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THE SAPPHIRES

June 6, 2013

An Australian film drops a quarter in the jukebox and gets our toes a-tappin’.

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Ryan McNeil
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Rock & Roll is A Vicious Game: RAINMAN GOES TO ROCKWIZ plays NXNE

June 17, 2011

I’m beginning to believe that everybody in the world “has something”: some talent, some knowledge base, some special thing to offer the world. It might only be one small thing, and it might not be terribly useful, but dammit it’s ours…and it can give us a moment in the sun. For Mark Borebach, it’s knowledge…

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Ryan McNeil
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Doubleback: ANIMAL KINGDOM

February 6, 2011

I’ve mentioned before, that all things being equal I prefer to see a film in a cinema versus home theatre. My exhibit A would have to be ANIMAL KINGDOM. This Australian film is the story of The Cody family in Melbourne. After his mother dies of a heroin overdose, teenaged Joshua goes to live with…

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Ryan McNeil
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