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Author: Ryan McNeil

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This Night (Final Oscar Wrap-Up)

21 Thoughts on last night’s Oscar ceremony… So I was wrong with who Oscar voters would reward as Best Picture, and couldn’t be more thrilled … Read More ›

Posted on March 8, 2010
award talk

Calm Like a Bomb (82nd Academy Award Winners)

Best Picture: THE HURT LOCKERBest Director: Kathryn Bigelow, THE HURT LOCKERBest Actor: Jeff Bridges, CRAZY HEARTBest Actress: Sandra Bullock, THE BLIND SIDEBest Supporting Actor: Christoph … Read More ›

Posted on March 8, 2010March 29, 2012
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Tonight’s The Night (Hatter’s 82nd Oscar Predictions)

Time to put up or shut up… Best Picture: AVATARBest Director: Kathryn BigelowBest Actor: Jeff BridgesBest Actress: Meryl StreepBest Supporting Actor: Christoph WaltzBest Supporting Actress: … Read More ›

Posted on March 7, 2010
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The Big Guns (Oscar Predictions – Best Picture)

And then there was one…the big one as it were. Capping off this week of predictive Oscar posts, we finally arrive at the big cheese…the … Read More ›

Posted on March 6, 2010
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Camera One (Oscar Predictions – Best Director)

Seriously? The Oscars are this weekend?? I could swear it was just yesterday that the nominations were being announced. Where the hell does the time … Read More ›

Posted on March 5, 2010
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From the Stars (Oscar Predictions – Best Actor/Best Actress)

Alrighty, after that brief moment of sharing a touch of my personal life with y’all, allow me to get back to the Oscar shenanigans at … Read More ›

Posted on March 4, 2010
thoughts & opinions

Viva la Vida

I really wrestled with whether or not I wanted to write about this, so much so that I resigned myself to merely hinting at it … Read More ›

Posted on March 3, 2010March 29, 2012
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Villains (Oscar Predictions – Supporting Actor/Supporting Actress)

More Oscar predictions today, this being the easiest one to outline in a country mile. Truthfully, I’m writing in the middle of some family issues, … Read More ›

Posted on March 3, 2010
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Those Sweet Words (Oscar Predictions – Screenplay)

And so it begins. While I have read many a predictive post over the last few weeks, I have decided to save my forecasting for … Read More ›

Posted on March 2, 2010
reviews

THE LAST STATION

I can’t speak for everyone, I can only think of what I would want as my life’s train is pulling into its last station.

Posted on March 1, 2010November 24, 2012
like this

We Are The Champions

Today, I Feel Like This!

Posted on February 28, 2010October 29, 2011
watchin' & writin'

Back to Basics – SE7EN

Apathy isn’t a deadly sin, but sometimes it feels like it should be.

Posted on February 28, 2010September 20, 2014

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