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drama

reviews 12 years a slave, 2013 best picture nominee, 4 stars, alfre woodard, benedict cumberbatch, brad pitt, chiwetel ejiofor, directors of colour, drama, garret dillahunt, lupita nyong'o, michael fassbenber, michael k. williams, paul dano, paul giamatti, quvenzhané wallis, sarah paulson, scoot mcnairy, steve mcqueen

12 YEARS A SLAVE

October 18, 2013

At an important time comes an important film; a film everyone should see, even if they only ever see it once.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 2013 best picture nominee, 3.5 stars, barkhad abdi, bio-pic, captain phillips, catherine keener, drama, paul greengrass, tom hanks

CAPTAIN PHILLIPS

October 13, 2013

Pressure leads to Necessity; Necessity leads to Desperation.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 2.5 stars, alexandra maria lara, bio-pic, chris hemsworth, christian mckay, daniel brühl, drama, formula one, natalie dormer, olivia wilde, ron howard, rush

RUSH

September 29, 2013

Ron Howard returns to make audiences feel the rush and intensity of Formula One racing. But how about the plot?

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3 stars, denis villeneuve, drama, hugh jackman, jake gyllenhaal, maria bello, paul dano, prisoners, terrence howard, viola davis

PRISONERS

September 22, 2013

We like to think we know ourselves. We like to think we know what we’re capable of. Turns out, we often hold fast to the wrong

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, TIFF alfonso cuarón, drama, ed harris, george clooney, gravity, sandra bullock, sci-fi, TIFF 2013

GRAVITY plays TIFF 2013

September 12, 2013

Make that twice that the hype should be believed.

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, TIFF aids, bio-pic, dallas buyers club, dallas roberts, drama, jared leto, jean-marc vallee, matthew mcconaughey, steve zahn, TIFF 2013

DALLAS BUYERS CLUB plays TIFF 2013

September 8, 2013

Awlright, awright, awright…McConaughey’s run of good work continues, perhaps to his best piece of work yet.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3 stars, alec baldwin, andrew dice clay, blue jasmine, bobby canavale, cate blanchett, drama, louis c.k., peter sarsgaard, sally hawkins, woody allen

BLUE JASMINE

September 1, 2013

When you’re a woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown, do you take a breath and step back from the edge…or open your arms and lean over?

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Ryan McNeil
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