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Freeze Frame: TO BE OR NOT TO BE

December 3, 2014

What used to be a joke is now par for the course.

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Ryan McNeil
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Blindsided by BAMBI

June 26, 2012

I finally watch an animated feature I should have seen years ago, and come away surprised with its audacity.

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Ryan McNeil
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