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eic of themovieisle.com. wife, pups, film, basketball, snkrs, nachos, and the good things in life.

Favorite films

  • Twin Peaks
  • Blue Velvet
  • Wild at Heart
  • Dune

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  • Twin Peaks

  • Inglourious Basterds

  • The Fall Guy

  • Knight and Day

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  • The Fountain

    The Fountain

    Back in 1998, I came down with a bout of pneumonia. I was laid up in bed with nothing to do but to watch films. The medication, fever, and cough all contributed to a very strange first viewing of Darren Aronofsky’s debut feature, Pi. By the end of that film, I wasn’t sure if I had some sort of sickness-induced fevered dream or if what I had watched actually happened. After beginning to recover, I watched the film again. And…

  • The Rocketeer

    The Rocketeer

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    Let us go back three decades to the 1990’s. There were many No’s in the 90’s. What kind of No’s do I mean. Well… No social media. No iPhones. No Netflix. Just land lines, SNES, AOL, Prodigy, Cable TV, VHS, Laserdiscs, and CDs. Welcome to 1991 aka A Remote Time in Ancient History.

    In the 90’s The Summer Movie season did not start in March. Until the last decade in fact, it always began in…

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  • Twin Peaks

    Twin Peaks

    Pilot Episode

  • Knight and Day

    Knight and Day

    This film was slept on.

    The Cruise Diaz chemistry is the real deal. They should have starred in more movies. It’s a shame. Should have had three of these by now. Or Cameron Crowe should have written something for them.

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  • How to Rob a Bank

    How to Rob a Bank

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

    This mother fucker goes from Breaking Bad to Point Break. Plus a lot of man-bush even for Pacific NW in the 90s. 

    Fucking wild.

  • Alien: Romulus

    Alien: Romulus

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

    Well that was a pleasant surprise. Ridley channeled through the optics of Fede is kinda brilliant. Also, I’m not sure what people are complaining about to be honest. I feel like this is remixing and combining things in a way that works. 

    The practical effects are fucking banging awesome. David Jonsson as Andy is the best part of the movie. The ticking clock narrative, great. Back to Blue Collar workers in space is great. 

    The call backs to Resurrection and Prometheus are bangers. It’s like Fede decided to “hold my beer” those ideas to perfection.  

    Also, loooooooooved Rook.