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Author: Ryan McNeil

the watchlist 12 years a slave, baby boom, doctor dolittle, el mariachi, her, jane eyre, knocked up, pat garret & billy the kid, the immigrant, the pervert's guide to ideology

Days of The Week (Films Watched June 28 – July 4)

July 5, 2014

…or what I learned on the couch nursing a cold.

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Somebody Get Me a Doctor

July 4, 2014

Today, I Feel Like This…

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Freeze Frame: CHINATOWN

July 3, 2014

An image is worth one thousand words. The truth might require one thousand more.

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Our Song: THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ELEANOR RIGBY Trailer

July 2, 2014

There are two sides to every story…just usually not in the same film.

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At The Hundredth Meridian: Great Modern Canadian Films in Honour of Canada Day

July 1, 2014

Celebrating homegrown talent from my home and native land.

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Halfway Home: Thoughts on 2014 at The Intermission

June 30, 2014

Sometimes you start building a rant in your head, only to step back and realize how good you have it.

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OBVIOUS CHILD

June 29, 2014

With great audacity, and great empathy, a new romantic comedy takes its place amongst the year’s best films.

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