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matthew goode

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Leave My Body: SELF/LESS Trailer

March 11, 2015

Failed auteur, or hired gun with panache?

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, allen leech, benedict cumberbatch, charles dance, drama, kiera knightley, mark strong, matthew beard, matthew goode, morten tyldum, reviews, the imitation game, tuppence middleton

THE IMITATION GAME

December 14, 2014

Is there ever such a thing as a good lie? And even if there is, why would one ever want to be a good liar?

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Ryan McNeil
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Codes and Keys: THE IMITATION GAME Trailer

October 15, 2014

Trailers are glimpses…and sometimes a glimpse can do a lot of good.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, chan wook park, dermot mulroney, drama, jacki weaver, matthew goode, mia wasikowska, nicole kidman, stoker, suspense

STOKER

March 3, 2013

Park Chan Wook finally gets 2013 going with a twisted tale of American Gothic.

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Ryan McNeil
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Family Portrait: STOKER Trailer

October 10, 2012

Of of South Korea’s very best directors is about to unleash his talents on North American audiences. Wanna bet they have no idea what they’re in for?

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, colin firth, drama, dvd, ginnifer goodwin, julianne moore, matthew goode, nick hoult, tom ford

A SINGLE MAN

January 10, 2010

The still waters o sadness can run pretty deep.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3 stars, action, billy crudup, carla gugino, comic book, dc, dvd, jackie earle hailey, jeffrey dean morgan, malin akerman, matthew goode, patrick wilson, stephen mchattie

THE WATCHMEN

March 8, 2009

What happens when the heroes we appoint to keep watch decide they’ve had enough of watching?

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Ryan McNeil
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