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3.5 stars

reviews 3.5 stars, alexandra shipp, andrew garfield, bradley whitford, jonathan larson, judith light, lin-manuel miranda, mj rodriguez, musical, reviews, robin de jesús, tick tick...BOOM!, vanessa hudgens

tick, tick…BOOM!

November 14, 2021

You need to ask: Are you letting yourself be led by fear, or by love?

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, andy samberg, camila mendes, comedy, cristin milioti, j.k. simmons, max barbakow, meredith hagner, peter gallagher, reviews, tyler hoechlin

PALM SPRINGS

July 15, 2020

Sometimes there’s a movie for the moment.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, anthony ramos, broadway, christopher jackson, daveed diggs, disney, documentary, hamilton, jasmine cephas jones, jonathan groff, leslie odom jr., lin-manuel miranda, musical, okieriete onaodowan, phillipa soo, rachel zegler, reneé elise goldsberry

HAMILTON

July 5, 2020

History has its eyes on you – even when you think it has looked another way.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, cardi b, constance wu, drama, hustlers, jennifer lopez, julia stiles, lili reinhart, lizzo, lorene scafaria, mercedes ruehl, reviews, women in film

HUSTLERS

September 20, 2019

As the old-school classic goes, “This is story about control”

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, A24, danny glover, drama, jamal trulove, joe talbot, jonathan majors, reviews, rob morgan, tichina arnold

THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO

July 25, 2019

When so much of your home changes around you, is it any wonder that it feels less and less like “home”?

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Ryan McNeil
reviews, Ryan Recommends 3.5 stars, action, anna boden, annette benning, ben mendelsohn, brie larson, captain marvel, clark gregg, comic book, djimon honsou, gemma chan, jude law, lashana lynch, lee pace, marvel studios, mcu infinity saga, mcu phase three, ryan fleck, samuel l jackson, science fiction, women in film

CAPTAIN MARVEL

March 10, 2019

Is it possible that we all have it within ourselves to be a hero?

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, alison sudol, callum turner, claudia kim, david yates, eddie redmayne, ezra miller, fantastic beasts, fantastic beasts: the crimes of grindewald, fantasy, j.k. rowling, johnny depp, jude law, katherine waterston, wizarding world, zoe kravitz

FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDEWALD

November 16, 2018

The Wizarding World has begun to age. With age comes wisdom…sometimes clarity…and occasionally regret.

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Ryan McNeil
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