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3.5 stars

reviews 3.5 stars, cosmo jarvis, drama, florence pugh, lady macbeth, naomi ackie, paul hilton, reviews, william oldroyd

LADY MACBETH

August 6, 2017

Don’t get distracted by divine dresses; this is a story of cold calculation.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, action, comic book, jacob batalon, jon favreau, jon watts, laura harrier, marisa tomei, marvel, marvel studios, mcu infinity saga, mcu phase three, michael keaton, reviews, robert downey jr, spider-man, spider-man: homecoming, tom holland, zendaya

SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING

July 9, 2017

So it was, that filmmakers decided to counterweight the vast, overblown universe by telling a simple, self-contained story.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, action, ansel elgort, baby driver, edgar wright, eiza gonzález, heist, jamie foxx, jon bernthal, jon hamm, kevin spacey, lily james, reviews

BABY DRIVER

July 2, 2017

The right car, the right song, the right person. What more do you need in life?

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, action, chris pine, comic books, connie nielsen, danny huston, david thewlis, dc, dceu, elena anaya, ewen bremner, gal gadot, patty jenkins, reviews, robin wright, saïd taghmaoui, women in film, wonder woman

WONDER WOMAN

June 6, 2017

How does one tell the story of a god and make it interesting to us puny humans? How does one take an immortal spirit and an indestructible form and use it to spin a tale that will still captivate?

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, drama, kristen stewart, olivier assayas, personal shopper, reviews, thriller

PERSONAL SHOPPER

March 24, 2017

Even surrounded by the most beautiful material items, life has a way of making us feel truly terrified sometimes.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, allison williams, bradley whitford, caleb landry jones, catherine keener, daniel kaluuya, directors of colour, get out, jordan peele, lakeith stanfield, lilrel howery, reviews, stephen root, thriller

GET OUT

March 2, 2017

Dear White People…

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, adam driver, andrew garfield, ciaran hinds, drama, issei ogata, liam neeson, martin scorsese, silence, tadanobu asano

SILENCE

January 8, 2017

How can we tell if we are doing things right or wrong when nobody answers our questions?

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Ryan McNeil
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