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Episode 360 – COUNTING CROWS: HAVE YOU SEEN ME LATELY?

January 12, 2026

Talkin’ Amy Scott’s new film with Jamie Dew

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Ryan McNeil
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NO ORDINARY MAN plays TIFF 2020

September 13, 2020

Meditations on a trans iconic who isn’t near as iconic as he should be.

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Ryan McNeil
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THE WAY I SEE IT plays TIFF 2020

September 12, 2020

They say one picture says one thousand words. Here’s several thousand on The 44th President

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, anthony ramos, broadway, christopher jackson, daveed diggs, disney, documentary, hamilton, jasmine cephas jones, jonathan groff, leslie odom jr., lin-manuel miranda, musical, okieriete onaodowan, phillipa soo, rachel zegler, reneé elise goldsberry

HAMILTON

July 5, 2020

History has its eyes on you – even when you think it has looked another way.

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Ryan McNeil
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Winchester Chronicles no 6: STORIES WE TELL

June 1, 2020

Corey Atad joins The Sixth Dispatch to discuss STORIES WE TELL

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3 stars, ad-rock, adam horovitz, adam yauch, apple TV, beastie boys, documentary, mca, michael diamond, mike d, rock docs, spike jonze

BEASTIE BOYS STORY

April 26, 2020

Recounts, rhymes, reflections, from two-thirds of an iconic trio.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews documentary, elizabeth chai vasarhelyi, free solo, jess rogers, jimmy chin, oscar nominee, reviews, tommy caldwell

FREE SOLO

January 25, 2019

The difference is the stakes

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Jess Rogers
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