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reviews 3 stars, alec baldwin, andrew dice clay, blue jasmine, bobby canavale, cate blanchett, drama, louis c.k., peter sarsgaard, sally hawkins, woody allen

BLUE JASMINE

September 1, 2013

When you’re a woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown, do you take a breath and step back from the edge…or open your arms and lean over?

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, andre royo, bob odenkirk, brie larson, dayo okeniyi, james ponsoldt, jennifer jason leigh, kyle chandler, mary elizabeth winstead, miles teller, shailene woodley, the spectacular now

THE SPECTACULAR NOW

August 25, 2013

One of the summer’s best films tells a story of young love, and the trouble with living for the present.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, comedy, eddie marsan, edgar wright, martin freeman, nick frost, paddy considine, pierce brosnan, rosamund pike, simon pegg, the world's end

THE WORLD’S END

August 23, 2013

Edgar Wright’s “Cornetto Trilogy” comes to its epic conclusion with thoughts on assimilation, and living in the now.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 4 stars, ariana neal, chad michael murray, directors of colour, drama, fruitvale station, kevin durand, melonie diaz, michael b. jordan, octavia spencer, ryan coogler

FRUITVALE STATION

August 18, 2013

One of 2013’s most powerful films is a prayer for patience and redemption, and a painful reminder of how rare those virtues are.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, alice braga, diego luna, elysium, jodie foster, matt damon, neil blomkamp, science fiction, sharlto copley, wagner moura

ELYSIUM

August 11, 2013

If you find yourself alone, with the sun on your face, do not be troubled. You may be on Elysium and you may not yet be dead.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3 stars, action, comic book, famke janssen, hal yamanouchi, hiroyuki sanada, hugh jackman, james mangold, marvel, rila fukushima, svetlana khodchenkova, tao okamoto, the wolverine, wolverine

THE WOLVERINE

July 28, 2013

The summer’s final comic book film arrives…and potentially signals the beginning of something great.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 2.5 stars, crime, drama, kristin scott thomas, nicolas winding refn, only god forgives, ryan gosling, vithaya pansringarm, yayaying rhatha phongam

ONLY GOD FORGIVES

July 21, 2013

Hey girl – are you ready for more? The team that brought you DRIVE two years ago are back. And this team, they’re ready to get dirty.

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Ryan McNeil
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