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3.5 stars

reviews 3.5 stars, brie larson, drama, jacob tremblay, joan allen, reviews, room, sean bridgers, tom mccamus, william h. macy

ROOM

November 9, 2015

Why is it we never ask “Who will think of the parents?”

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, aaron sorkin, danny boyle, jeff daniels, kate winslet, katherine waterston, michael fassbender, michael stuhlbarg, reviews, seth rogen, steve jobs

STEVE JOBS

November 1, 2015

In art, It’s not always important to state the facts. What’s far more interesting is to allow the audience listen to the truth.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, action, alec baldwin, christopher mcquarrie, drama, jeremy renner, mission impossible: rogue nation, mission: impossible, rebecca ferguson, reviews, sean harris, simon pegg, spy, tom cruise, ving rhames

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – ROGUE NATION

August 13, 2015

Five films in, and the franchise has finally figured things out. They trick is less impossible; more mission.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, A$AP rocky, dope, forest whitaker, kiersey clemons, reviews, rick famuyiwa, shameik moore, tony revolori, zoe kravitz

DOPE

June 28, 2015

Why do teenagers look to the past to help them make their way through the present?

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, alex garland, alicia vikander, domhnall gleeson, drama, ex machina, oscar isaac, science fiction, sonoya mizuno

EX MACHINA

May 10, 2015

Mankind’s fascination with AI suggests a death wish, leaving us to ask ourselves how we actually want to go.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, a girl walks home alone at night, ana lily amirpour, arash marandi, foreign film, horror, iranian, marshall manesh, mozhan marnò, sheila vand, vampires, women in film

A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT

February 1, 2015

We portray a certain side of ourselves to the world at large…and sometimes that person just invites bad things.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, a most violent year, albert brooks, alessandro nivola, david oyelowo, drama, j.c. chandor, jessica chastain, oscar isaac, reviews

A MOST VIOLENT YEAR

January 30, 2015

What goes into selling an image – and just how hard is it to destroy that image?

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Ryan McNeil
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