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nick hornby

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 3 stars, cheryl strayed, drama, gaby hoffman, jean-marc vallee, laura dern, nick hornby, reese witherspoon, thomas sadoski, wild

WILD

December 5, 2014

One woman’s journey of more than one thousand miles began with more than several single steps backwards.

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, TIFF gaby hoffman, jean-marc vallee, laura dern, nick hornby, reese witherspoon, TIFF 2014, wild

WILD plays TIFF 2014

September 13, 2014

When one person adapts another person’s memoir, they’re able to sort through everything and show both sides of the story; the inspiring and the idiotic.

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Ryan McNeil
Uncategorized coen brothers, jason reitman, nick hornby, oscar talk, quentin tarantino

Those Sweet Words (Oscar Predictions – Screenplay)

March 2, 2010

And so it begins. While I have read many a predictive post over the last few weeks, I have decided to save my forecasting for this final week. It has given me a chance to see just about every nominee in these major categories and form my own opinions. likewise it has allowed me to…

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 4 stars, alfred molina, best of 2009, carey mulligan, dominic cooper, drama, dvd, emma thompson, nick hornby, olivia williams, peter sarsgaard, rosamund pike

AN EDUCATION

November 25, 2009

The point isn’t whether or not one will find themselves at such crossroads – it’s almost mathematical certainty that everyone will at least once. The point is, whether we make the right choice or the wrong, do we learn from it.

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Ryan McNeil
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