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Author: Ryan McNeil

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Everybody’s Talkin’ 9 – 22 (Chatter From Other Bloggers)

Thurogers Goes Fortnightly, We Pull Up a Seat in the Velvet Cafe, and Corey Pierce Gets Some Sad News as The Matinee’s Open Mic Returns.

Posted on September 22, 2011September 26, 2011
trailers

In My Secret Life (J. EDGAR Trailer)

Dirty Harry Directs Jack Dawson as America’s Top Cop.

Posted on September 21, 2011September 25, 2011
reviews

DRIVE

Nicholas Winding Refn Gets Hollywood Actors and a Hollywood Budget, but Sticks to His Grindhouse Guns.

Posted on September 20, 2011January 28, 2012
listy goodness, TIFF

Curtain Call (Final Thoughts on TIFF 2011)

To Quote the Prophet Columbo: “Just One More Thing…”

Posted on September 19, 2011September 11, 2020
festivals, matineecast, podcasts, TIFF

Wicked Little Town: TIFF 2011 pt. iv

Wrappin Up the Festival at Aroma with Lindsay as TIFF 2011 coverage concludes.

Posted on September 19, 2011September 11, 2020
festivals, reactions, TIFF

TIFF REVIEW: TYRANNOSAUR

Some Awful Big Things Can Be Buried Under Some Otherwise Normal Looking Surfaces.

Posted on September 18, 2011September 11, 2020
festivals, reactions, TIFF

TIFF Review: UNION SQUARE

Watching This Was Painful…But Not That Kind of Painful

Posted on September 18, 2011September 11, 2020
festivals, reactions, TIFF

TIFF Review: JUAN OF THE DEAD

Ever Think That Zombies are a First World Problem? Think Again.

Posted on September 18, 2011September 11, 2020
festivals, reactions, TIFF

TIFF Review: INTRUDERS

That Nightmare that Feels So Real and makes You Afraid to Close Your Eyes? Clive Owen is Here to Gently Remind You That It’s Only a Dream.

Posted on September 18, 2011September 11, 2020
festivals, reactions, TIFF

TIFF Review: CRAZY HORSE

I Wouldn’t Think It Could Be Possible, but a Documentary About a Burlesque Show Becomes a Bit of a Chrore.

Posted on September 18, 2011September 11, 2020
festivals, reactions, TIFF

TIFF Review: MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE

Teardrop Returns, and This Time He’s Messing with The Head of the Other Olsen Sister.

Posted on September 18, 2011September 11, 2020
festivals, reactions, TIFF

TIFF Review: THE SKIN I LIVE IN

Almodovar Leads Us Right Up to The Edge of Darkness, Then Finds The Balls to Push Us Over.

Posted on September 17, 2011September 11, 2020

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