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aziz ansari

reviews 3.5 stars, aziz ansari, comedy, danny mcbride, jesse, ruben fleischer

30 MINUTES OR LESS

August 14, 2011

A Buddy-Film Throwback That Holds the Cheese

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 2 stars, aziz ansari, comedy, dvd, elisabeth moss, jonah hill, judd apatow, music, p. diddy, rose byrne, russell brand

GET HIM TO THE GREEK

June 6, 2010

Rock & Roll decadence has never seemed so tedious

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 2 stars, adam sandler, aubrey plaza, aziz ansari, comedy, dvd, eric bana, jason schwartzman, jonah hill, judd apatow, leslie mann, seth rogen

FUNNY PEOPLE

August 3, 2009

Here’s the problem with titling your movie FUNNY PEOPLE – you’re almost daring people not to laugh at it.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3 stars, andy samberg, aziz ansari, comedy, dvd, j.k. simmons, jaime pressley, jason segal, jon favreau, paul rudd, rashida jones

I LOVE YOU, MAN

March 22, 2009

There’s nothing like a springtime bromance.

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Ryan McNeil
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