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thoughts & opinions

thoughts & opinions

When It Began

May 14, 2013

Thinking back on the movies I watched as a boy…and more specifically, the way I watched them.

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Ryan McNeil
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Dear Roger Ebert…

April 5, 2013

I’m trying to shake the feeling that I’m a student who is suddenly without his teacher.

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Ryan McNeil
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The Worst: How Does One Assign the Bottom Slot in a Director’s Filmography?

March 12, 2013

It’s not always as easy as pointing to DARK SHADOWS.

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Ryan McNeil
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Long Road: Reflecting on 2000 Posts

March 6, 2013

Time flies when you’re having fun. I must be having a blast because I almost didn’t notice time had flown to the tune of 2000 posts.

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Ryan McNeil
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All At Once: Consuming Television in the Information Age

February 18, 2013

The hell of consumption Netflix has unleashed with House of Cards makes me wonder about how we consume our television and why.

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Ryan McNeil
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Battle Born: The Year Oscar Took a Walk with Kane in a Green Valley

February 14, 2013

In order to fully understand some of Oscar’s more curious decisions, one has to do their homework.

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Not Fade Away: Soderbergh Exits With a Bang, Not a Whimper

February 12, 2013

Someone asked if Soderbergh is irrelevant.
I vote “no”.

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Ryan McNeil
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