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Author: Ryan McNeil

reviews

GONE GIRL

Leave any man alone long enough and he’ll show you his true colours. Spoiler alert: They aren’t very pretty colours.

Posted on October 3, 2014October 8, 2014
visuals

Freeze Frame: THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE

“Democracy” is seldom all that democratic.

Posted on October 2, 2014June 30, 2015
trailers

Love is a Crime: INHERENT VICE Trailer

A highly anticipated trailer prompts my thoughts on those who don’t watch trailers.

Posted on October 1, 2014October 6, 2014
blind spot series

Blindsided by CLOSE-UP

What is fact, what is truth, and when does it even matter?

Posted on September 30, 2014June 30, 2015
reviews

THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU

They say that you can’t go home again. Maybe they should say that you shouldn’t go home again.

Posted on September 29, 2014October 5, 2014
reviews

THE BOXTROLLS

When it comes to bedtime stories, “Familiar” is not a negative criticism.

Posted on September 28, 2014October 3, 2014
the watchlist

Days of The Week (Films Watched September 20 – September 26)

As Fincher lingers in the background, I go back in time on a Friday night.

Posted on September 27, 2014October 4, 2014
links

Everybody’s Talkin’ 9 – 23 (Chatter from Other Bloggers)

Seeing movies with our parents, the return of The Cinecast, and the fact that we’re all sick people.

Posted on September 26, 2014October 1, 2014
visuals

Freeze Frame: THE NATURAL

Without heroes we’re all plain people, but we may want to be careful who we anoint as heroes.

Posted on September 25, 2014June 30, 2015
trailers

The Look: BIG EYES Trailer

What do mean “original screenplay”?

Posted on September 24, 2014September 29, 2014
guest spots, podcasts

Elsewhere: Talkin’ 1975 on The Dew Over

I take my talents to the east side…again…to discuss the films of 1975.

Posted on September 23, 2014September 1, 2018
american movie critics, conversations, my back pages

You Want History: Jandy & I Discuss Sherwood and Wilson

School’s back in session, so it’s about time I hit the books again. Today, Jandy and I discuss perspective and humility

Posted on September 22, 2014September 28, 2014

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