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reviews alec baldwin, animation, chris pine, christmas, dreamworks, hugh jackman, isla fisher, jude law, rise of the guardians

RISE OF THE GUARDIANS

December 24, 2012

Sometimes we need to find our faith, and sometimes we need to find a film. Once in a blue moon, we need to find both.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 2 stars, animated, antonio bandares, cameron diaz, dreamworks, dvd, eddie murphy, mike myers

SHREK FOREVER AFTER

May 25, 2010

Yet another franchise goes an instalment or two too far.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3-D, 4 stars, america ferrera, animated, christopher mintz-plasse, craig ferguson, david tennant, dreamworks, dvd, family, gerard butler, jay baruchel, jonah hill, kristen wiig

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON

April 11, 2010

Or How an Inconsistent Animation Studio Out “Avatar’d” AVATAR.

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Ryan McNeil
essays animation, dreamworks, pixar

Bulls On Parade

July 6, 2008

Dear DreamWorks Animation… Just one week ago, I compared your competitors at Pixar to Michael Jordan. When I look at your creations however, I am reminded more of Scottie Pippen. He was one of the greats, one of the greatest of all time actually. But no matter how amazing he was, he was never as…

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Ryan McNeil
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