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reviews

reviews 3.5 stars, bryan cranston, contagion, drama, elliott gould, gweneth paltrow, jennifer ehle, john hawkes, jude law, kate winslet, laurence fishburn, marion cotillard, matt damon, steven soderbergh

CONTAGION

August 28, 2011

Soderbergh Unleashes a Plague, and Shows Us That The Disease is Just The Beginning of The Danger.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews anton yelchin, christopher mintz-plasse, colin farrell, david tennant, horror, imogen poots, toni collette, vampires

FRIGHT NIGHT

August 24, 2011

Judging It as a Piece of Schlock Cinema – It Succeeds. Now We Need to Decide How Much Stock We Put in Schlock.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 4 stars, comedy, emma stone, julianne moore, kevin bacon, marissa tomei, romance, ryan gosling, steve carell

CRAZY STUPID LOVE

August 21, 2011

Something Seemingly So Predictable Turns Sweet, Honest, and Truly Surprising.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, aziz ansari, comedy, danny mcbride, jesse, ruben fleischer

30 MINUTES OR LESS

August 14, 2011

A Buddy-Film Throwback That Holds the Cheese

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3 stars, charlie day, colin farrell, comedy, jamie foxx, jason bateman, jason sudeikis, jennifer aniston, kevin spacey

HORRIBLE BOSSES

August 7, 2011

Bromantic chemistry pulls a silly concept back from certain doom.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 1.5 stars, abigail spencer, action, daniel craig, harrison ford, jon favreau, olivia wilde, sam rockwell, sci-fi, western

COWBOYS & ALIENS

July 31, 2011

Could the on-screen pairing of James Bond and Indiana Jones possibly deliver the joy of either franchise?

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3-D, 3.5 stars, action, captain america, captain america: the first avenger, chris evans, comic book, dominic cooper, hugo weaving, joe johnston, marvel, mcu infinity saga, mcu phase one, natalie dormer, stanley tucci, toby jones, tommy lee jones

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER

July 24, 2011

Two Solid Hours of Apple Pie.

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Ryan McNeil
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