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jake gyllenhaal

reviews 3 stars, aaron taylor-johnson, amy adams, armie hammer, crime, drama, isla fisher, jake gyllenhaal, laura linney, michael shannon, michael sheen, nocturnal animals, reviews, tom ford

NOCTURNAL ANIMALS

December 4, 2016

Consider the story as it is on the page, and not as you wish it was written.

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Ryan McNeil
trailers chris cooper, demolition, jake gyllenhaal, jean-marc vallee, naomi watts, trailers

I Grieve: DEMOLITION Trailer

February 11, 2016

A grief-stricken postcard from an old friend from home…

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, TIFF chris cooper, demolition, heather lind, jake gyllenhaal, jean-marc vallee, judah lewis, naomi watts, polly draper, TIFF 2015

DEMOLITION plays TIFF 2015

September 11, 2015

Choose the music to destroy to…and then destroy the music

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Ryan McNeil
trailers 50 cent, antoine fuqa, drama, forest whitaker, jake gyllenhaal, naomie harris, rachel mcadams, southpaw, trailers

Fought to Fight It: SOUTHPAW Trailer

May 5, 2015

I’m rather happy that there are films like this to give me a break from all the cinematic cheeseburgers I’ll be eating this summer.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, bill paxton, dan gilroy, drama, jake gyllenhaal, kevin rahm, nightcrawler, rene russo, riz ahmed

NIGHTCRAWLER

October 31, 2014

Ambition is a great thing, but not when it leaves the rest of us feeling so rotten

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Ryan McNeil
trailers bill paxton, crime, drama, jake gyllenhaal, nigthcrawler, rene russo, TIFF 2014, tony gilroy, trailers

Streets of Sorrow: NIGHTCRAWLER Trailer

August 5, 2014

Last autumn was pretty good to Donnie Darko. Can he continue the run of good work?

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3 stars, canadian, denis villeneuve, enemy, isabella rossellini, jake gyllenhaal, melanie laurent, sarah gadon, thriller

ENEMY

March 24, 2014

We all talk to our own reflections. What happens when the reflection starts talking back?

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Ryan McNeil
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