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reviews 3 stars, angela robinson, bella heathcote, bio-pic, connie britton, drama, luke evans, oliver platt, professor marston and the wonder women, rebecca hall, reviews, women in film, wonder woman

PROFESSOR MARSTON AND THE WONDER WOMEN

October 22, 2017

When unconventional love brought three people together, an icon was born.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 4 stars, alessandro nivola, ava duvernay, bio-pic, carmen ejogo, common, cuba gooding jr, david oyelowo, directors of colour, dylan baker, giovanni ribisi, lorraine toussaint, martin sheen, oprah winfrey, reviews, selma, stephan james, tessa thompson, tim roth, tom wilkinson, wendell pierce, women in film, women of colour

SELMA

December 28, 2014

A sign of the times in a portrayal of times gone by.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, bio-pic, dorothy atkinson, drama, lesley manville, marion bailey, mike leigh, mr. turner, paul jesson, reviews, ruth sheen, timothy spall

MR. TURNER

December 19, 2014

What do you see and how do you see it?

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3 stars, bio-pic, charlie cox, david thewlis, drama, eddie redmayne, emily watson, felicity jones, james marsh, stephen hawking, the theory of everything

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING

November 23, 2014

When the head is a complicated jumble, should we expect the heart to be any different?

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Ryan McNeil
reviews bio-pic, christopher walken, clint eastwood, erich bergen, jersey boys, john lloyd young, michael lomendo, music, musical, vincent piazza

JERSEY BOYS

June 20, 2014

I’m not mad at you Clint, I’m just very disappointed.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 2.5 stars, b.j. novak, bio-pic, bradley whitford, colin farrell, drama, emma thompson, jason schwartzman, paul giamatti, rachel griffiths, ruth wilson, saving mr. banks, tom hanks

SAVING MR. BANKS

December 15, 2013

An attempt to honour two creative powerhouses drifts over in disorder, catastrophe, and anarchy.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 2013 best picture nominee, 3.5 stars, barkhad abdi, bio-pic, captain phillips, catherine keener, drama, paul greengrass, tom hanks

CAPTAIN PHILLIPS

October 13, 2013

Pressure leads to Necessity; Necessity leads to Desperation.

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Ryan McNeil
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