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reviews 3 stars, armin mueller-stahl, canadian, crime, david cronenberg, drama, dvd, eastern promises, naomi watts, viggo mortensen, vincent cassel

EASTERN PROMISES

September 23, 2007

David Cronenberg closes off a trilogy of films that focus on pure human violence.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, andrew dominik, assassination of jesse james by the coward robert ford, brad pitt, casey affleck, drama, dvd, garret dillahunt, jeremy renner, mary louise parker, paul schneider, sam rockwell, sam shepard, ted levine, western, zooey deschanel

THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD

September 23, 2007

Only the very best films can get away with truly horrible titles. This is no exception.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3 stars, across the universe, beatles, bono, dvd, eddie izzard, evan rachel wood, jim sturgess, joe anderson, joe cocker, julie taymor, musical, selma hayak

ACROSS THE UNIVERSE

September 21, 2007

Is there anybody going to listen to the story…all about the girl who came to stay?

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 2.5 stars, bill hader, christopher mintz-plasse, comedy, dave franco, dvd, emma stone, greg mottola, jonah hill, judd apatow, michael cera, seth rogen, superbad

SUPERBAD

September 20, 2007

Remember those high school days? When the first and foremost thing upon the brain was “losin’ it”?

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Ryan McNeil
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