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visuals 9 to 5, colin higgins, freeze frame

Freeze Frame: 9 to 5

June 13, 2013

Sure it plays us a catchy song…but it also tells a very empowering tale.

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Ryan McNeil
visuals freeze frame, robert wise, the day the earth stood still

Freeze Frame: THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL

May 30, 2013

Once upon a time, when news shocked the world it would shock us in clusters and crowds.

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Ryan McNeil
visuals blake edwards, breakfast at tiffany's, freeze frame

Freeze Frame: BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S

May 23, 2013

When a character has become linked with images of cigarette holders and slinky black dresses, it can be difficult to remember how messed up she really is.

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Ryan McNeil
visuals american graffiti, freeze frame, george lucas

Freeze Frame: AMERICAN GRAFFITI

May 16, 2013

A fleeting moment in the presence of something beautiful – sums up the summers of our youth pretty well, wouldn’t you say?

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Ryan McNeil
visuals charles laughton, freeze frame, night of the hunter

Freeze Frame: NIGHT OF THE HUNTER

May 9, 2013

Would you like me to tell you the little story of right-hand/left-hand? The story of good and evil?

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Ryan McNeil
visuals emeric pressburger, freeze frame, michael powell, the red shoes

Freeze Frame: THE RED SHOES

April 18, 2013

She can dance if she wants to…she can leave her friends behind…

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Ryan McNeil
visuals apocalypse now, francis ford coppola, freeze frame

Freeze Frame: APOCALYPSE NOW

April 10, 2013

One could say that you should never get out of the boat. A better idea might have been never getting in the boat in the first place.

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Ryan McNeil
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