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Author: Ryan McNeil

trailers

Next Girl: STAR WARS – THE LAST JEDI Trailer

Ready for more?

Posted on April 14, 2017April 28, 2017
reviews

SONG TO SONG

Sometimes, life is just background music.

Posted on April 9, 2017September 28, 2019
the watchlist

Days of The Week (Films Watched April 1 – 7)

Back up to double-digits this week, like stockpiling cinematic nourishment.

Posted on April 8, 2017April 22, 2017
matineecast, podcasts

Episode 174 – T2 TRAINSPOTTING

Talkin’ T2 Trainspotting with Rebecca Sharp of Almost Ginger.

Posted on April 3, 2017April 17, 2017
reviews

THE ZOOKEEPER’S WIFE

Caro and Chastain go back to WWII to tell a tale of true beauty and true horror.

Posted on April 2, 2017September 28, 2019
the watchlist

Days of The Week (Films Watched March 11 – 31)

These past weeks brought about a film I won’t be forgetting any time soon. Oh, and I saw Beauty and The Beast as well…

Posted on April 1, 2017April 8, 2017
blind spot series

Blindsided by CARLITO’S WAY

A selection that’s more on the modern side hooks me with romance, and makes me wonder what happened to De Palma?

Posted on March 28, 2017April 22, 2017
reviews

T2 TRAINSPOTTING

Choose to remember. Choose to forget. Choose to know when it’s best to do which.

Posted on March 27, 2017September 28, 2019
reviews

PERSONAL SHOPPER

Even surrounded by the most beautiful material items, life has a way of making us feel truly terrified sometimes.

Posted on March 24, 2017September 28, 2019
reviews

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

Tale as old as time, told so shoddily…

Posted on March 18, 2017September 28, 2019
visuals

Monochrome: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

If we strip the colour from a fairy tale, is it possible that it might become even more dream-like?

Posted on March 16, 2017April 1, 2017
matineecast, podcasts

Episode 173 – PERSONAL SHOPPER

Talkin’ PERSONAL SHOPPER with Kurt Halfyard of Row Three.

Posted on March 13, 2017April 1, 2017

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