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reviews 3 stars, anjela nedyalkova, comedy, danny boyle, drama, ewen bremner, johnny lee miller, kelly macdonald, reviews, robert carlyle, shirley henderson, t2: trainspotting

T2 TRAINSPOTTING

March 27, 2017

Choose to remember. Choose to forget. Choose to know when it’s best to do which.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, drama, kristen stewart, olivier assayas, personal shopper, reviews, thriller

PERSONAL SHOPPER

March 24, 2017

Even surrounded by the most beautiful material items, life has a way of making us feel truly terrified sometimes.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 1 star, audra mcdonald, beauty and the beast 2017, bill condon, dan stevens, emma thompson, emma watson, ewan mcgregor, fantasy, gugu mbatha-raw, hattie morahan, ian mckellan, josh gad, kevin kline, luke evans, reviews, stanley tucci, walt disney

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

March 18, 2017

Tale as old as time, told so shoddily…

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 4 stars, boyd holbrook, comic books, dafne keen, elizabeth rodriguez, eriq la salle, hugh jackman, james mangold, logan, patrick stewart, reviews, richard e. grant, stephen merchant, wolverine, x-men

LOGAN

March 5, 2017

In one of the best superhero films yet, we learn heavy is the heart that wields the claws…

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, allison williams, bradley whitford, caleb landry jones, catherine keener, daniel kaluuya, directors of colour, get out, jordan peele, lakeith stanfield, lilrel howery, reviews, stephen root, thriller

GET OUT

March 2, 2017

Dear White People…

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3 stars, adam driver, drama, golshifteh farahani, jim jarmusch, paterson, reviews

PATERSON

February 5, 2017

For every brussel sprouts pie, there’s a black and white cupcake

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 20th Century Women, 3 stars, annette benning, billy crudup, comedy, drama, elle fanning, greta gerwig, lucas jade zumann, mike mills, reviews

20TH CENTURY WOMEN

January 22, 2017

For the women in our lives; a mixtape to appreciate their influence on our stories.

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Ryan McNeil
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