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Author: Ryan McNeil

screenings, Toronto screenings

Run To The Water

July 2, 2008

With Summer finally having arrived in Toronto after an unusually chilly May and June, I was happy to find out that one of my favorite summertime activities has returned after taking a year off. If you found that the free screenings at Dundas Square weren’t quite your style, perhaps the FIDO Free Flicks at Harbourfront…

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3 stars, action, angelina jolie, chris pratt, common, dvd, james mcavoy, morgan freeman, terence stamp, timur bekmambetov

WANTED

July 2, 2008

What the fuck have you done lately?

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Ryan McNeil
listy goodness canadian, top fives

Oh Canada

July 1, 2008

Today is Canada Day…our national holiday up here in the north, and the date celebrated as the birthday of our nation. Of course, in true polite Canadian form, no battles or declarations actually ever happened on this date – it happens to be the date where four of our provinces came together to form a…

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Ryan McNeil
Uncategorized 007, trailers

Sunshine

July 1, 2008

Usually I post clips on Wednesdays, but I was just too excited about this one to sit on it for two more days. Solace…Quantum of Solace…

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Ryan McNeil
visuals coen brothers, posters

Everything Old is New Again

June 30, 2008

I’m a little late on sharing this one, but really wanted to put it up anyway. It’s the poster for the next Coen Brothers movie BURN AFTER READING (trailer posted here)… What I really love about this one sheet is how it’s a throwback to some vintage Hollywood posters designed by Saul Bass, like the…

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 4 stars, andrew stanton, animated, comedy, dvd, fred willard, jeff garlin, john ratzenberger, kathy najimy, pixar, sigourney weaver

WALL-E

June 28, 2008

The gang at Pixar give audiences one of their very best.

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Ryan McNeil
Uncategorized industry weirdness

The World Will Know (…Again…*sigh*…)

June 27, 2008

It feels like it wasn’t that long ago that I was writing in this space bemoaning a potential writer’s strike. Oh…wait…that’s right – it wasn’t that long ago. Well prepare yourselves movie lovers, because as the awful hair metal song says “Here we go again”. While the writers are happily working away on their laptops,…

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Ryan McNeil
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