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the watchlist, top fives cloudy with a chance of meatballs 2, edge of tomorrow, frances ha, funny games, in the bedroom, jersey boys, la voz de la silenciados, neighbors, the prestige, winter's bone

Days of The Week (Films Watched June 1 – June 6)

Summer arrives in earnest and the watching increases.

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Ryan McNeil

listy goodness, visuals 12 years a slave, american hustle, before midnight, blue jasmine, broken circle breakdown, dallas buyers club, frances ha, frozen, gravity, inside llewyn davis, iron man 3, much ado about nothing, mud, nebraska, side effects, spring breakers, stoker, the bling ring, the broken circle breakdown, the great gatsby, the spectacular now, the wind rises, the wolf of wall street, the world's end, upstream color

Hey Man, Nice Shot – 2013 Edition

December 30, 2013

Certain moments have a way of sticking with you throughout the year.

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Ryan McNeil

the watchlist a werewolf boy, amour, black swan, byzantium, cloud atlas, come out and play, far out isn't far enough, fitzgerald family christmas, flirting with disaster, frances ha, full metal jacket, ghost graduation, hedwig and the angry inch, here comes the devil, i (heart) huckabees, impossible, it might get loud, jump, lawless, lawrence of arabia, like someone in love, magnolia, much ado about nothing, my awkward sexual adventure, painless, primal fear, rust and bone, seven psychopaths, silver linings playbook, suicide shop, superbad, the debt, the end, the master, the place beyond the pines, the sessions, the shining, the two towers, three kings, to the wonder, true romance, wasteland, where the wild things are

Days of The Week (Films Watched Sep 1 – Sep 21)

September 22, 2012

In the words of 2 Unlimited: “Y’all ready for this?”

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Ryan McNeil

festivals, reactions, TIFF adam driver, comedy, frances ha, grace gummer, greta gerwig, michael zegen, mickey summer, noah baumbach, patrick heusinger, TIFF 2012

FRANCES HA Plays TIFF 2012

September 16, 2012

When Frances moved from Sacramento to New York, this couldn’t have been what she had in mind.

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Ryan McNeil

TIFF amour, byzantium, cloud atlas, come out and play come out and play, far out isn't far enough, fin, fitzgerald family christmas, frances ha, ghost graduation, here comes the devil, impossible, jump, like someone in love, much ado about nothing, my awkward sexual adventure, painless, place beyond the pines, room 237, rust and bone, seven psychopaths, silver linings playbook, suicide shop, thale, the master, TIFF 2012, to the wonder, wasteland

All Good Things – My TIFF 2012 Schedule

August 28, 2012

In getting what I wanted for TIFF 2012, I was extremely lucky. Here’s hoping my luck continues when time comes to finallyexperience these films

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Ryan McNeil

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