
February 1, 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 …

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IO5M 3: Isley’s Top 5 Blunders with the Opposite Sex.
January 31, 2011

Welcome back to my most infrequently occurring Monday feature!  I’m speaking, of course, of Infrequently Occurring Fifth Monday (IO5M), where I come up with a new “top 5″ list on a quad-yearly basis. My storied past …

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Middle-earth Monday 13: Edhellond
January 24, 2011

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 time …

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Minor Key Monday 13: Joy Division – 24 Hours
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  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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My Favorite Movies 13 – Dazed and Confused (Richard Linklater, 1993)
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