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Author: Ryan McNeil

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Days of The Week (Films Watched November 28 – December 11)

December 12, 2015

Looking for moments of perfection in various pieces of imperfection.

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reviews 4 stars, carol, carrie brownstein, cate blanchett, cory michael smith, drama, jake lacy, john magaro, kyle chandler, melodrama, reviews, rooney mara, sarah paulson, todd haynes

CAROL

December 11, 2015

Great beauty and great clarity can come by way of just one special person.

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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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reviews 4 stars, brian d'arcy james, john slattery, liev schreiber, mark ruffalo, michael keaton, rachel mcadams, spotlight, stanley tucci, tom mccarthy

SPOTLIGHT

December 8, 2015

Blessed are the pure of heart, for they shall find themselves at the heart of a truly incredible story.

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Episode 148 – BEASTS OF NO NATION

December 7, 2015

Talkin’ BEASTS OF NO NATION with Andrew Robinson.

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reviews 1.5 stars, action, donald sutherland, elizabeth banks, francis lawrence, gwendolyn christie, jeffrey wright, jennifer lawrence, josh hutcherson, julianne moore, liam hemsworth, mahershala ali, natalie dormer, philip seymour hoffman, stanley tucci, the hunger games, the hunger games: mockingjay, the hunger games: mockingjay pt 2, woody harrelson

THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY pt. 2

December 3, 2015

Time to close the book, and not a moment too soon.

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Big Decisions: Step One on The Road to The 88th Oscars

December 2, 2015

Here they come again… worming their way into the black matter of my brain.

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