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reviews 2.5 stars, brian singer, comic book, ellen page, halle berry, hugh jackman, ian mckellan, james mcavoy, jennifer lawrence, marvel, michael fassbender, nicholas hoult, patrick stewart, peter dinklage, review, x-men, x-men: days of future past

X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST

May 25, 2014

What if we could change the past? What if we could reboot it. Would we? Should we?

Ryan McNeil

trailers anna paquin, brian singer, comic book, ellen page, halle berry, hugh jackman, ian mckellan, james mcavoy, jennifer lawrence, marvel, michael fassbender, nicholas hoult, patrick stewart, peter dinklage, x-men, x-men: days of future past

Back to Before – X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST

March 26, 2014

Fox’s corner of The Marvel Universe gets ready to play their greatest hits.

Ryan McNeil

reviews 4 stars, andy wachowski, ben whishaw, cloud atlas, david gyasi, halle berry, hugh grant, hugo weaving, jim broadbent, jim sturgess, keith david, lana wachowski, sci-fi, susan sarandon, tom hanks, tom tykwer, xun zhou

CLOUD ATLAS

October 26, 2012

An audacious new film poses the theory that our lives are not our own: That we are bound to others – past and present. Can it make its case with grace? Or miss the mark from excess?

Ryan McNeil

festivals, reactions, TIFF ben wishaw, cloud atlas, david gyashi, halle berry, hugh grant, hugo weaving, jim broadbent, jim sturgess, sci-fi, susan sarandon, the wachowskis, TIFF 2012, tom hanks, tom tykwer, xun zhou

CLOUD ATLAS Plays TIFF 2012

September 16, 2012

The creators of RUN LOLA RUN and THE MATRIX have come together on a project that is amazingly venturesome.

Ryan McNeil

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