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3.5 stars

reviews 3.5 stars, alessandro nivola, alice englert, annette benning, christina hendricks, drama, elle fanning, ginger & rosa, oliver platt, sally potter, timothy spall

GINGER & ROSA

March 31, 2013

Director Sally Potter returns with a subtle film dedicated to the beauty and heartache that comes with growing up.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, chan wook park, dermot mulroney, drama, jacki weaver, matthew goode, mia wasikowska, nicole kidman, stoker, suspense

STOKER

March 3, 2013

Park Chan Wook finally gets 2013 going with a twisted tale of American Gothic.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, aaron johnson, alicia vikander, anna karenina, domhnall gleeson, drama, emily watson, joe wright, jude law, kelly macdonald, kiera knightley, leo tolstoy, matthew mcfadyen, olivia williams

ANNA KARENINA

November 25, 2012

Joe Wright tells an old story in a new way. The question is whether his new way is the right way, or the wrong way?

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, ang lee, drama, irrfan khan, life of pi, rafe spall, suraj sharma

LIFE OF PI

November 23, 2012

Once upon a time, there was a boat, a tiger, and a boy named Pi.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, andy wachowski, christopher kenneally, Christopher Nolan, danny boyle, david fincher, david lynch, docs, george lucas, james cameron, keanu reeves, lana wachowski, lena dunham, martin scorsese, richard linklater, robert rodriguez, side by side, steven soderbergh

SIDE BY SIDE

October 17, 2012

We’ve reached a crossroads with the films we watch. The question is, are we better off?

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, abbie cornish, christopher walken, colin farrell, comedy, crime, gabourey sidibe, martin mcdonagh, michael pitt, michael stuhlbarg, olga kurylenko, sam rockwell, seven psychopaths, zeljko ivanek

SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS

October 12, 2012

Once again, the lunatics are taking over the asylum. This time though, they’re considering their characters’ motivation.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, drama, dylan mcdermott, emma watson, erin wilhelmi, ezra miller, joan cusack, kate walsh, logan lerman, mae whitman, melanie lynskey, paul rudd, stephen chbosky, the perks of being a wallflower

THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER

October 7, 2012

Is there another world?

Is there a better world?

Well there must be…

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Ryan McNeil
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