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My Favorite Movies 7 – Five Easy Pieces (Bob Rafelson, 1970)
Five Easy Pieces is a movie about alienation. Of course that is an awfully broad subject, and one that is perennially in fashion for artsy…
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My third favorite movie in the whole world: Play Time
This series of “my favorite movies in the whole world” is going to get increasingly silly as no one can really say what their 34th…
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Nerd Dating – Advice for the rest of you!
Now, I know a lot of you are saying to yourselves: “What is this, Isley is giving dating advice for nerds? What could a cool…
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I totally hesitantly recommend The Book of the New Sun!
I don’t actually read a lot of fantasy for someone whose favorite book is The Lord of the Rings. So I did some searching around…
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My Favorite Movies 6 – Rio Bravo (Howard Hawks, 1959)
So there it is, Saturday night, and I’m sitting at home with a Breckenridge double IPA watching a movie (instead of “clubbin” like usual). John…
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The state of The Office.
First of all, if you have no interest in The Office, this post probably isn’t for you, go read my other more accessible posts about…
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These are a few of my favorite beers.
I like strong tasting food and drink. I’ll pick Kim-chi over angel cake any time; the more powerful the flavors, the better. So when it…
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WWII Resistance – Just a hill of beans?
First, if you haven’t seen Casablanca and don’t know how it ends…well lucky you! Quit reading this and go watch it! If you have seen…
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You like ACTION movies??? Pshaw!
I pretty much loath the idea of being forced to sit through a bad movie. I know a lot of people think it is great…
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The Films of Eric Rohmer: They just have a certain je ne se quois!
I should point out (in reference to the picture for this post) that there is not typically a lot of nudity/sex (there is some, just not a lot)…
