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Author: Ryan McNeil

award talk

Gold in Them Hills (Ryan’s 86th Oscar Predictions)

I won the Oscar pool last year – something tells me I’m not repeating this time.

Posted on March 2, 2014March 5, 2014
award talk

Trophies (Oscar Predictions – Best Director & Best Picture)

For the first time in the fourteen years I’ve been Oscar-watching, the top races come with something different: Uncertainty

Posted on March 1, 2014March 5, 2014
award talk

The Stars Are Out Tonight (Oscar Predictions – Best Actress & Best Actor)

Wondering whether Cate can weather the storm of controversy, and musing on the apex of the McConaissance.

Posted on February 28, 2014March 4, 2014
award talk

Boys and Girls (Oscar Predictions – Best Supporting Actress & Supporting Actor)

As we begin to look at the actings races, we come across one sure bet, and one very tight race.

Posted on February 27, 2014March 3, 2014
award talk

Scars & Stories (Oscar Predictions – Best Adapted & Original Screenplay)

The great films of a given year begin with the words written on the page…but who’s words will be rewarded on Sunday night?

Posted on February 26, 2014March 3, 2014
blind spot series

Blindsided by SHAFT

I was ill-equipped to hold court with black private dick that’s a sex machine to all the chicks. So for once, I asked for guidance.

Posted on February 25, 2014June 30, 2015
trailers

Mirrors: ENEMY Trailer

A ray of Canadian warmth and a hope that it can bring the thaw after this long, cold winter.

Posted on February 24, 2014March 1, 2014
reviews

THE WIND RISES

Maestro Miyazaki decides to play one last song, and it’s a tune with tones of home.

Posted on February 23, 2014February 28, 2014
the watchlist

Days of The Week (Films Watched Feb 15 – Feb 21)

While the goings-on in Sochi have had my attention for much of the last fifteen days, it’s what’t happening in fictional TV that really has me distracted.

Posted on February 22, 2014February 27, 2014
links

Everybody’s Talkin’ 2 – 21 (Chatter from Other Bloggers)

The Cinecast continues The Great lego Debate, I dig into manon’s writing, and hockey proves a great distraction.

Posted on February 21, 2014February 27, 2014
visuals

Freeze Frame: AMADEUS

Recognizing true genius in an age of hyperbole.

Posted on February 20, 2014June 30, 2015
trailers

Everybody Out There: GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Trailer

So far Marvel has been relatively bulletproof. Can they take the bullet that comes with space cowboys and talking raccoons?

Posted on February 19, 2014February 25, 2014

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