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the watchlist

Days of The Week (Films Watched May 10 – May 17)

A week full of familiar faces as I reset my footing.

Posted on May 18, 2013May 23, 2013
links

Everybody’s Talkin’ 5 – 17 (Chatter from Other Bloggers)

Fogs has a big week, Marcela recommends some books, and Dan watches 1941 (poor guy)

Posted on May 17, 2013May 22, 2013
visuals

Freeze Frame: AMERICAN GRAFFITI

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

Posted on May 16, 2013May 22, 2013
trailers

In The Darkness – GRAVITY Trailer

The director of Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN has returned in 2013 with a whole new space odyssey.

Posted on May 15, 2013May 20, 2013
thoughts & opinions

When It Began

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

Posted on May 14, 2013May 18, 2013
matineecast, podcasts

Episode 84

Talkin’ THE GREAT GATSBY with Kelly Cameron. She and Ryan also read some listener feedback on movie parties and flip the record over to play the other side.

Posted on May 13, 2013May 18, 2013
reviews

THE GREAT GATSBY

Baz Luhrmann struggles to adapt The Great American novel, but comes through when it comes time to adapt the pages that matter most.

Posted on May 12, 2013May 18, 2013
the watchlist

Days of The Week (Films Watched Apr 20 – May 9)

Y’all ready for this?

Posted on May 11, 2013May 15, 2013
links

Everybody’s Talkin’ 5 – 10 (Chatter from Other Bloggers)

Three charming and witty bloggers turn on their mics and take us across the universe, The Droid unveils his secret origin, and The Reel Talker speaks truth to power.

Posted on May 10, 2013May 15, 2013
visuals

Freeze Frame: NIGHT OF THE HUNTER

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

Posted on May 9, 2013May 14, 2013
reviews

IRON MAN 3

Tony Stark finds himself on his most difficult mission yet: fighting back.

Posted on May 8, 2013April 30, 2019
discussion

All Tomorrow’s Parties (Matineecast Feedback Question)

In your hands you hold an invitation to any fictional party you can think of. Which shindig would it be?

Posted on May 7, 2013May 12, 2013

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