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the watchlist a girl walked home alone at night, biloxi blues, desperado, groundhog day, the fifth element, the lady from shanghai, the miracle worker

Days of The Week (Films Watched January 31 – February 6)

February 7, 2015

From Iran to Shanghai to Biloxi all in one week. Well, sort of…

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Ryan McNeil
links alia miller, almost ginger, amir soltani, amiresque, andrew robinson, becca sharp, gman reviews, inspired ground, jandy hardesty, jonathan hardesty, matthew brown, not at odds, stardust, super zero, vanessa buttino

Everybody’s Talkin’ 2 – 6 (Chatter from Other Bloggers)

February 6, 2015

Superzero takes flight, Jon and Jandy invite us into their kitchen, and Andrew considers the art of criticism.

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Ryan McNeil
american movie critics, conversations, my back pages american film critics, gilbert seldes, jandy hardesty, phillip lopate

You Want History: Jandy & I Discuss Gilbert Seldes

February 5, 2015

My conversation with Jandy resumes. This week Gilbert Seldes has us discussing the link between Charlie Chaplin and Optimus Prime.

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Ryan McNeil
trailers amber heard, andie macdowell, channing tatum, donald glover, elizabeth banks, jada pinkett smith, joe maganiello, kevin nash, magic mike, magic mike xxl, matt bomer

Anaconda: MAGIC MIKE XXL Trailer

February 4, 2015

Time to get back to the grind.

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Ryan McNeil
trailers eva green, jeffrey dean morgan, jonathan pryce, kristian levring, mads mikkelsen, the salvation, trailers, western

Time to get a Gun: THE SALVATION Trailer

February 3, 2015

The doctor is saddling up.

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Ryan McNeil
guest spots, podcasts jamie dew, rocky, the dew over podcast

Elsewhere: Talkin’ 1976 on The Dew Over

February 2, 2015

I take my talents to the east side…yet again!…to discuss the films of 1976.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, a girl walks home alone at night, ana lily amirpour, arash marandi, foreign film, horror, iranian, marshall manesh, mozhan marnò, sheila vand, vampires, women in film

A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT

February 1, 2015

We portray a certain side of ourselves to the world at large…and sometimes that person just invites bad things.

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Ryan McNeil
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