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Author: Ryan McNeil

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Right Thoughts, Right Moves, Right Action: THE RAID 2 Trailer

January 21, 2014

You ready for more?

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Episode 104 – 86TH OSCAR NOMINEES

January 20, 2014

Talkin’ the 86th Oscar Nominations with Marya Gates.

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PHILOMENA

January 19, 2014

Stephen Frears returns with a bittersweet tale of love, faith, and forgiveness.

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Days of The Week (Films Watched Jan 11 – Jan 17)

January 18, 2014

Fifteen days into 2014, I finally set foot in a theatre – twice! What I went for was absolutely joyous.

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Everybody’s Talkin’ 1 – 17 (Chatter from Other Bloggers)

January 17, 2014

The Jamaicans return, I start following “V”, Mettel unveils NYMPHOMANIAC, and I wonder alloud about Twitter.

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86th Oscar Nominations

January 16, 2014

The votes are in…

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Master Teacher: Reading Cameron Crowe’s Conversations With Wilder

January 15, 2014

I spent the last year nursing one book, one where one of my favorite writers spent hours speaking to another of my favorite writers.

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