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scoot mcnairy

trailers ben affleck, crime, david fincher, drama, gone girl, neil patrick harris, rosamund pike, scoot mcnairy, tyler perry

Someone’s Missing: GONE GIRL Trailer

April 16, 2014

That weird moment when you know you’re seeing a film despite its off-kilter trailer.

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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
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 1.5 stars, andrew dominik, ben mendelsohn, brad pitt, crime, garret dillahunt, james gandolfini, killing them softly, ray liotta, richard jenkins, scoot mcnairy

KILLING THEM SOFTLY

December 2, 2012

These are tough economic times for everyone – even the criminal underworld. At least, that’s what a this film wants you to believe.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 4 stars, alan arkin, argo, ben affleck, bryan cranston, chris messina, drama, john goodman, kyle chandler, rory cochrane, scoot mcnairy, spy, tate donovan, taylor schilling, victor garber, zeljko ivanek

ARGO

October 21, 2012

It’s amazing what can get accomplished when people put ego aside and decide to co-operate.

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Ryan McNeil
trailers alan arkin, argo, ben affleck, bryan cranston, chris messina, john goodman, kyle chandler, scoot mcnairy, victor garber

Rescue Blues – ARGO Trailer

May 10, 2012

The man who once played with animal crackers on an actress’ midriff is all growns up…and seems to be one badass director.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3 stars, dvd, gareth edwards, sci-fi, scoot mcnairy, suspense, whitney able

MONSTERS

October 22, 2010

A solid road movie with a sci-fi twist

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Ryan McNeil
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