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felicity jones

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
reviews 3 stars, bio-pic, charlie cox, david thewlis, drama, eddie redmayne, emily watson, felicity jones, james marsh, stephen hawking, the theory of everything

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING

November 23, 2014

When the head is a complicated jumble, should we expect the heart to be any different?

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 2 stars, action, andrew garfield, b.j. novak, chris cooper, colm feore, comic book, dane dehaan, denis leary, emma stone, felicity jones, jamie foxx, marc webb, marvel, paul giamatti, sally field, spider-man, the amazing spider-man 2

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2

May 5, 2014

Sometimes the human part of a superhuman story is just far more interesting.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 2 stars, alan cumming, alfred molina, ben whishaw, djimon honsou, felicity jones, helen mirren, julie taymor, russell brand, shakespeare, the tempest

THE TEMPEST

January 3, 2011

Taymor’s second swing at Shakespeare doesn’t go nearly as well as her first.

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Ryan McNeil
trailers alan cumming, alfred molina, ben whishaw, chris cooper, davaid strathairn, djimon honsou, felicity jones, helen mirren, julie taymor, russell brand, the tempest, trailers

Island of Souls (THE TEMPEST Trailer)

October 13, 2010

Taymor Tells Another Tale of Billy the Bard.

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Ryan McNeil
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