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crime

reviews 4 stars, abbie cornish, caleb landry jones, comedy, crime, drama, frances mcdormand, lucas hedges, martin mcdonagh, peter dinklage, reviews, sam rockwell, three billboards outside ebbing missouri, woody harrelson, zeljko ivanek

THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI

November 19, 2017

Impulse, regret, and the search for solace

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 1 star, black humour, coen brothers, crime, drama, george clooney, julianne moore, karimah westbrook, matt damon, noah jupe, oscar isaac, reviews

SUBURBICON

November 13, 2017

There is a world of difference between a Coen Brothers Film, and merely Coen-esque.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3 stars, aaron taylor-johnson, amy adams, armie hammer, crime, drama, isla fisher, jake gyllenhaal, laura linney, michael shannon, michael sheen, nocturnal animals, reviews, tom ford

NOCTURNAL ANIMALS

December 4, 2016

Consider the story as it is on the page, and not as you wish it was written.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3 stars, benicio del toro, crime, drama, eric roberts, inherent vice, jena malone, joanna newsom, joaquin phoenix, josh brolin, katherine waterston, martin short, maya rudolph, michael k. williams, owen wilson, p.t. anderson, reese witherspoon

INHERENT VICE

December 23, 2014

You might not always know where it is you’re going, but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy the walk.

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Ryan McNeil
trailers bill paxton, crime, drama, jake gyllenhaal, nigthcrawler, rene russo, TIFF 2014, tony gilroy, trailers

Streets of Sorrow: NIGHTCRAWLER Trailer

August 5, 2014

Last autumn was pretty good to Donnie Darko. Can he continue the run of good work?

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Ryan McNeil
trailers ben affleck, crime, david fincher, drama, gone girl, neil patrick harris, rosamund pike, scoot mcnairy, tyler perry

Someone’s Missing: GONE GIRL Trailer

April 16, 2014

That weird moment when you know you’re seeing a film despite its off-kilter trailer.

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Ryan McNeil
trailers a most wanted man, anton corbijn, crime, daniel brühl, drama, john le carré, phillip seymour hoffman, rachel mcadams, robin wright, spy, willem dafoe

Strangers When We Meet: A MOST WANTED MAN Trailer

April 13, 2014

And on the seventh day, he rested…but not before shining a light on an upcoming film to get excited over.

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Ryan McNeil
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