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reviews 3 stars, algee smith, anthony mackie, detroit, drama, hannah murray, jason mitchell, kaitlyn dever, kathryn bigelow, reviews, will poulter, women in film

DETROIT

August 13, 2017

How did we get here?

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3 stars, alien: covenant, amy seimetz, billy crudup, callie hernandez, carmen ejogo, danny mcbride, demián bichir, guy pearce, james franco, katherine waterston, michael fassbender, reviews, ridley scott, sci-fi

ALIEN: COVENANT

June 25, 2017

The Alien franchise already went looking for God; five years on, it’s time to play God.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3 stars, carmen ejogo, christopher abbott, it comes at night, joel edgerton, kelvin harrison, reviews, riley keough, trey edward shults

IT COMES AT NIGHT

June 11, 2017

How fragile is man’s humanity to man when the plague is knocking at the door

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3 stars, certain women, drama, jared harris, kelly reichardt, kristen stewart, laura dern, lily gladstone, michelle williams, rene auberjonois, reviews, women in film

CERTAIN WOMEN

May 28, 2017

The smallest things can have the greatest impact on an ordinary life.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3 stars, anjela nedyalkova, comedy, danny boyle, drama, ewen bremner, johnny lee miller, kelly macdonald, reviews, robert carlyle, shirley henderson, t2: trainspotting

T2 TRAINSPOTTING

March 27, 2017

Choose to remember. Choose to forget. Choose to know when it’s best to do which.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3 stars, adam driver, drama, golshifteh farahani, jim jarmusch, paterson, reviews

PATERSON

February 5, 2017

For every brussel sprouts pie, there’s a black and white cupcake

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 20th Century Women, 3 stars, annette benning, billy crudup, comedy, drama, elle fanning, greta gerwig, lucas jade zumann, mike mills, reviews

20TH CENTURY WOMEN

January 22, 2017

For the women in our lives; a mixtape to appreciate their influence on our stories.

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Ryan McNeil
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