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3.5 stars

reviews 3.5 stars, alan rickman, daniel radcliffe, dvd, emma watson, fantasy, jim broadbent, maggie smith, michael gambon, potter, rupert grint

HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE

July 15, 2009

Six down, two to go.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, allison janney, away we go, catherine o'hara, chris messina, comedy, dave eggers, drama, dvd, jeff daniels, john krasinski, maggie gyllenhaal, maya rudolph, paul schneider, sam mendes

AWAY WE GO

June 29, 2009

Marriage involves setting out on a journey together, trusting the other person to be your compass…trusting that they will guide you home.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, bradley cooper, comedy, dvd, ed helms, heather graham, jeffrey tambor, ken jeong, zach galifianakis

THE HANGOVER

June 21, 2009

Instant dumbassery. Just add Vegas.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3-D, 3.5 stars, animated, christopher plummer, comedy, delroy lindo, dvd, ed asner, family, john ratzenberger, pixar

UP

June 3, 2009

To infinity and beyond!

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, action, anton yelchin, bruce greenwood, chris hemsworth, chris pine, dvd, eric bana, jj abrams, john cho, karl urban, leonard nimoy, sci-fi, simon pegg, star trek, star trek 2009, zachary quinto, zoe saldana

STAR TREK

May 15, 2009

Time to boldly go…back!

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, bio-pic, drama, dvd, frank langhella, kevin bacon, matthew mcfadyen, michael sheen, oliver platt, politics, ron howard, sam rockwell

FROST/NIXON

January 26, 2009

Sometimes the hardest-hitting questions can come from the most unlikely of places.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, amy adams, drama, dvd, meryl streep, phillip seymour hoffman, viola davis

DOUBT

December 21, 2008

Doubt can be a bond as powerful and sustaining as certainty

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Ryan McNeil
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