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2 stars

reviews 2 stars, anjelica huston, clark gregg, dark comedy, dvd, gillian jacobs, joel grey, sam rockwell

CHOKE

September 28, 2008

Yet another example of just how tricky it can be to adapt a popular book into a well-executed film.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 2 stars, action, charlize theron, dvd, eddie marsan, jason bateman, will smith

HANCOCK

July 8, 2008

I get the impression that this wasn’t the easiest property to adapt.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 2 stars, drama, dvd, m. night shyamalan, mark wahlberg, suspense, zooey deschanel

THE HAPPENING

June 21, 2008

I never thought I’d say this, but I actually miss Shyamalan’s twist endings.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 2 stars, comedy, elizabeth banks, fred claus, holiday movies, john michael higgins, kathy bates, kevin spacey, ludacris, miranda richardson, paul giamatti, rachel weisz, vince vaughn

FRED CLAUS

November 11, 2007

Is it my imagination or do most modern Christmas films deserve a spot on the “naughty” list?

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 2 stars, ang lee, drama, dvd, foreign, joan chen, lust caution, tony leung

LUST, CAUTION

October 5, 2007

Something tells me I’m gonna need to come back to this sometime.

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Ryan McNeil
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