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julie walters

reviews 3 stars, domhnall gleeson, drama, emily bett rickards, emory cohen, irish, jessica pare, jim broadbent, julie walters, lenny abrahamson, reviews, saoirse ronan

BROOKLYN

November 20, 2015

Walking through the golden door is sometimes just the beginning. What awaits on the other side is what makes for stories like BROOKLYN.

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Ryan McNeil
reactions, screenings, TIFF brooklyn, domhnall gleeson, emory cohen, jessica pare, jim broadbent, john crowley, julie walters, nick hornby, saoirse ronan, TIFF 2015

BROOKLYN plays TIFF 2015

September 15, 2015

Something sweet in the midst of all this festival heaviness.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 4 stars, animation, billy connolly, craig ferguson, emma thompson, fantasy, john ratzenberger, julie walters, kelly macdonald, kevin mckidd, pixar, robbie coltrane

BRAVE

June 24, 2012

Part of Pixar’s effort to regroup takes them all the way back to basics – perhaps further back than anybody expects them to go.

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Ryan McNeil
trailers animation, billy connolly, craig ferguson, emma thompson, julie walters, kellymacdonald, pixar, robbie coltrane

Ancient Warrior (BRAVE Trailer)

November 29, 2011

Pixar Gets Its Kilt On….

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Ryan McNeil
reviews alan rickman, bill nighy, daniel radcliffe, domhnall gleeson, emma watson, harry potter & deathly hallows 1, helena bonham-carter, jamie campbell bower, julie walters, potter, ralph fiennes, rupert grint, toby jones, unrated, wizarding world

HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS pt. 1

November 21, 2010

A film that proves that you can’t take a story and just “Cut it in two”

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3 stars, amanda seyfried, christina baranski, colin firth, dvd, julie walters, meryl streep, musical, pierce brosnan, stellan skarsgaard

MAMMA MIA!

August 3, 2008

Trying to grade films with stars is ultimately pointless, but still tricky. Now along comes a film that makes me completely re-write the rules of grading.

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Ryan McNeil
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