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oscar talk

Uncategorized oscar talk, year-end awards

I Can See Clearly Now

December 12, 2007

If you’re as Oscar-obsessed as I am, 2007 might well have been driving you crazy. Until the last week or so, there was no clear-cut contenders. Lots of movies making the rounds seem like they will take home some gold (SWEENEY TODD, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, JUNO)…but all of them have knocks against them…

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Ryan McNeil
Uncategorized oscar talk, year-end awards

A Long December

December 11, 2007

I had intended on getting back to posting a top five today, but it will have to wait until tomorrow (be sure to check back then). In the meantime today is the news that both The New York Film Critics, and The Los Angeles Film Critics have put their heads together and handed out their…

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Ryan McNeil
Uncategorized opening, oscar talk, year-end awards

Independence Day

November 30, 2007

As I look at my tea-stained and scribbled-on desk calender, I see that I’ll be tearing off the page tomorrow and staring at “December” come Monday morning. If the fact that I need to go buy myself a new calender isn’t a sure sign that the credits are close to rolling on 2007, then the…

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Ryan McNeil
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