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Author: Ryan McNeil

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Talkin’ GREMLINS with Jake Cole

May 12, 2011

So you might recall a few months ago when I caught a screening of GREMLINS. That afternoon was my first experience with the film in possibly twenty years, and I was actually surprised at how well the film had held up. However, that was just me talking…a cat who’d seen the film as an impressionable…

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Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me (COLOMBIANA Trailer)

May 11, 2011

Things are slowly but surely getting back to normal around here. I’ve already managed to post a review of a fictional film this week after eleven straight days of docs, and I should have a swell stockpile of links for Friday after two weeks away from “Everybody’s Talkin”. Another one of my usual features might…

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THOR

May 10, 2011

Marvel drops the hammer in the race to The Avengers.

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Aftermath

May 9, 2011

Today, I Feel Like this…

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I Get Around: BEING ELMO @ Hot Docs

May 8, 2011

I could sit here and try to critique this film, but the simple truth is that it’s pretty much critic proof. It has a few flaws – technical questions mostly, nothing that comes close to ruining things – but the simple truth is that BEING ELMO has three things going for it that will melt…

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Hot Docs Review: CAROL CHANNING – LARGER THAN LIFE

May 8, 2011

Some actors seem unbreakable: They go on and on with each passing year and always seem to be just as sharp and genteel as they were when they first came on to the scene. They age gracefully and take on a warm sense of wit. On Broadway, Carol Channing is that sort of personality. So…

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Hot Docs Review: SENNA

May 7, 2011

Now that was a movie! That’s what I love about watching films with other movie bloggers – sometimes they can read your thoughts perfectly. SENNA is indeed more than just a documentary about the life of F1 Racing legend Ayrton Senna. It takes the vibrant colours of a both a hero and the very sport…

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