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REBELS ON POINTE plays Hot Docs 2017

May 5, 2017

This is a man’s world…

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 2.5 stars, andie macdowell, dance, dennis quaid, julianne hough, kenny wormald, miles teller, remake

FOOTLOOSE

October 14, 2011

This is Our Time: Twenty-Seven Years After The Last Time it Was Our Time.

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Ryan McNeil
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Hot Docs Review: JIG

May 3, 2011

“What’s a talent wasted?” This question is posed by a parent in JIG. Specifically, it’s posed by a woman whose daughter has the potential to be a world champion Irish dancer. What she asks, is what good is it to know that someone is gifted and not do everything you can to nurture that gift.…

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 0 stars, dance, drama, dvd, teen movie

STEP UP 3-D

August 17, 2010

When I Lose a Bet…I Really Lose a Bet!

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 2 stars, bebe neuwirth, charles s dutton, dance, dvd, kelsey grammer, megan mullally, musical

FAME

September 28, 2009

I wish I could remember their names.

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Ryan McNeil
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