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Author: Ryan McNeil

the watchlist august: osage county, drew: the man behind the poster, glengarry glen ross, love affair, midnight in paris, sleepless in seattle, star trek into darkness, the piano, the shop around the corner, undefeated

Days of The Week (Films Watched Jan 4 – Jan 10)

January 11, 2014

I wonder if the ticket sellers miss me yet?

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Ryan McNeil
links brian j roan, cinema axis, courtney small, courtney young, dan gvozden, dear film, movie mezzanine, on the screen reviews, outside the envelope, rick sandlas, shane mcneil, the mind reels, tim rideout, velvet cafe

Everybody’s Talkin’ 1 – 10 (Chatter from Other Bloggers)

January 10, 2014

Winter sets in, The Envelope returns, and Shane quotes Lawrence.

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Ryan McNeil
guest spots, podcasts ariel fisher, bob turnbull, james mcnally, kurt halfyard, matthew brown, matthew price

Elsewhere: Talkin’ 2013 At The Movies on the 2013 CAST Awards Podcast

January 9, 2014

One epic local round-table about the year in film.

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Ryan McNeil
award talk

Pretty Persuasion – Step Three on The Road to The 86th Oscars

January 8, 2014

With one week to go, things at the top are crystal clear, things in the middle are clear-ish, and things for LLEWYN DAVIS are clearly bad.

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Ryan McNeil
trailers comedy, draft day, ellen burstyn, football, frank langella, ivan reitman, jennifer garner, kevin costner, tom welling

The Boys of Fall: DRAFT DAY Trailer

January 7, 2014

Is this Ivan Reitman’s JERRY MAGUIRE…or his REPLACEMENTS?

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Ryan McNeil
matineecast, podcasts martin scorsese, shane mcneil, the wolf of wall street

Episode 103 – THE WOLF OF WALL STREET

January 6, 2014

Talkin’ THE WOLF OF WALL STREET with Shane McNeil. He and Ryan also field listener feedback on anticipated 2014 films and flip the record over to play the other side.

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Ryan McNeil
dvd doubleback alan rickman, alex pettyfer, cuba gooding jr, david oyelowo, forest whitaker, james marsden, jane fonda, john cusack, lee daniels, lenny kravitz, liev schreiber, mariah carey, minka kelly, oprah winfrey, robin williams, terrence howard, the butler, yaya alafia

LEE DANIELS’ THE BUTLER

January 5, 2014

What to do when something moving and nuanced is counterweighted with heavy-handedness and caricature?

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Ryan McNeil
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