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love actually

the watchlist citizenfour, ghostbusters, gross pointe blank, love actually, the goodbye girl, the hunger games: mockingjay pt 1, the nightmare before christmas, the theory of everything

Days of The Week (Films Watched November 15 – Novermber 21)

November 22, 2014

Some of this, some of that, some of the other…

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Ryan McNeil
the watchlist all is lost, blood simple, frozen, gimme the loot, good 'ol freeda, hard eight, last of the mohicans, love actually, pacific rim, starbuck, unsung

Days of The Week (Films Watched Nov 30 – Dec 6)

December 7, 2013

A Lightbox screening of a Coens’ classic leads to one of the strangest movie-going sensations of my life.

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Ryan McNeil
like this love actually

JINGLE BELL ROCK

December 25, 2012

Merry Christmas Matinee Readers – Today, We Feel Like This…

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Ryan McNeil
the watchlist fanny and alexander, flight, joyeux noel, love actually, psycho, the hobbit, the imposter, the lorax

Days of The Week (Films Watched Dec 8 – Dec 14)

December 15, 2012

During a melancholy week I return to Middle Earth, complete the Hitchcock double-feature, and catch up with the best documentary of the year.

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Ryan McNeil
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