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sarah paulson

reviews 4 stars, alison brie, bob odenkirk, bradley whitford, bruce greenwood, carrie coon, david cross, drama, jesse plemons, matthew rhys, meryl streep, sarah paulson, steven spielberg, the post, tom hanks, tracy letts, zach woods

THE POST

January 5, 2018

Democracy dies in darkness.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 4 stars, carol, carrie brownstein, cate blanchett, cory michael smith, drama, jake lacy, john magaro, kyle chandler, melodrama, reviews, rooney mara, sarah paulson, todd haynes

CAROL

December 11, 2015

Great beauty and great clarity can come by way of just one special person.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 12 years a slave, 2013 best picture nominee, 4 stars, alfre woodard, benedict cumberbatch, brad pitt, chiwetel ejiofor, directors of colour, drama, garret dillahunt, lupita nyong'o, michael fassbenber, michael k. williams, paul dano, paul giamatti, quvenzhané wallis, sarah paulson, scoot mcnairy, steve mcqueen

12 YEARS A SLAVE

October 18, 2013

At an important time comes an important film; a film everyone should see, even if they only ever see it once.

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, TIFF 12 years a slave, alfre woodard, benedict cumberbatch, brad pitt, chiwetel ejiofor, directors of colour, lupita nyong'o, michael fassbender, paul dano, paul giamatti, sarah paulson, steve mcqueen, TIFF 2013

12 YEARS A SLAVE plays TIFF 2013

September 7, 2013

Once in a while, one must believe the hype.

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Ryan McNeil
trailers 12 years a slave, alfre woodard, benedict cumberbatch, brad pitt, chewitel ejiofor, drama, michael fassbender, paul dano, paul giamatti, quvenzhané wallis, sarah paulson, scoot mcnairy, steve mcqueen

Southern Man: 12 YEARS A SLAVE Trailer

July 16, 2013

Steve McQueen is back with a new film. Compared to his last one I think we can count on a lot less sex this time around.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, drama, jacob lofland, jeff nichols, joe don baker, matthew mcconaughey, michael shannon, mud, ray mckinnon, reese witherspoon, sam shepard, sarah paulson, tye sheridan

MUD

May 26, 2013

The creator of TAKE SHELTER is back, and once again he’s out to ask us to examine what we believe…and who we believe in.

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Ryan McNeil
trailers jeff nichols, michael shannon, mud, reese witherspoon, sam shepard, sarah paulson

Dirty Water: MUD Trailer

January 24, 2013

I’d dearly love to be attending Sundance, but at least I’m getting some direction on films to look for in the coming months. Case in point…

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Ryan McNeil
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