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Author: Ryan McNeil

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TIFF REVIEW: TYRANNOSAUR

September 18, 2011

Some Awful Big Things Can Be Buried Under Some Otherwise Normal Looking Surfaces.

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Ryan McNeil
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TIFF Review: UNION SQUARE

September 18, 2011

Watching This Was Painful…But Not That Kind of Painful

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Ryan McNeil
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TIFF Review: JUAN OF THE DEAD

September 18, 2011

Ever Think That Zombies are a First World Problem? Think Again.

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Ryan McNeil
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TIFF Review: INTRUDERS

September 18, 2011

That Nightmare that Feels So Real and makes You Afraid to Close Your Eyes? Clive Owen is Here to Gently Remind You That It’s Only a Dream.

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Ryan McNeil
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TIFF Review: CRAZY HORSE

September 18, 2011

I Wouldn’t Think It Could Be Possible, but a Documentary About a Burlesque Show Becomes a Bit of a Chrore.

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, TIFF elizabeth olsen, john hawkes, sarah paulson, sean durkin, TIFF 2011

TIFF Review: MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE

September 18, 2011

Teardrop Returns, and This Time He’s Messing with The Head of the Other Olsen Sister.

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TIFF Review: THE SKIN I LIVE IN

September 17, 2011

Almodovar Leads Us Right Up to The Edge of Darkness, Then Finds The Balls to Push Us Over.

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Ryan McNeil
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