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jamie foxx

reviews 3.5 stars, action, ansel elgort, baby driver, edgar wright, eiza gonzález, heist, jamie foxx, jon bernthal, jon hamm, kevin spacey, lily james, reviews

BABY DRIVER

July 2, 2017

The right car, the right song, the right person. What more do you need in life?

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 1/2 star, annie, bobby canavale, cameron diaz, jamie foxx, musical, quvenzhané wallis, reviews, rose byrne, will gluk

ANNIE

December 22, 2014

What are the odds that I can get my bottom dollar back?

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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
trailers adewale akinnuoye-agbaje, annie, bobby canavale, cameron diaz, jamie foxx, musical, quvenzhané wallis, rose byrne, will gluk

A Hard Knock Life: ANNIE Trailer

March 12, 2014

Is there perhaps one genre that lends itself to film remakes?

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 4 stars, christoph waltz, django unchained, don johnson, jamie foxx, kerry washington, leonardo dicaprio, quentin tarantino, samuel l jackson, western

DJANGO UNCHAINED

December 29, 2012

Tarantino returns with another piece of revisionist history. Can lightning strike in the same place twice?

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Ryan McNeil
trailers christoph waltz, jamie foxx, leonardo dicaprio, quentin tarantino, western

Ride Wit Me – DJANGO UNCHAINED Trailer

June 13, 2012

Yes Quentin, You have my attention…

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3 stars, charlie day, colin farrell, comedy, jamie foxx, jason bateman, jason sudeikis, jennifer aniston, kevin spacey

HORRIBLE BOSSES

August 7, 2011

Bromantic chemistry pulls a silly concept back from certain doom.

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Ryan McNeil
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