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Author: Ryan McNeil

Uncategorized robert pattinson, twilight series

Shiny Happy People

October 22, 2009

A week or so back, Ryan at Univarn left me what has to be the funniest comment I’ve ever read in the two plus years of writing this blog. It’s slightly random at this point, but so funny that I felt the overwhelming urge to share it with y’all… “I know the recent trend is…

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Ryan McNeil
trailers ben chaplin, bio-pic, christian mckay, claire daines, drama, richard linklater, trailers, zac efron

Stage Fright – ME AND ORSON WELLES Trailer

October 21, 2009

Sometimes I wonder what happens to a movie in the development process. Case in point, ME AND ORSON WELLES. I saw this particular film at TIFF two years ago, and wondered many times what was happening with it. It had a big director, a pretty good story, and starred one of the hottest young actors…

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Ryan McNeil
listy goodness top fives

Waking Up in Vegas (Top Five Vegas Movies)

October 20, 2009

Hatter here. …Yes I’m actually writing this one, I didn’t schedule it to post a week or two ago. I know it might seem weird that a guy takes a moment out from a week of post-nuptual bliss to blog, but this is the one post I couldn’t do ahead of time. See, I wanted…

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Ryan McNeil
Uncategorized guest bloggers, horror

That’s The Way Love Goes ( Guest Blogger THE LOVED ONES Review )

October 19, 2009

Susie Q is back…though these days we have taken to calling her Bruisey von Whippit. Tell your friends. The Divine Miss Q has imparted upon me yet another bit of guest reviewing. This is another cool flick that she caught at this year’s TIFF, and what with everyone’s attention starting to turn towards an upcoming…

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Ryan McNeil
like this like this

Get Me To The Church on Time

October 17, 2009

I’m getting married today! On of the bestest, most beautiful movie geeks I’ve ever met has said that she’ll spend the rest of her life with me, and today we stand up before a whole lot of our friends and family and say “I do”. So it goes without saying that today, I feel like…

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Ryan McNeil
links coen brothers, everybody's talkin', gregory peck, harrison ford, steven speilberg

Everybody’s Talkin’ 10 – 16 (Chatter From Fellow Bloggers)

October 16, 2009

Things will be a bit quieter around here over the next week or so. I do have some bloggy goodness scheduled to post, but by and large I won’t be near a PC very much until closer to the end of the month. Please do continue to stop in, and leave comments on what I…

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Ryan McNeil
listy goodness top fives

Can’t Help Falling In Love (Top Five Movie Weddings)

October 14, 2009

Seventy eight hours from now, my days as a single man are over. It’s kinda funny to write that, for the same reason that jokes about my impending doom bore me – when you’ve co-habitated with someone for a few years, you have a pretty good idea what you’re in for. But this is not…

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Ryan McNeil
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