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reviews 3.5 stars, adam driver, carrie mulligan, coen brothers, f. murray abraham, inside llewyn davis, john goodman, justin timberlake, music, oscar isaacs

INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS

December 22, 2013

Perhaps the allure of folk music is the quiet comfort in hearing about characters who have it worse than us.

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Ryan McNeil
reactions canadian, documentary, etobicoke school of the arts, music, splash ensemble, unsung, wexford collegiate school for the arts, wexford gleeks

One Day More: UNSUNG Looks at Life in a Show Choir

December 4, 2013

A documentary about two competing show choirs shows what goes into glee, and brings back memories for one particular writer.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 4 stars, drama, felix van groeningen, johan heldenbergh, music, the broken circle breakdown, veerle baetens

THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN

November 17, 2013

America can inspire such beautiful dreams of love, music, and possibility. Unfortunately, we all wake up eventually.

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, TIFF adam levine, begin again, can a song save your life, cee-lo green, james corden, john carney, kiera knightley, mark ruffalo, music, rob morrow, rock & roll, TIFF 2013

CAN A SONG SAVE YOUR LIFE? plays TIFF 2013

September 14, 2013

Rock & Roll is my religion, and today TIFF took me to church.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews butch vig, dave grohl, documentary, lindsay buckingham, mick fleetwood, music, rick springfield, rock docs, sound city, stevie nicks, tom petty, trent reznor

SOUND CITY

February 17, 2013

A new documentary pays homage to the spot bands like Fleetwood Mac, Nirvana, and Tom Petty recorded some of the greatest albums and songs of all time.

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Ryan McNeil
trailers chris o'dowd, comedy, deborah mailman, jessica mauboy, miranda tapsell, music, shari sebbens, the sapphires, wayne blair

Sweet Soul Music – THE SAPPHIRES Trailer

February 13, 2013

Another upcoming film that looks familiar, and a bit of an explanation.

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Ryan McNeil
oscar isaac, inside llewyn davis
trailers adam driver, carey mulligan, coen brothers, comedy, f. murray abraham, garrett hedlund, inside llewyn davis, john goodman, justin timberlake, music, oscar isaac

Lonesome Day Blues: INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS Trailer

January 30, 2013

I didn’t even need to watch this trailer to know I’d be seeing this film. Now that I have though…

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Ryan McNeil
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