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Author: Ryan McNeil

the watchlist alien 3, boxtrolls, captain america: the winter soldier, close-up, gone girl, hatchet for a honeymoon, the curious case of benjamin button, the social network, zodiac

Days of The Week (Films Watched September 27 – October 3)

October 4, 2014

I spend a week with Fincher and wonder if I should have spent it elsewhere.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, ben affleck, carrie coon, casey wilson, david fincher, drama, gillian flynn, gone girl, kim dickens, missi pyle, neil patrick harris, patrick fugit, rosamund pike, sela ward, thriller, tyler perry

GONE GIRL

October 3, 2014

Leave any man alone long enough and he’ll show you his true colours. Spoiler alert: They aren’t very pretty colours.

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Ryan McNeil
visuals 1962, freeze frame, john frankenheimer, the manchurian candidate

Freeze Frame: THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE

October 2, 2014

“Democracy” is seldom all that democratic.

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trailers benicio del toro, eric roberts, inherent vice, jena malone, joaquin phoenix, josh brolin, martin short, maya rudolph, michael k. williams, owen wilson, paul thomas anderson, reese witherspoon, trailers

Love is a Crime: INHERENT VICE Trailer

October 1, 2014

A highly anticipated trailer prompts my thoughts on those who don’t watch trailers.

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Ryan McNeil
blind spot series 1990, 2014 blindspot, abbas kiarostami, blindspot, close-up, documentary, foreign film, hossain sabzian, iranian, mohsen makhmalbaf

Blindsided by CLOSE-UP

September 30, 2014

What is fact, what is truth, and when does it even matter?

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reviews 3 stars, abigail spencer, adam driver, comedy, connie britton, corey stoll, dax shepard, jane fonda, jason bateman, kathryn hahn, rose byrne, shawn levy, this is where i leave you, tina fey

THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU

September 29, 2014

They say that you can’t go home again. Maybe they should say that you shouldn’t go home again.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3 stars, animation, anthony stacchi, ben kingsley, elle fanning, graham annable, isaac hempstead wright, jared harris, nick frost, reviews, richard ayoade, simon pegg, the boxtrolls, toni collette, tracy morgan

THE BOXTROLLS

September 28, 2014

When it comes to bedtime stories, “Familiar” is not a negative criticism.

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Ryan McNeil
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