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Author: Ryan McNeil

falling for the first time

Talkin’ RISKY BUSINESS with Nikhat Zahra

Button up your dress shirts and pull on your Ray-Bans, Nik and I dance around the question of how well Tom Cruise’s breakthrough role stands the test of time.

Posted on July 23, 2013July 28, 2013
matineecast, podcasts

Episode 90

Talkin’ ONLY GOD FORGIVES with Sam McCosh. She and Ryan also read some listener feedback on blind recommendations, and flip the record over to play the other side.

Posted on July 22, 2013August 11, 2013
reviews

ONLY GOD FORGIVES

Hey girl – are you ready for more? The team that brought you DRIVE two years ago are back. And this team, they’re ready to get dirty.

Posted on July 21, 2013October 28, 2013
the watchlist

Days of The Week (Films Watched July 13 – July 19)

Old stuff, new stuff, and a realization that I go to the cinema a lot. Like a whole lot.

Posted on July 20, 2013July 25, 2013
links

Everybody’s Talkin’ 7 – 19 (Chatter from Other Bloggers)

Time to change into shorts again, while Row Three plays Voltron, and Jessica returns.

Posted on July 19, 2013July 24, 2013
conversations

Something to Talk About: Ryan and Brian Discuss Rating Films

Can a film feel perfect despite obvious imperfections?

Posted on July 18, 2013July 24, 2013
visuals

Freeze Frame: ALIEN

Sometimes life turns on a dime, and what was happening one second becomes a deep contrast one second later.

Posted on July 17, 2013June 30, 2015
trailers

Southern Man: 12 YEARS A SLAVE Trailer

Steve McQueen is back with a new film. Compared to his last one I think we can count on a lot less sex this time around.

Posted on July 16, 2013July 21, 2013
matineecast, podcasts

Episode 89

Talkin’ PACIFIC RIM with Marc Ciafardini. He and Ryan also read some listener feedback on the best films of 2013 so far, and flip the record over to play the other side.

Posted on July 15, 2013July 21, 2013
reviews

THE HEAT

The buddy-cop genre is alive and well, and like their predecessors, these buddies deliver a great deal of laughter.

Posted on July 14, 2013July 19, 2013
the watchlist

Days of The Week (Films Watched July 6 – July 12)

Another week dominated by first-timers including trips to the museum, trips to Hong Kong, and trips cancelled alogether.

Posted on July 13, 2013July 17, 2013
reviews

PACIFIC RIM

The summer of 2013 gets something on a large scale that it has been sorely lacking up until now: Fun.

Posted on July 12, 2013July 17, 2013

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