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the wind rises

the watchlist blue is he warmest color, close encounters of the third kind, crazy stupid love, ghostbusters, gravity, harold and maude, inception, kill bill vol 1, kill bill vol 2, kinky boots, moonrise kingdom, my life as a dog, pomeii, psychos, shaft, the darjeeling limited, the wind rises, winning time: reggie miller vs the new york knicks

Days of The Week (Films Watched Feb 22 – Mar 7)

It’s been a lot of nights of leftovers for dinner. Not that there’s anything wrong with that…

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Ryan McNeil

reviews animation, anime, darren criss, emily blunt, hayao miyazaki, japanese, jennifer grey, john krasinski, joseph gordon-levitt, mae whitman, mandy patinkin, martin short, stanley tucci, Studio Ghibli, the wind rises, werner herzog, william h. macy

THE WIND RISES

February 23, 2014

Maestro Miyazaki decides to play one last song, and it’s a tune with tones of home.

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Ryan McNeil

listy goodness, visuals 12 years a slave, american hustle, before midnight, blue jasmine, broken circle breakdown, dallas buyers club, frances ha, frozen, gravity, inside llewyn davis, iron man 3, much ado about nothing, mud, nebraska, side effects, spring breakers, stoker, the bling ring, the broken circle breakdown, the great gatsby, the spectacular now, the wind rises, the wolf of wall street, the world's end, upstream color

Hey Man, Nice Shot – 2013 Edition

December 30, 2013

Certain moments have a way of sticking with you throughout the year.

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Ryan McNeil

the watchlist 12 years a slave, a story of children and film, atilla marcel, can a song save your life, casa de mi padre, cinemanovels, dallas buyers club, four rooms, giant, gravity, labor day, like father like son, mission impossible: ghost protocol, moebius, night moves, old joy, R100, splendor in the grass, sunshine on leith, the amazing catfish, the double, the great beauty, the past, the private life of sherlock holmes, the sacrament, the stag, the unknown known, the wind rises, the wonders, the world's end, thou gild'st the even, trading places, under the skin, we are the best!, witching & bitching, young adult, zoolander

Days of The Week (Films Watched Aug 31 – Sep 20)

September 21, 2013

Get comfy: This is going to take a minute.

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Ryan McNeil

festivals, reactions, TIFF animation, foreign, hayao miyazaki, japanese, Studio Ghibli, the wind rises, TIFF 2013

THE WIND RISES plays TIFF 2013

September 15, 2013

“When the wind rises, you would have to attempt to live.”

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Ryan McNeil

festivals, matineecast, podcasts, TIFF hayao miyazaki, jake cole, the wind rises, TIFF 2013

Wicked Little Town – TIFF 2013 pt. iii

September 14, 2013

Talkin’ THE WIND RISES with Jake Cole as TIFF 2013 coverage continues.

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Ryan McNeil

TIFF, trailers anime, foreign, hayao miyazaki, japanese, Studio Ghibli, the wind rises, tiff, TIFF 2013

Down from Above: THE WIND RISES Trailer

September 3, 2013

One last offering from a master of animation.

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Ryan McNeil

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