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3.5 stars

reviews 3.5 stars, buddy guy, charlie watts, christina aguileria, docs, dvd, IMAX, jack white, keith richards, martin scorsese, mick jagger, music, rolling stones, ron wood, shine a light

SHINE A LIGHT

April 8, 2008

Say what you will about this band being “so old” – they still put on a kick-ass show.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, atonement, benedict cumberbatch, brenda blethyn, drama, dvd, ian mcewan, james mcavoy, joe wright, juno temple, kiera knightley, ramola garai, saoirse ronan, vanessa redgrave

ATONEMENT

February 11, 2008

Much as it may seem like one can always say sorry, sometimes the damage is done.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, american gangster, armand assante, carla gugino, chiwetel ejiofor, common, crime, cuba gooding jr, denzel washington, drama, dvd, idris elba, joe morton, john hawkes, josh brolin, norman reedus, ridley scott, ruby dee, russel crowe, rza, steve zaillian, ted levine

AMERICAN GANGSTER

November 3, 2007

The American Dream gets a Rude Awakening.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, comedy, drama, dvd, emily mortimer, lars and the real girl, patricia clarkson, paul schneider, romance, ryan gosling

LARS AND THE REAL GIRL

November 3, 2007

And now for something completely different…

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, drama, dvd, george clooney, katherine waterston, michael clayton, sydney pollack, tilda swinton, tom wilkinson, tony gilroy

MICHAEL CLAYTON

October 14, 2007

Once upon a time, Hollywood used to make tense dramas for grown-ups. Once in a while, it remembers how to do that.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, andrew dominik, assassination of jesse james by the coward robert ford, brad pitt, casey affleck, drama, dvd, garret dillahunt, jeremy renner, mary louise parker, paul schneider, sam rockwell, sam shepard, ted levine, western, zooey deschanel

THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD

September 23, 2007

Only the very best films can get away with truly horrible titles. This is no exception.

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Ryan McNeil
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