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chris cooper

trailers chris cooper, demolition, jake gyllenhaal, jean-marc vallee, naomi watts, trailers

I Grieve: DEMOLITION Trailer

February 11, 2016

A grief-stricken postcard from an old friend from home…

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Ryan McNeil
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DEMOLITION plays TIFF 2015

September 11, 2015

Choose the music to destroy to…and then destroy the music

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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, abigail breslin, august: osage county, benedict cumberbatch, chris cooper, dermot mulroney, drama, ewan mcgregor, john wells, julia roberts, julianne nicholson, juliette lewis, margo martindale, meryl streep, sam shepard, tracy letts

AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY

January 12, 2014

With family like this, who needs enemies?

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 4 stars, amy adams, chris cooper, comedy, jack black, jason segel, musical, rashida jones, the muppets

THE MUPPETS

November 20, 2011

It’s Time To Put On Make-Up…It’s Time to Dress-Up Right. It’s Time to Get Things Started…

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Ryan McNeil
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Island of Souls (THE TEMPEST Trailer)

October 13, 2010

Taymor Tells Another Tale of Billy the Bard.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 2.5 stars, action, ben affleck, blake lively, chris cooper, crime, dvd, heist, jeremy renner, jon hamm, pete postlethwaite, rebecca hall

THE TOWN

September 22, 2010

Shippin’ Up to Boston and Robbing It Blind.

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Ryan McNeil
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