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Author: Ryan McNeil

Uncategorized hype, kristen stewart, robert pattinson, twilight series, vampires

Tonight, Tonight

November 21, 2008

It’s a bit past midnight and I have just returned from a 10pm screening of TWILIGHT. No – this isn’t my review, though I promise I’ll have that written and posted by Sunday night. Instead I just thought I’d share a few thoughts about the actual experience of the screening tonight. As I’ve said before,…

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Ryan McNeil
listy goodness

What’s My Name Again?

November 20, 2008

So there was me and my good friend Finn, sitting in a jammed theatre waiting for QUANTUM OF SOLACE to begin. He mentioned to me that there didn’t seem to be much coming out that looked too good…that it might indeed be a pretty dull year-end. I disagreed, but in a moment that would make…

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Ryan McNeil
trailers antin yelchin, bruce greenwood, chris hemsworth, chris pine, eric bana, jj abrams, karl urban, sci-fi, simon pegg, star trek, star trek 2009, zachary quinto, zoe saldana

Starlight: STAR TREK Trailer

November 19, 2008

Despite all my geeky tendencies, I have never been a Star Trek fan. So I think it shows that J.J. Abrams did something right if the looks of this movie even excites a non-fan like me. Take a look and mark your calender now…

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Ryan McNeil
listy goodness animated, top fives

When You Wish Upon a Star

November 19, 2008

Believe it or not, today is Mickey Mouse’s eightieth birthday! On this day back in 1928, the leader of the gang that’s made for you and me debuted in the animated short STEAMBOAT WILLIE. The rest, of course, is history. The dapper rodent looks pretty darned good for eighty (though between you and me, I…

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Ryan McNeil
Uncategorized hype, kristen stewart, robert pattinson, twilight series, vampires

Love Bites

November 18, 2008

I went through today feeling like it had been forever since I’d updated. It could be because I’d only posted three times in the last week, and one of those posts was a trailer. It could also be in part because we got a new scanner here at Casa del Hatter, and I’ve been obsessively…

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Ryan McNeil
Uncategorized animated, christopher plummer, comedy, ed asner, pixar, trailers

Blue Skies (UP Trailer)

November 14, 2008

While I don’t think there’s any way Pixar will be able to top WALL-E with their next effort, I’m quite content to see them give it a shot and serve up another tasty treat. Next summer they’ll take to the skies with their tenth animated feature. Here’s a look at UP…

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 4 stars, anil kapoor, comedy, danny boyle, dev patel, drama, dvd, foreign, frieda pinto, irrfan khan, romance

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

November 12, 2008

Danny Boyle’s SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE is:

A. A Lavish Story About The Determination of The Human Heart
B. An Intriguing Hybrid of Boyle’s Prior Films
C. One of the Best Movies of The Year
D. All of The Above

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Ryan McNeil
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