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dev patel

reviews 3.5 stars, david wenham, dev patel, divian ladwa, drama, garth davis, lion, nicole kidman, reviews, rooney mara, sunny pawar

LION

December 14, 2016

He is inimitable; he is an original.

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Ryan McNeil
trailers chappie, dev patel, hugh jackman, neil blomkamp, sci-fi, sharlto copley, sigourney weaver

Robot Heart: CHAPPIE Trailer

November 5, 2014

Just pretend like that Matt Damon movie never happened.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 4 stars, anil kapoor, comedy, danny boyle, dev patel, drama, dvd, foreign, frieda pinto, irrfan khan, romance

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

November 12, 2008

Danny Boyle’s SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE is:

A. A Lavish Story About The Determination of The Human Heart
B. An Intriguing Hybrid of Boyle’s Prior Films
C. One of the Best Movies of The Year
D. All of The Above

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Ryan McNeil
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