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reviews 4 stars, drama, geoffrey wright, george clooney, jennifer ehle, marissa tomei, paul giamatti, phillip seymour hoffman, politics, ryan gosling, the ides of march

THE IDES OF MARCH

October 7, 2011

Politics Can Be a Dirty Game. But the Politics of Politics is More Than Just Dirty: It’s Downright Bloody.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews horror, john goodman, kerry bishé, kevin pollak, kevin smith, melissa leo, michael angarano, stephen root, thriller

RED STATE

October 3, 2011

Have You Heard? Hardcore Fundamentalist Christians are Crazy.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, anjelica huston, anna kendrick, bryce dallas howard, comedy, drama, jonathan levine, joseph gordon-levitt, philip baker hall, seth rogen

50 / 50

October 2, 2011

The Saying is “As Serious As Cancer”. But What Happens When Someone Takes cancer a Little Less Seriously?

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 2 stars, aaron sorkin, baseball, bennett miller, bio-pic, brad pitt, drama, jonah hill, moneyball, phillip seymour hoffman, robin wright, steve zaillian, wally pfister

MONEYBALL

September 23, 2011

In Movies – Just Like In Baseball – Being ‘Good On Paper’ Will Only Take You So Far.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 2.5 stars, action, albert brooks, carey mulligan, christina hendricks, crime, drama, nicholas winding refn, oscar isaacs, ron perlman, ryan gosling

DRIVE

September 20, 2011

Nicholas Winding Refn Gets Hollywood Actors and a Hollywood Budget, but Sticks to His Grindhouse Guns.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews

THE GUARD

September 5, 2011

Brendan Gleason Brings Some Cheeky Irish Humour to End Off My Summer.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3 stars, christopher plummer, drama, ewan mcgregor, melanie laurent, mike mills

BEGINNERS

September 1, 2011

Yet Another Life Less Ordinary.

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Ryan McNeil
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