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christina hendricks

reviews 2 stars, abbey lee, alessandro nivola, bella heathcote, christina hendricks, drama, elle fanning, jena malone, karl glusman, keanu reeves, nicolas winding refn, reviews, the neon demon

THE NEON DEMON

July 5, 2016

If youth is currency, what happens when we are bankrupt?

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Ryan McNeil
trailers charlize theron, chloe moretz, christina hendricks, corey stoll, drea de matteo, gilles paquet-brenner, gillian flynn, nicholas hoult, tye sheridan

Past in Present: DARK PLACES Trailer

March 10, 2015

A Finch in the film is worth two in the…damnit, I had something for this.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, alessandro nivola, alice englert, annette benning, christina hendricks, drama, elle fanning, ginger & rosa, oliver platt, sally potter, timothy spall

GINGER & ROSA

March 31, 2013

Director Sally Potter returns with a subtle film dedicated to the beauty and heartache that comes with growing up.

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, TIFF adam driver, alan ball, american beauty, bryan cranston, christina hendricks, george strombolopolous, jason reitman, mae whitman, nick kroll, paul scheer, sarah gadon, TIFF 2012

Jason Reitman’s AMERICAN BEAUTY Table Read plays TIFF 2012

September 7, 2012

Thirteen years after AMERICAN BEAUTY took the TIFF Audience Choice Award, the festival brings it back for an encore…a very special encore.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 2.5 stars, action, albert brooks, carey mulligan, christina hendricks, crime, drama, nicholas winding refn, oscar isaacs, ron perlman, ryan gosling

DRIVE

September 20, 2011

Nicholas Winding Refn Gets Hollywood Actors and a Hollywood Budget, but Sticks to His Grindhouse Guns.

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Ryan McNeil
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