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Episode 216 – VELVET BUZZSAW

February 11, 2019

Talkin’ Dan Gilroy’s new film with Sofia Teixeira

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Ryan McNeil
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The Contenders: BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY

February 7, 2019

This is the real life. That was the fantasy.

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Ryan McNeil
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The Contenders: THE FAVOURITE

February 5, 2019

That time Yorgos turned up and served the story.

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Ryan McNeil
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The Contenders: THE WIFE

February 4, 2019

A frontrunner for Best Actress does so very much with so little.

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Ryan McNeil
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FREE SOLO: A Rebuttal

January 29, 2019

Oh you were finished? Well then allow me to retort.

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Ryan McNeil
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Episode 215 – 91ST OSCAR NOMINEES

January 28, 2019

Talkin’ the 91st Oscar Nominations with Shane McNeil.

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Ryan McNeil
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FREE SOLO

January 25, 2019

The difference is the stakes

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Jess Rogers
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