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Author: Ryan McNeil

links all eyes on the screen, cinematic paradox, film forager, insight into entertainment, simon + jo, supermassive black hole, the m0vie blog

Everybody’s Talkin’ 1 – 27 (Chatter from Other Bloggers)

January 27, 2012

Oscar talk galore, The Forager’s girl-crush, and the return of a long-lost podcast make for a busy week around the blogs.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, drama, foreign, iranian, leila hatami, peyman moaadi, sarina farhadi

A SEPARATION

January 26, 2012

Believe it or not, the separation is just the start of the troubles in this intimate story from Iran.

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Ryan McNeil
trailers ed helms, jason segal, judy greer, susan sarandon, the duplass brothers

Grown Up Wrong (JEFF, WHO LIVES AT HOME Trailer)

January 25, 2012

If Simon Columb doesn’t see this, I’ll be very upset.

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Ryan McNeil
award talk

84th Oscar Nominations

January 24, 2012

The Votes Are In…

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Ryan McNeil
matineecast, podcasts james mcnally, mamo, matthew price

In Between Days vol. 1

January 23, 2012

James McNally and Matthew Price join me for breakfast to talk dwindling box office and launch a new offshoot of the podcast.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, action, antonio banderas, channing tatum, drama, ewan mcgregor, gina carano, michael douglas, michael fassbender, steven soderbergh

HAYWIRE

January 22, 2012

Soderbergh finds that he has a eye for action, and that Gina Carano is worth keeping an eye on to provide the action.

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Ryan McNeil
the watchlist

Days of The Week (Films Watched Jan 14 – Jan 20)

January 21, 2012

Alex inspired the anime; A cold inspired the Soderbergh.

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Ryan McNeil
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