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Author: Ryan McNeil

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Peace on Earth

December 25, 2016

Merry Christmas Matinee Readers – Today, We Feel Like This…

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reviews 2.5 stars, action, alan tudyk, ben mendelsohn, diego luna, donnie yen, felicity jones, forest whitaker, gareth edwards, genevieve o'reilly, jiang wen, jimmy smits, mads mikkelsen, riz ahmed, rogue one: a star wars story, science fiction, star wars

ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY

December 19, 2016

Just how well can the blanks be filled in?

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Days of The Week (Films Watched December 10 – 16)

December 17, 2016

This one will leave a mark, but I don’t hang that of Susanne Bier.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, billy crudup, biopic, drama, greta gerwig, jackie, jackie kennedy, john hurt, natalie portman, pablo larraín, peter sarsgaard, reviews, richard e. grant

JACKIE

December 15, 2016

Death has a way of splintering those things for those affected. We all want to make the loss of a person about so much about us, that we lose sight of what that same loss is for others

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reviews 3.5 stars, david wenham, dev patel, divian ladwa, drama, garth davis, lion, nicole kidman, reviews, rooney mara, sunny pawar

LION

December 14, 2016

He is inimitable; he is an original.

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Ryan McNeil
trailers donald glover, john watts, jon favreau, marisa tomei, mcu infinity saga, mcu phase three, michael keaton, robert downey jr, spider-man, spider-man: homecoming, tom holland, zendaya

Teenage Talk: SPIDER-MAN HOMECOMING Trailer

December 13, 2016

The Webslinger makes his full entry into the MCU…but did he miss his shot?

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the watchlist

Days of The Week (Films Watched December 3 – 9)

December 10, 2016

Much has been watched, much still remains…

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