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mae whitman

reviews animation, anime, darren criss, emily blunt, hayao miyazaki, japanese, jennifer grey, john krasinski, joseph gordon-levitt, mae whitman, mandy patinkin, martin short, stanley tucci, Studio Ghibli, the wind rises, werner herzog, william h. macy

THE WIND RISES

February 23, 2014

Maestro Miyazaki decides to play one last song, and it’s a tune with tones of home.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, drama, dylan mcdermott, emma watson, erin wilhelmi, ezra miller, joan cusack, kate walsh, logan lerman, mae whitman, melanie lynskey, paul rudd, stephen chbosky, the perks of being a wallflower

THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER

October 7, 2012

Is there another world?

Is there a better world?

Well there must be…

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, TIFF adam driver, alan ball, american beauty, bryan cranston, christina hendricks, george strombolopolous, jason reitman, mae whitman, nick kroll, paul scheer, sarah gadon, TIFF 2012

Jason Reitman’s AMERICAN BEAUTY Table Read plays TIFF 2012

September 7, 2012

Thirteen years after AMERICAN BEAUTY took the TIFF Audience Choice Award, the festival brings it back for an encore…a very special encore.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, alison pill, anna kendrick, aubrey plaza, brandon routh, brie larson, chris evans, clifton collins jr, comedy, dvd, edgar wright, jason schwartzman, johnny simmons, kieran culkin, mae whitman, mary elizabeth winstead, michael cera, music

SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD

August 15, 2010

The Story of a Kid Whose Brain Always Seems to be Going a Mile a Minute, But Whose Guts Never Seem to Find First Gear.

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Ryan McNeil
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