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reviews 2 stars, abigail spencer, adventure, fantasy, james franco, joey king, michelle williams, mila kunis, oz: the great and powerful, rachel weisz, sam raimi, zach braff

OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL

March 10, 2013

Come out come out wherever you are, and meet the sly huckster who came from afar…

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 2 stars, amanda seyfried, anne hathaway, colm wilkinson, eddie redmayne, helena bonham-carter, hugh jackman, les miserables, musical, russell crowe, sacha baron cohen, samantha barks, tom hooper

LES MISERABLES

December 20, 2012

Do you hear the people sing? Singing a song of angry men? They are fans of broadway musicals, disappointed yet again.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 2 stars, alan tudyk, animation, jack mcbrayer, jane lynch, john c. reilly, sarah silverman, walt disney

WRECK-IT RALPH

November 4, 2012

Walt Disney wants us to grab a handful of quarters and walk back into the arcade. Unfortunately, the game it wants us to play isn’t nearly as cool as all the other games in the joint.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 2 stars, anna camp, anna kendrick, brittany snow, comedy, musical, pitch perfect, rebel wilson, skylar astin

PITCH PERFECT

October 14, 2012

I sat down hoping to be aca-tained, but two hours later I just found myself aca-pointed.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 2 stars, alec baldwin, alessandra mastronardi, alessandro tiberi, alison pill, comedy, ellen page, fabio armiliato, flavio parenti, greta gerwig, jesse eisenberg, judy davis, penelope cru, roberto begnini, romance, to rome with love, woody allen

TO ROME WITH LOVE

July 29, 2012

Italians are such a passionate people, so you can see why Woody Allen wasn’t content just to tell one of their tales of love.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 2 stars, action, anthony mackie, benjamin walker, dominic cooper, mary elizabeth winstead, rufus sewell, timur bekmambetov, vampires

ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER

July 4, 2012

Four score and seven hours ago, my theatre projectionist brought forth a new round of silliness.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 2 stars, canadian, david cronenberg, drama, emily hampshire, jay baruchel, juliette binoche, kevin durand, robert pattinson, samantha morton

COSMOPOLIS

June 21, 2012

A lot of things can happen when a rich guy wants a haircut. Alternately, very little can happen, but a lot can be discussed while those few things are going on.

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Ryan McNeil
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