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reviews 3.5 stars, andy serkis, benicio del toro, billie lourd, carrie fisher, daisy ridley, domhnall gleeson, gwendoline christie, john boyega, justin theroux, kelly marie tran, laura dern, lupita nyong'o, mark hamill, oscar isaac, reviews, rian johnson, star wars, star wars: the last jedi

STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI

December 19, 2017

Adventure. Excitement. A Jedi craves not these things…

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 2.5 stars, alison brie, ari graynor, comedy, dave franco, jacki weaver, james franco, josh hutcherson, judd apatow, paul scheer, seth rogen, the disaster artist, the room, zac efron

THE DISASTER ARTIST

December 13, 2017

Franco and Wiseau: Failure, fiasco, love, and a lie.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3 stars, doug jones, drama, fantasy, guillermo del toro, michael shannon, michael stuhlbarg, octavia spencer, reviews, richard jenkins, sally hawkins, the shape of water

THE SHAPE OF WATER

December 11, 2017

For those who dream, and believe in the impossible.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, adrian molina, alanna ubach, animation, anthony gonzalez, benjamin bratt, coco, edward james olmos, gabriel iglesias, gael garcia bernal, lee unkrich, pixar, reviews

COCO

November 27, 2017

It’s amazing how much love connects the head and the heart.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews amber heard, amy adams, aquaman, batman, ben affleck, ciaran hinds, connie nielsen, cyborg, dceu, diane lane, ezra miller, gal gadot, henry cavill, j.k. simmons, jason momoa, jeremy irons, joss whedon, justice league, ray fisher, reviews, superman, the flash, wonder woman, zack snyder

JUSTICE LEAGUE

November 21, 2017

In a time when we seem determined to pull ourselves apart, heroes can still come together.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 4 stars, abbie cornish, caleb landry jones, comedy, crime, drama, frances mcdormand, lucas hedges, martin mcdonagh, peter dinklage, reviews, sam rockwell, three billboards outside ebbing missouri, woody harrelson, zeljko ivanek

THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI

November 19, 2017

Impulse, regret, and the search for solace

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, alicia silverstone, barry keoghan, bill camp, colin farrell, drama, nicole kidman, raffey cassidy, reviews, sunny suljic, the killing of a sacred deer, yorgos lanthimos

THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER

November 14, 2017

A long walk through beautiful rooms, each one filled with ugly moments

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Ryan McNeil
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