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romance

reviews 4 stars, comedy, emma stone, julianne moore, kevin bacon, marissa tomei, romance, ryan gosling, steve carell

CRAZY STUPID LOVE

August 21, 2011

Something Seemingly So Predictable Turns Sweet, Honest, and Truly Surprising.

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Ryan McNeil
dvd doubleback comedy, diane keaton, dvd, harrison ford, jeff goldblum, patrick wilson, rachel mcadams, reactions, romance

Doubleback: MORNING GLORY

March 15, 2011

There’s a lot about MORNING GLORY that makes me want to just wail away on it. But in a rare twist, there is also an awful lot to dig. However, the fact that the details I dig are never really seen to fruition just makes me want to wail away all the more. It’s a…

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Ryan McNeil
listy goodness romance, top fives

All You Need is Love (Top Five Romances)

February 10, 2009

It’s Valentine’s Day this week (hands up all the guys who forgot). On the surface, it’s a made-up holiday that provides a payday for florists and chocolatiers. On the other hand, if you truly love someone, it’s an excuse to take a moment and remind them about how you feel. I know – that sounds…

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 4 stars, chris messina, drama, dvd, javier bardem, patricia clarkson, penelope cruz, rebecca hall, romance, scarlett johansson, vicky cristina barcelona, woody allen

VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA

December 7, 2008

As we travel, we tend to take a vacation from more than just our day-to-day…sometimes we take a vacation from everything we’re known to be back home.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3 stars, baz luhrman, drama, dvd, epic, hugh jackman, nicole kidman, romance

AUSTRALIA

November 29, 2008

What has become of the epic?

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 4 stars, anil kapoor, comedy, danny boyle, dev patel, drama, dvd, foreign, frieda pinto, irrfan khan, romance

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

November 12, 2008

Danny Boyle’s SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE is:

A. A Lavish Story About The Determination of The Human Heart
B. An Intriguing Hybrid of Boyle’s Prior Films
C. One of the Best Movies of The Year
D. All of The Above

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Ryan McNeil
TIFF fantasy, foreign, reactions, romance, TIFF 2008

TIFF Reaction: TEARS FOR SALE (ÄŒARLSTON za OGNJENKU)

September 9, 2008

I came amazingly close to ditching out on my Monday night screening, but looking back I’m glad I went. TEARS FOR SALE won’t go down as the best TIFF movie I’ve ever seen, but it will certainly rank as one of the most memorable. To paraphrase late night’s Craig Ferguson, this is 12 hours of…

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Ryan McNeil
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