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4 stars

reviews 4 stars, alan tudyk, animation, chris buck, ciaran hinds, disney, frozen, idina menzel, jennifer lee, jonathan groff, josh gad, kristin bell, robert lopez, santino fontana, women in film

FROZEN

December 6, 2013

Once again, Disney has awaken Sleeping Beauty…and this time, she’s ready to take on the world.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 2013 best picture nominee, 4 stars, alexander payne, bob odenkirk, bruce dern, drama, june squibb, nebraska, stacy keach, will forte

NEBRASKA

November 22, 2013

Turns out you can think you know an awful lot about your parents without knowing a heck of a lot at all.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 4 stars, drama, felix van groeningen, johan heldenbergh, music, the broken circle breakdown, veerle baetens

THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN

November 17, 2013

America can inspire such beautiful dreams of love, music, and possibility. Unfortunately, we all wake up eventually.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 12 years a slave, 2013 best picture nominee, 4 stars, alfre woodard, benedict cumberbatch, brad pitt, chiwetel ejiofor, directors of colour, drama, garret dillahunt, lupita nyong'o, michael fassbenber, michael k. williams, paul dano, paul giamatti, quvenzhané wallis, sarah paulson, scoot mcnairy, steve mcqueen

12 YEARS A SLAVE

October 18, 2013

At an important time comes an important film; a film everyone should see, even if they only ever see it once.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 2013 best picture nominee, 4 stars, alfonso cuarón, ed harris, george clooney, gravity, sandra bullock, sci-fi

GRAVITY

October 6, 2013

A wise Star Trek character once called space danger wrapped in darkness and silence. Who knew that Alfonso Cuarón was such a Star Trek fan?

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 4 stars, ariana neal, chad michael murray, directors of colour, drama, fruitvale station, kevin durand, melonie diaz, michael b. jordan, octavia spencer, ryan coogler

FRUITVALE STATION

August 18, 2013

One of 2013’s most powerful films is a prayer for patience and redemption, and a painful reminder of how rare those virtues are.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 4 stars, action, burn gorman, charlie day, charlie hunnam, clifton collins jr, guillermo del toro, idris elba, max martini, pacific rim, rinko kikuchi, robert kazinsky, ron perlman, science fiction

PACIFIC RIM

July 12, 2013

The summer of 2013 gets something on a large scale that it has been sorely lacking up until now: Fun.

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Ryan McNeil
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