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andrew garfield

reviews 3.5 stars, alexandra shipp, andrew garfield, bradley whitford, jonathan larson, judith light, lin-manuel miranda, mj rodriguez, musical, reviews, robin de jesús, tick tick...BOOM!, vanessa hudgens

tick, tick…BOOM!

November 14, 2021

You need to ask: Are you letting yourself be led by fear, or by love?

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, adam driver, andrew garfield, ciaran hinds, drama, issei ogata, liam neeson, martin scorsese, silence, tadanobu asano

SILENCE

January 8, 2017

How can we tell if we are doing things right or wrong when nobody answers our questions?

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Ryan McNeil
trailers adam driver, andrew garfield, ciaran hinds, drama, liam neeson, martin scorsese, silence

Like a Prayer: SILENCE Trailer

November 23, 2016

Aptly titled; well timed.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 2 stars, action, andrew garfield, b.j. novak, chris cooper, colm feore, comic book, dane dehaan, denis leary, emma stone, felicity jones, jamie foxx, marc webb, marvel, paul giamatti, sally field, spider-man, the amazing spider-man 2

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2

May 5, 2014

Sometimes the human part of a superhuman story is just far more interesting.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3 stars, action, andrew garfield, comic book, dennis leary, emma stone, marc webb, martin sheen, marvel, rhys ifans, sally field, spider-man, the amazing spider-man

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN

July 3, 2012

The film so many of us thought wasn’t necessary brings more to the table than we thought it could.

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Ryan McNeil
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The Full Bug (THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN Trailer)

February 8, 2012

Can he still do whatever a spider can? Do we even still care?

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, aaron sorkin, andrew garfield, armie hammer, david fincher, drama, dvd, jesse eisenberg, justin timberlake, max minghella, rooney mara, the social network

THE SOCIAL NETWORK

October 3, 2010

WALL STREET With a Web 2.0 Spin

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Ryan McNeil
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