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Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You: JERSEY BOYS Trailer

April 21, 2014

After a one-year break from the traditional movie musical, Clint Eastwood gets ready to bring us back to Broadway.

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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
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WE ARE THE BEST! (Vi är Bäst!) plays TIFF 2013

September 13, 2013

Bad nights cause’n teenage blues
Get down ladies you’ve got nothing to lose…

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Ryan McNeil
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Back to Basics – A HARD DAY’S NIGHT

June 22, 2010

Once upon a time it was possible to make a film vehicle for the biggest rock stars on the planet and have it also be a good movie.

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Ryan McNeil
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