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Episode 365 – NIRVANNA: THE BAND, THE SHOW, THE MOVIE

March 23, 2026

Talkin’ Matthew Johnson’s new film with Courtney Small

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, andy samberg, camila mendes, comedy, cristin milioti, j.k. simmons, max barbakow, meredith hagner, peter gallagher, reviews, tyler hoechlin

PALM SPRINGS

July 15, 2020

Sometimes there’s a movie for the moment.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 4 stars, blythe danner, brett haley, comedy, drama, hearts beat loud, jeff tweedy, kiersey clemons, music, nick offerman, reviews, sasha lane, ted danson, toni collette

HEARTS BEAT LOUD

June 26, 2018

We might want to belt the chorus, but more often than not, we hum the bridge

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 2.5 stars, abby kohn, aidy bryant, amy schumer, busy philipps, comedy, emily ratajkowski, i feel pretty, lauren hutton, michelle williams, reviews, rory scovel, tom hopper

I FEEL PRETTY

May 14, 2018

Is it enough to look in the mirror and see something different – or should the real desire be to look in the mirror and like what we see?

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 2.5 stars, alison brie, ari graynor, comedy, dave franco, jacki weaver, james franco, josh hutcherson, judd apatow, paul scheer, seth rogen, the disaster artist, the room, zac efron

THE DISASTER ARTIST

December 13, 2017

Franco and Wiseau: Failure, fiasco, love, and a lie.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 4 stars, abbie cornish, caleb landry jones, comedy, crime, drama, frances mcdormand, lucas hedges, martin mcdonagh, peter dinklage, reviews, sam rockwell, three billboards outside ebbing missouri, woody harrelson, zeljko ivanek

THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI

November 19, 2017

Impulse, regret, and the search for solace

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 4 stars, beanie feldstein, comedy, greta gerwig, lady bird, laurie metcalf, saoirse ronan, timothée chalamet, tracy letts, women in film

LADY BIRD

November 12, 2017

We were idiots, once. Beautiful, beautiful, idiots.

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Ryan McNeil
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