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 …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
Middle-earth Monday 29 – Framsburg
May 28, 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 time and place. …
Minor Key Monday 29: Sun Ra – Enlightenment
May 21, 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 …
As the years have passed and my taste in black metal has narrowed further and further, one album has consistently remained atop my "all time greatest black metal albums of all time" list. That album …