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comedy

reviews 4 stars, comedy, david cross, gabe liedman, gaby hoffman, gillian robespierre, jake lacy, jenny slate, obvious child, polly draper, reviews, richard kind, rom-com, women in film

OBVIOUS CHILD

June 29, 2014

With great audacity, and great empathy, a new romantic comedy takes its place amongst the year’s best films.

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Ryan McNeil
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WHOOPS! plays NXNE 2014

June 13, 2014

Mend a torn seam. Run out for ice cream. Hide a body. All in the contract of a modern marriage.

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Ryan McNeil
trailers colin firth, comedy, emma stone, hamish linklater, jacki weaver, magic in the moonlight, marcia gay harden, trailers, woody allen

Fortune Teller: MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT Trailer

May 22, 2014

Place your bets now folks: hit or miss?

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Ryan McNeil
trailers bobby canavale, chef, comedy, dustin hoffman, john leguizamo, jon favreau, oliver platt, robert downey jr, scarlett johansson, sofia vergara

Dinner Bell: CHEF Trailer

April 9, 2014

Anyone else get really hungry all of a sudden?

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3 stars, comedy, danny trejo, james bobin, muppets, muppets most wanted, ray liotta, ricky gervais, tina fey, ty burrell

MUPPETS MOST WANTED

March 23, 2014

Now that we’ve replayed the music and relit the lights, it’s time for The Muppets to do what they do so well – get into a crazy conundrum.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, adrien brody, bill murray, comedy, edward norton, f. murray abraham, harvey keitel, jason schwartzman, jeff goldblum, jude law, lea seydoux, mathieu amalric, owen wilson, ralph fiennes, saoirse ronan, the grand budapest hotel, tilda swinton, tom wilkinson, tony revolori, wes anderson, willem dafoe

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL

March 16, 2014

Wes Anderson returns with something sweet for audiences to delight in.

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Ryan McNeil
trailers comedy, jesse eisenberg, mia wasikowska, noah taylor, richard ayoade, sally hawkins, the double

My Reflection: THE DOUBLE Trailer

February 11, 2014

From the man who brought you SUBMARINE, along comes a kooky tale of Eisenbergian duality.

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Ryan McNeil
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