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reviews 2.5 stars, action, angelina jolie, chewitel ejiofor, dvd, liev schreiber

SALT

July 25, 2010

A Pinch of Salt Goes A Long Way, Even If The Film Wants Us To Choke Back a Whole Spoonful.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 4 stars, best of 2010, Christopher Nolan, cillian murphy, drama, dvd, ellen page, joseph gordon-levitt, ken watanabe, leo dicaprio, lukas haas, marion cotillard, michael caine, pete postlethwaite, sci-fi, tom beringer, tom hardy, wally pfister

INCEPTION

July 18, 2010

One Summer Film Gives Us The Kick

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3 stars, crime, drama, dvd, foreign, michael nyqvist, noomi rapace, swedish

THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE

July 11, 2010

Salander is Back, But How Long Can She Play With Fire Before She gets Burned?

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3 stars, alejandro amenabar, drama, dvd, epic, oscar isaac, rachel weisz

AGORA

July 4, 2010

Once again, science and religion are at odds.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 4 stars, best of 2010, dale dickey, debra granik, drama, dvd, garret dillahunt, jennifer lawrence, john hawkes, winter's bone

WINTER’S BONE

June 28, 2010

Debra Granik brings us into the world of “Hillbilly Noir”

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3-D, 4 stars, animated, don rickles, dvd, family, joan cusack, john ratzenberger, lee unkrich, michael keaton, ned beatty, pixar, tim allen, tom hanks

TOY STORY 3

June 24, 2010

Once more into the breach dear friends.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, action, bradley cooper, dvd, jessica biel, liam neeson, patrick wilson, sharlto copley

THE A-TEAM

June 23, 2010

I love it when a dumb plan for a film comes together.

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Ryan McNeil
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