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olivia williams

reviews 3.5 stars, aaron johnson, alicia vikander, anna karenina, domhnall gleeson, drama, emily watson, joe wright, jude law, kelly macdonald, kiera knightley, leo tolstoy, matthew mcfadyen, olivia williams

ANNA KARENINA

November 25, 2012

Joe Wright tells an old story in a new way. The question is whether his new way is the right way, or the wrong way?

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3 stars, action, cate blanchett, drama, eric bana, joe wright, olivia williams, saoirse ronan

HANNA

April 24, 2011

If Evelyn Salt and Jason Bourne Had a Daughter…They’d Name Her Hanna.

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Ryan McNeil
dvd doubleback drama, dvd, ewan mcgregor, kim catrell, olivia williams, pierce brosnan, roman polanski

Doubleback: THE GHOST WRITER

December 5, 2010

Sometimes, you have to realize the universe is trying to tell you something and make a point of seeing something. In the same day, two of the Row Three crew got into Roman Polanski conversations with me completely unbeknownst to one another. Admittedly, my Polanski vocabulary is weak, so I took the cue to start…

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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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