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diego luna

reviews 2.5 stars, action, alan tudyk, ben mendelsohn, diego luna, donnie yen, felicity jones, forest whitaker, gareth edwards, genevieve o'reilly, jiang wen, jimmy smits, mads mikkelsen, riz ahmed, rogue one: a star wars story, science fiction, star wars

ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY

December 19, 2016

Just how well can the blanks be filled in?

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF ana lily amirpour, diego luna, giovanni ribisi, jason momoa, jim carrey, keanu reeves, suki waterhouse, the bad batch, tiff, tiff 2016, yolanda ross

THE BAD BATCH plays TIFF 2016

September 14, 2016

The woman behind A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT dares you to wander into the desert and take another bite.

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Ryan McNeil
trailers animation, book of life, channing tatum, cheech marin, christina applegate, danny trejo, diego luna, ice cube, jorge gutierrez, ron perlman, zoe saldana

Dead End Friends: BOOK OF LIFE Trailer

June 11, 2014

This might be a pretty sweet year for animation.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, alice braga, diego luna, elysium, jodie foster, matt damon, neil blomkamp, science fiction, sharlto copley, wagner moura

ELYSIUM

August 11, 2013

If you find yourself alone, with the sun on your face, do not be troubled. You may be on Elysium and you may not yet be dead.

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Ryan McNeil
trailers alice braga, diego luna, elysium, jodie foster, matt damon, neil blomkamp, sharlto copley, william fichtner

Heaven Coming Down – ELYSIUM Trailer

April 15, 2013

Is it just my imagination, or are we getting a lot of great-looking sci-fi in 2013?

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 4 stars, alison pill, bio-pic, diego luna, drama, dvd, emile hirsch, gus van sant, james franco, josh brolin, politics, sean penn, victor garber

MILK

December 8, 2008

Gus van Sant’s beautiful portrait of different sort of hopeful audacity.

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Ryan McNeil
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