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Decade pt. ix ( Top Five 00’s Movies – 2008 )

November 24, 2009

Unreal. I have only two more entries to go in my Decade series, and the next one will be summing up the year at hand. Where does the time go?? Looking back at the cinematic yearbook from just one year ago, I can’t help but feel slightly saddened – because 2008 was such a brilliant…

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Ryan McNeil
listy goodness top fives, vampires

With Teeth (Top Five Vampire Movies)

November 17, 2009

This blog is, and henceforth shall remain, a TWILIGHT-free zone. I have nothing against the fans of the books and/or movies, but they are truly not for me. The blogosphere is full of places where any Twi-Hards who read my space (and there are a few of ya) can keep up with The Cullens. This…

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Ryan McNeil
listy goodness top fives, war

Give Peace a Chance ( Top Five War Films )

November 10, 2009

Note: I posted this same post around this time last year, but considering I’m still trying to shake this cold, that many of you weren’t reading my stuff back then, and that it’s all still rather apropos, I’ve decided to repost it.I took the photo above, of a Canadian soldier dressed in WWI fatigues at…

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Ryan McNeil
listy goodness decade, top fives

Decade pt. viii ( Top Five 00’s Movies – 2007 )

October 27, 2009

I’m fighting off some post-Vegas jet lag this morning. Thus, I am calling in my last post-dated blog entry. Yes gang, starting tomorrow, I’m back to posting live. It doesn’t hurt that today was on tap to be the next entry in my Decade Series…and it also doesn’t hurt that today’s entry is the first…

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Ryan McNeil
listy goodness top fives

Waking Up in Vegas (Top Five Vegas Movies)

October 20, 2009

Hatter here. …Yes I’m actually writing this one, I didn’t schedule it to post a week or two ago. I know it might seem weird that a guy takes a moment out from a week of post-nuptual bliss to blog, but this is the one post I couldn’t do ahead of time. See, I wanted…

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Ryan McNeil
listy goodness top fives

Can’t Help Falling In Love (Top Five Movie Weddings)

October 14, 2009

Seventy eight hours from now, my days as a single man are over. It’s kinda funny to write that, for the same reason that jokes about my impending doom bore me – when you’ve co-habitated with someone for a few years, you have a pretty good idea what you’re in for. But this is not…

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Ryan McNeil
listy goodness baseball, road trip, top fives

On The Road Again ( Top Five Road Trip Movies )

October 6, 2009

So, as some of you may recall, this past Saturday I claimed I felt like this… That was because I knew my brother and I would be on our way back from Lord-knows-where after taking a road trip together to celebrate my upcoming wedding. Well, for those of you who might be curious, it turns…

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Ryan McNeil
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