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Tag: saoirse ronan

reviews

LADY BIRD

We were idiots, once. Beautiful, beautiful, idiots.

Posted on November 12, 2017September 28, 2019
reviews

BROOKLYN

Walking through the golden door is sometimes just the beginning. What awaits on the other side is what makes for stories like BROOKLYN.

Posted on November 20, 2015November 28, 2015
reactions, screenings, TIFF

BROOKLYN plays TIFF 2015

Something sweet in the midst of all this festival heaviness.

Posted on September 15, 2015September 18, 2015
reviews

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL

Wes Anderson returns with something sweet for audiences to delight in.

Posted on March 16, 2014March 22, 2014
trailers

Standin’ In the Big Hotel: THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Trailer

I feel like every word of this trailer should be a BEING JOHN MALKOVICH-esque stream of “Anderson, Anderson, Anderson…”. I say that with love.

Posted on October 23, 2013October 27, 2013
festivals, reactions, TIFF

BYZANTIUM Plays TIFF 2012

A new addition to the vampire ominbus seduces in its look, but ultimately lacks bite.

Posted on September 12, 2012September 22, 2012
festivals, reactions, TIFF

TIFF Review: VIOLET & DAISY

This Travelling Sisterhood Wants More Than Just Pants.

Posted on September 16, 2011September 11, 2020
reviews

HANNA

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

Posted on April 24, 2011March 30, 2012
trailers

The Great Beyond – LOVELY BONES Trailer

So just last week, I was writing about books that may or may not be successful literary adaptations. Right on cue, another one is coming … Read More ›

Posted on August 11, 2009March 29, 2012
reviews

ATONEMENT

Much as it may seem like one can always say sorry, sometimes the damage is done.

Posted on February 11, 2008September 1, 2012

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