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Episode 296 – THE FABELMANS

November 28, 2022

Talkin’ Steven Spielberg’s new film with Corey Atad

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Ryan McNeil
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Episode 262 – SAVING PRIVATE RYAN

May 31, 2021

Talkin’ Steven Spielberg’s classic film with Simon Columb

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, ben mendelsohn, lena waithe, mark rylance, olivia cooke, ready player one, reviews, simon pegg, steven spielberg, t.j. miller, tye sheridan, zak penn

READY PLAYER ONE

March 29, 2018

At his most self-aware, Steven Spielberg asks if we are defined by what we love, or simply that we can love at all?

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 4 stars, alison brie, bob odenkirk, bradley whitford, bruce greenwood, carrie coon, david cross, drama, jesse plemons, matthew rhys, meryl streep, sarah paulson, steven spielberg, the post, tom hanks, tracy letts, zach woods

THE POST

January 5, 2018

Democracy dies in darkness.

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Ryan McNeil
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Pure Imagination: READY PLAYER ONE Trailer

July 23, 2017

Pop eats itself in the most wonderful way.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3 stars, bill hader, jermaine clement, mark rylance, rafe spall, rebecca hall, reviews, roald dahl, ruby barnhill, steven spielberg, the bfg

THE BFG

July 7, 2016

What if we all grew-up? Stopped believing in aliens, or wearing our dad’s fedoras? And what if right that moment, a giant arrived out of the past?

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Ryan McNeil
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Gigantic: THE BFG Trailer

December 9, 2015

Time for Spielberg’s stories about restless and isolated boys to take a back seat for a moment.

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Ryan McNeil
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