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reviews 3-D, 4 stars, animated, don rickles, dvd, family, joan cusack, john ratzenberger, lee unkrich, michael keaton, ned beatty, pixar, tim allen, tom hanks

TOY STORY 3

June 24, 2010

Once more into the breach dear friends.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, action, bradley cooper, dvd, jessica biel, liam neeson, patrick wilson, sharlto copley

THE A-TEAM

June 23, 2010

I love it when a dumb plan for a film comes together.

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Ryan McNeil
watchin' & writin' 1001, a hard day's night, basics, beatles, dvd, george harrison, john lennon, music, musical, paul mccartney, ringo starr, rock & roll

Back to Basics – A HARD DAY’S NIGHT

June 22, 2010

Once upon a time it was possible to make a film vehicle for the biggest rock stars on the planet and have it also be a good movie.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3 stars, adrien brody, canadian, dvd, horror, sarah polley, vincenzo natali

SPLICE

June 13, 2010

There’s a reason why man isn’t supposed to play God.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 2 stars, aziz ansari, comedy, dvd, elisabeth moss, jonah hill, judd apatow, music, p. diddy, rose byrne, russell brand

GET HIM TO THE GREEK

June 6, 2010

Rock & Roll decadence has never seemed so tedious

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3 stars, comedy, dvd, foreign, french, jean-pierre jeunet

MICMACS

June 3, 2010

Jeunet drifts back towards AMELIE.

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Ryan McNeil
watchin' & writin' 1001, barbara stanwyck, basics, billy wilder, double indemnity, drama, dvd, edward g robinson, fred macmurray, noir, suspense

Back to Basics – DOUBLE INDEMNITY

May 30, 2010

I might have just come across my favorite film in the 1001 series so far.

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Ryan McNeil
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