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Author: Ryan McNeil

visuals

Freeze Frame: SOME LIKE IT HOT

What better way to visualize the heat coming off an icon like Marilyn?

Posted on November 28, 2013June 30, 2015
trailers

Mayhem: MUPPETS MOST WANTED Trailer

Once again; it’s time to play the music, it’s time to light the lights…

Posted on November 27, 2013December 1, 2013
blind spot series

Blindsided by GRAND ILLUSION

You have to smile when you see the lineage of some of your favorite films.

Posted on November 26, 2013June 30, 2015
blind spot series

Blindsided (Announcing The 2014 Blind Spot Series)

Preparing to continue scratching a few off the To-Watch List. Care to join me?

Posted on November 25, 2013February 24, 2015
reviews

THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE

One year later, the world has grown…and the game has changed.

Posted on November 24, 2013November 20, 2014
the watchlist

Days of The Week (Films Watched Nov 16 – Nov 22)

Why must we watch a lot, why can’t we just watch a little?

Posted on November 23, 2013November 28, 2013
reviews

NEBRASKA

Turns out you can think you know an awful lot about your parents without knowing a heck of a lot at all.

Posted on November 22, 2013February 28, 2014
visuals

Freeze Frame: MEAN STREETS

It always seems easier to ask forgiveness than ask permission. Thing is, forgiveness leaves a mark.

Posted on November 21, 2013June 30, 2015
visuals

Shades of Grey: Envisioning Modern Films in Monochrome

With NEBRASKA on its way, one wonders what might have been if a few more modern movies had been shot in black & white.

Posted on November 20, 2013November 26, 2013
trailers

Here Comes the Flood: NOAH Trailer

In anyone else’s hands, I might be worried…

Posted on November 19, 2013November 24, 2013
matineecast, podcasts

Episode 99

Talkin’ THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN with Corey Atad. He and Ryan also field listener feedback on unsatisfying endings, and flip the record over to play the other side.

Posted on November 18, 2013April 13, 2020
reviews

THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN

America can inspire such beautiful dreams of love, music, and possibility. Unfortunately, we all wake up eventually.

Posted on November 17, 2013November 22, 2013

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