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Author: Ryan McNeil

film locker, podcasts

Radio Bomb: The Film Locker Episode 8

July 23, 2011

As I figured, the David Fincher episode went off like gangbusters. can Simon and I build on the momentum? We’ll certainly do our best as we round out the third quarter of the show. This week we go for the high octane heist. Michael Mann is up in episode eight, with discussion of one of…

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In Between Dreams

July 23, 2011

Today, I Feel Like This…

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Everybody’s Talkin’ 7-22 (Chatter from Other Bloggers)

July 22, 2011

A Soderbergh classic, The in’s and out’s of blu, and The Hometown Blog-a-Thon highlight the third week in July.

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I Get Around: PARIS JE T’AIME @ Harbourfront

July 21, 2011

Sittin’ in One City, Thinkin’ About Another

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One Chance (HUGO Trailer)

July 20, 2011

Hey, did that Batman teaser get released? Here’s one that seems to be dividing people. On the one hand, it seems as though this film – shot in 3-D – is employing a lot of gimmickry in its look. It isn’t just going for depth, it’s going back to the cornier tricks of stuff coming…

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Toronto blog-a-thons, featured

Heart of The City (CHLOE in My Hometown Blog-a-Thon)

July 19, 2011

Rich over at Wide Screen World is hosting a blog-a-thon this week called “My Hometown”…and when I think about my hometown in film, I can’t help but crack a smile. For a lot of reasons – financial, convenient, aesthetic – Toronto has been the staging ground for many a rolling camera over the years. The…

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MEEK’S CUTOFF

July 18, 2011

It’s crazy to think that there’s anything left to say in the western genre. After all, the style has been around since the very earliest of films…and all its fairy tales have all been told. But just when you thought you’ve seen all there is to see from men in white hats and men in…

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