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3 stars

reviews 3 stars, comedy, dvd, foreign, french, jean-pierre jeunet

MICMACS

June 3, 2010

Jeunet drifts back towards AMELIE.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3 stars, action, clark gregg, comic book, don cheadle, dvd, gweneth paltrow, iron man 2, jon favreau, justin theroux, marvel, mcu infinity saga, mcu phase one, mickey rourke, paul bettany, robert downey jr, sam rockwell, scarlett johansson

IRON MAN 2

May 14, 2010

If you could make God bleed, then people would stop believing in him…

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3 stars, action, amy ryan, brendan gleeson, dvd, greg kinnear, jason isaacs, matt damon, paul greengrass, war

GREEN ZONE

March 14, 2010

It’s amazing what a little hindsight can do.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3 stars, 3-D, alan rickman, anne hathaway, crispin glover, fantasy, helena bonham-carter, johnny depp, mia wasikowska, michael sheen, reel reviews, stephen fry, tim burton

ALICE IN WONDERLAND

March 10, 2010

Tim Burton takes us down the rabbit hole to a truly wonderful world.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3 stars, bio-pic, christopher plummer, drama, dvd, helen mirren, james mcavoy, leo tolstoy, paul giamatti, the last station

THE LAST STATION

March 1, 2010

I can’t speak for everyone, I can only think of what I would want as my life’s train is pulling into its last station.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3 stars, action, denzel washington, drama, dvd, gary oldman, hughes brothers, michael gambon, mila kunis, sci-fi

THE BOOK OF ELI

January 18, 2010

Faith can be a pretty powerful thing.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3 stars, action, drama, dvd, guy ritchie, jude law, kelly reilly, mark strong, mystery, rachel mcadams, robert downey jr, sherlock holmes

SHERLOCK HOLMES

January 13, 2010

This ain’t your dady’s Sherlock.

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Ryan McNeil
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