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Author: Ryan McNeil

blind spot series

Blindsided (Announcing The 2015 Blind Spot Series)

Planning to step into the light for another year. Care to join me?

Posted on November 18, 2014December 29, 2015
matineecast, podcasts

Episode 124 – BIG HERO 6

Talkin’ BIG HERO 6 with guest Kristin Griffin Phelps from All Eyes On Screen. She and Ryan also read some listener feedback on animated movies we want and flip the record over to play the other side.

Posted on November 17, 2014January 28, 2015
reviews

ROSEWATER

Where does one find the strength to endure, when they are locked in a cell all alone?

Posted on November 16, 2014November 21, 2014
the watchlist

Days of The Week (Films Watched November 8 – Novermber 14)

In praise of curation.

Posted on November 15, 2014November 20, 2014
trailers

Moses Supposes – EXODUS: GODS AND KINGS TRAILER

I remain a fan of Sir Ridley, but I know I’m one of the few…

Posted on November 14, 2014November 20, 2014
matineecast, podcasts, thoughts & opinions

On Positivity

Pardon the interruption, but I need to do something to shake off this rotten mood.

Posted on November 13, 2014November 20, 2014
trailers

Sound of Change: SELMA Trailer

New contender, or new pretender?

Posted on November 12, 2014November 17, 2014
american movie critics, conversations, my back pages

You Want History: Jandy & I Discuss Bakshy

It’s easy for a critic to tell us what has happened. What about telling us what could happen?

Posted on November 11, 2014November 17, 2014
matineecast, podcasts

Episode 123 – INTERSTELLAR

Talkin’ INTERSTELLAR with guest Jamie Dew from The Dew Over. He and Ryan also read some listener feedback on big movies and flip the record over to play the other side.

Posted on November 10, 2014January 28, 2015
reviews

BIG HERO 6

Avengers don’t always assemble to save the world: Sometimes it’s just about saving one person.

Posted on November 9, 2014November 14, 2014
the watchlist

Days of The Week (Films Watched November 1 – Novermber 7)

A quiet week, and a week spent with old familiars.

Posted on November 8, 2014November 14, 2014
reviews

INTERSTELLAR

Like so many other great science fiction films of the past, this offering is fierce, forceful, and flawed.

Posted on November 7, 2014December 11, 2014

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