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ann dowd

reviews 3.5 stars, A24, alex wolff, ann dowd, ari aster, gabriel byrne, hereditary, horror, milly shapiro, reviews, toni collette

HEREDITARY

June 13, 2018

Sometimes malevolence courses through our own veins…and there’s just no hiding from that

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Ryan McNeil
reviews ann dowd, catherine zeta-jones, channing tatum, jude law, rooney mara, steven soderbergh, vinessa shaw

SIDE EFFECTS

February 10, 2013

Steven Soderbergh’s alleged swan song takes us to a gloomy place, and spins a twisted tale around the walk away from depression.

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Ryan McNeil
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