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Tag: brie larson

reviews

AVENGERS: ENDGAME

We will fail.
We will lose.
But somehow, we aren’t lesser for it

Posted on April 28, 2019September 22, 2019
reviews, Ryan Recommends

CAPTAIN MARVEL

Is it possible that we all have it within ourselves to be a hero?

Posted on March 10, 2019July 2, 2019
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

UNICORN STORE plays TIFF 2017

A colourful, joyous, and messy feature debut from director Brie Larson.

Posted on September 12, 2017September 11, 2020
reviews

ROOM

Why is it we never ask “Who will think of the parents?”

Posted on November 9, 2015November 21, 2015
trailers

Mama Said: ROOM Trailer

Fall’s big contender? Or an affecting pretender?

Posted on September 24, 2015September 28, 2015
reviews

TRAINWRECK

Who needs romance when you can buy wine by the box?

Posted on July 20, 2015July 26, 2015
reviews

THE SPECTACULAR NOW

One of the summer’s best films tells a story of young love, and the trouble with living for the present.

Posted on August 25, 2013August 30, 2013
reviews

SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD

The Story of a Kid Whose Brain Always Seems to be Going a Mile a Minute, But Whose Guts Never Seem to Find First Gear.

Posted on August 15, 2010August 24, 2013

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