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Author: Ryan McNeil

award talk

Boys and Girls (Oscar Predictions – Best Actress & Actor)

The women are all-but-decided, but there’s a fight going on in the boy’s room.

Posted on February 20, 2015February 23, 2015
award talk

You’ve Got a Killer Scene There, Man… (Oscar Predictions – Best Supporting Actress & Supporting Actor)

Two categories, two sure bets.

Posted on February 20, 2015February 23, 2015
award talk

Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (Oscar Predictions – Best Adapted & Original Screenplay)

Gearing up for Oscar night and putting my money where my mouth is…starting with the scripts.

Posted on February 19, 2015February 22, 2015
outside, visuals

Elsewhere: Freeze Framing the Best Picture Nominees at Cineplex

I’m at Cineplex today breaking down the Oscar Class of 2014 into eight awesome shots.

Posted on February 18, 2015February 22, 2015
american movie critics, discussion, my back pages

You Want History: Jandy & I Discuss Pare Lorentz

The book finally gives us a curious inclusion, and a prophecy about the future of documentary films.

Posted on February 17, 2015May 13, 2015
listy goodness, the decade so far

Five Years: Ten Films for The Decade at The Half

If the next five years are as amazing as the last five have been, we’re in for one hell of a ride.

Posted on February 16, 2015July 13, 2015
guest spots, podcasts

Elsewhere: Talkin’ 1995 on The Dew Over

I take my talents across The Don River again, and this time I do a bit of drowning in that river.

Posted on February 15, 2015September 1, 2018
the watchlist

Days of The Week (Films Watched February 7 – February 13)

One Oscar contender hits me square in the chest, and five shorts leave their mark as well.

Posted on February 14, 2015March 7, 2015
trailers

Beach Boy Blues: ALOHA Trailer

There’s the director Crowe was, the director Crowe wants to be, and the director he might well be again.

Posted on February 13, 2015February 19, 2015
visuals

Freeze Frame: THE BREAKFAST CLUB

You want others to see us as we want to see ourselves – in the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions. What if there’s a better way?

Posted on February 12, 2015June 30, 2015
trailers

I Wish I Was a Spy: THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. Trailer

When Superman met The Lone Ranger

Posted on February 11, 2015February 17, 2015
thoughts & opinions

Heard ‘Em Say: In Defense of Kanye

Gonna let me finish?

Posted on February 10, 2015February 16, 2015

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