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reviews 3.5 stars, coen brothers, domhnall gleeson, drama, hailee steinfeld, jeff bridges, josh brolin, matt damon, true grit, western

TRUE GRIT

December 26, 2010

Only cowards flee when no one chases…

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 4 stars, amy adams, best of 2010, boxing, christian bale, david o. russell, drama, mark wahlberg, melissa leo, sports

THE FIGHTER

December 21, 2010

How many rounds do you think you have left in you?

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 2 stars, 3-D, action, garret hedlund, IMAX, jeff bridges, olivia wilde, sci-fi

TRON LEGACY

December 19, 2010

Sometimes, you really shouldn’t go back to the well 30 years later.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, bio-pic, colin firth, drama, geoffrey rush, guy pearce, helena bonham-carter, jennifer ehle, michael gambon, the king's speech

THE KING’S SPEECH

December 12, 2010

Any Man With a Microphone Can Tell You What He Loves The Most…But What If He Can’t?

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 4 stars, barbara hershey, best of 2010, black swan, darren aronofsky, drama, mila kunis, natalie portman, sebastian stan, vincent cassel, winona ryder

BLACK SWAN

December 3, 2010

Ballet isn’t pretty…

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Ryan McNeil
reviews alan rickman, bill nighy, daniel radcliffe, domhnall gleeson, emma watson, harry potter & deathly hallows 1, helena bonham-carter, jamie campbell bower, julie walters, potter, ralph fiennes, rupert grint, toby jones, unrated, wizarding world

HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS pt. 1

November 21, 2010

A film that proves that you can’t take a story and just “Cut it in two”

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 2.5 stars, bryce dallas howard, cecile de france, clint eastwood, matt damon

HEREAFTER

November 15, 2010

“Not knowing” is sometimes the hardest thing to endure.

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Ryan McNeil
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