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alan rickman

dvd doubleback alan rickman, alex pettyfer, cuba gooding jr, david oyelowo, forest whitaker, james marsden, jane fonda, john cusack, lee daniels, lenny kravitz, liev schreiber, mariah carey, minka kelly, oprah winfrey, robin williams, terrence howard, the butler, yaya alafia

LEE DANIELS’ THE BUTLER

January 5, 2014

What to do when something moving and nuanced is counterweighted with heavy-handedness and caricature?

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Ryan McNeil
reviews alan rickman, bill nighy, daniel radcliffe, domhnall gleeson, emma watson, harry potter & deathly hallows 1, helena bonham-carter, jamie campbell bower, julie walters, potter, ralph fiennes, rupert grint, toby jones, unrated, wizarding world

HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS pt. 1

November 21, 2010

A film that proves that you can’t take a story and just “Cut it in two”

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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 3.5 stars, alan rickman, daniel radcliffe, dvd, emma watson, fantasy, jim broadbent, maggie smith, michael gambon, potter, rupert grint

HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE

July 15, 2009

Six down, two to go.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, alan rickman, drama, dvd, helena bonham-carter, jamie campbell bower, jayne wisener, johnny depp, musical, sacha baron cohen, sweeney todd, tim burton, timothy spall

SWEENEY TODD

April 8, 2008

Tim Burton takes a truly grisly tale and finds a way to make it even more gruesome.

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Ryan McNeil
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