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Author: Ryan McNeil

trailers

Codes and Keys: THE IMITATION GAME Trailer

Trailers are glimpses…and sometimes a glimpse can do a lot of good.

Posted on October 15, 2014October 19, 2014
guest spots, podcasts

Elsewhere: Talkin’ Baseball Films on The Dew Over

I take my talents to 1 Blue Jays Way to talk The Grand Old Game.

Posted on October 14, 2014September 1, 2018
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Remote Control: Is It Time To Be More Patient With TV?

Before we tune out and cry foul, maybe we should dial in a bit more patience.

Posted on October 13, 2014October 18, 2014
trailers

One Day: TOMORROWLAND Teaser

A piece of pie after a big dinner

Posted on October 12, 2014October 18, 2014
the watchlist

Days of The Week (Films Watched October 4 – October 10)

Will I ever touch bottom?

Posted on October 11, 2014October 18, 2014
links

Everybody’s Talkin’ 10 – 10 (Chatter from Other Bloggers)

The Dew Over Eighty-Sixes another year, Kristin doesn’t care for a few popular films, and LaRue is a clever boy.

Posted on October 10, 2014October 15, 2014
visuals

Freeze Frame: BRIEF ENCOUNTER

Much as I love to mine a film for a fleeting moment, sometimes it’s best to stick with iconography.

Posted on October 9, 2014June 30, 2015
american movie critics, conversations, my back pages

You Want History: Jandy & I Discuss Mencken

In looking at some early critique of film editing, one wonders if it was ever something our brains were ever meant to process.

Posted on October 8, 2014October 14, 2014
trailers

Gunshots by Computer: BLACKHAT Trailer

I find myself stoked for a new Michael mann film…but I’m thinking I might be the only one

Posted on October 7, 2014October 14, 2014
matineecast, podcasts

Episode 121 – GONE GIRL

Talkin’ GONE GIRL with guest Marya E. Gates.

Posted on October 6, 2014January 28, 2015
reviews

THE EQUALIZER

Is there anything more disappointing in this world than a broken promise?

Posted on October 5, 2014October 31, 2014
the watchlist

Days of The Week (Films Watched September 27 – October 3)

I spend a week with Fincher and wonder if I should have spent it elsewhere.

Posted on October 4, 2014October 11, 2014

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