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Author: Ryan McNeil

reviews

RED STATE

Have You Heard? Hardcore Fundamentalist Christians are Crazy.

Posted on October 3, 2011January 28, 2012
reviews

50 / 50

The Saying is “As Serious As Cancer”. But What Happens When Someone Takes cancer a Little Less Seriously?

Posted on October 2, 2011February 4, 2013
the watchlist

Days of The Week (Films Watched 9/24 – 9/30)

The Pace Slows for Once, but Burton, Nolan, and Kubrick Were There to See Me Through a Cold.

Posted on October 1, 2011October 9, 2011
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Jump In De Line

Today, I Feel Like This…

Posted on October 1, 2011October 6, 2011
links

Everybody’s Talkin’ 9 – 30 (Chatter from Other Bloggers)

The Kid Has Humility, Rachel Goes Old-School, and Ruth Does The Festival as We kiss September Goodbye.

Posted on September 30, 2011October 5, 2011
conversations

Something to Talk About: Ryan and Sebastian Discuss MONEYBALL

DId I Miss Something? As Much as I’m Enjoying Swimming Upstream Against Critical Mass, I Turn to Sebastian to Talk MONEYBALL and Try to Better Understand What Audiences Are Loving That I Did Not.

Posted on September 29, 2011April 3, 2013
trailers

Animal Instinct (WE BOUGHT A ZOO Trailer)

Place Bets Now on Which Song on The Soundtrack Will Get Chosen for The Film’s “Cameron Crowe Moment”

Posted on September 28, 2011October 2, 2011
thoughts & opinions

Never There

Nope…It’s Not The Cold Meds…I’m Actually Seeing This.

Posted on September 27, 2011March 19, 2012
matineecast, podcasts

Episode 41

Talkin’ MONEYBALL with guest Marc Ciafardini. He and Ryan also read some listener feedback on tv casting suggestions and rattle off their top five Brad Pitt scenes.

Posted on September 26, 2011December 4, 2011
the watchlist

Days of The Week (Films Watched 9/3 – 9/23)

Time to Play Catch-Up and Re-Cap the Sensory Overload of The Last Three Weeks.

Posted on September 25, 2011September 30, 2011
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Keep Me Hanging On

Today, I Feel Like This…

Posted on September 24, 2011September 28, 2011
reviews

MONEYBALL

In Movies – Just Like In Baseball – Being ‘Good On Paper’ Will Only Take You So Far.

Posted on September 23, 2011January 13, 2014

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