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reviews

reviews 3 stars, ben chaplin, cate blanchett, cinderella 2015, derek jacobi, fairy tale, fantasy, hayley atwell, helena bonham-carter, holliday grainger, lily james, nonso anozie, reviews, richard madden, sophie mcshera, stellan skarsgard

CINDERELLA

March 15, 2015

Once upon a time, a classic story found a way to remind us of a simple life lesson…

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 4 stars, assa sylla, bande de filles, céline sciamma, foreign film, french, girlhood, idrissa diabaté, karidja touré, lindsay karamoh, mariétou touré, women in film

GIRLHOOD

March 8, 2015

Turns out theres a lot going on in between those selfies and snickers.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 2.5 stars, action, channing tatum, douglas booth, eddie redmayne, jupiter ascending, mila kunis, reviews, sci-fi, sean bean, the wachowskis, tuppence middleton, women in film

JUPITER ASCENDING

February 8, 2015

What happens when a space opera hits a few sharp notes?

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, a girl walks home alone at night, ana lily amirpour, arash marandi, foreign film, horror, iranian, marshall manesh, mozhan marnò, sheila vand, vampires, women in film

A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT

February 1, 2015

We portray a certain side of ourselves to the world at large…and sometimes that person just invites bad things.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, a most violent year, albert brooks, alessandro nivola, david oyelowo, drama, j.c. chandor, jessica chastain, oscar isaac, reviews

A MOST VIOLENT YEAR

January 30, 2015

What goes into selling an image – and just how hard is it to destroy that image?

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 1.5 stars, action, american sniper, bradley cooper, clint eastwood, drama, kyle gallner, reviews, sammy sheik, sienna miller, war

AMERICAN SNIPER

January 18, 2015

You always hear “I support the troops”. You gotta wonder when they’ll be supported with better filmmaking.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews action, blackhat, chris hemsworth, drama, holt mccallany, leehom wang, michael mann, viola davis, wei tang, yorick van wageningen

BLACKHAT

January 16, 2015

Somewhere in amongst all those lines and lines of cinematic code is a really good product. But is it visible amid all the clutter?

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Ryan McNeil
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