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simon pegg

reviews action, anil kapoor, brad bird, jeremy renner, lea seydoux, mikael nyqvist, mission impossible: ghost protocol, mission: impossible, paula patton, simon pegg, spy, tom cruise, tom wilkinson

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL

December 18, 2011

Brad Bird Thinks Big – Very Big, and Re-Invigorates Ethan Hunt’s IMF Adventures.

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Ryan McNeil
trailers 3-D, andy serkis, animated, cary elwes, daniel craig, edgar wright, jamie bell, joe cornish, nick frost, peter jackson, simon pegg, steven moffat, steven spielberg, the adventures of tintin

Eye Candy (TINTIN: THE SECRET OF THE UNICORN Teaser)

May 18, 2011

I get the suspicion this film will have a slight uphill climb (mo-cap always seems to these days), but it’s a Spielberg film so I’m in for certain. Thoughts?

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3 stars, comedy, greg mottola, jason bateman, kristen wiig, nick frost, sci-fi, seth rogen, simon pegg

PAUL

April 10, 2011

A Love Letter to Sci-Fi Geekery.

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Ryan McNeil
trailers comedy, jason bateman, kristen wiig, nick frost, sci-fi, seth rogen, simon pegg, trailers

Subterranean Homesick Alien (PAUL Trailer)

December 22, 2010

It feels like it’s been far too long since we’ve seen Pegg and Frost together, but in reality it’s been just short of four years. And while this particular outing doesn’t have the added advantage of being an Edgar Wright joint, it still looks like it’ll be good for some laughs. Oh, and being one…

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, action, anton yelchin, bruce greenwood, chris hemsworth, chris pine, dvd, eric bana, jj abrams, john cho, karl urban, leonard nimoy, sci-fi, simon pegg, star trek, star trek 2009, zachary quinto, zoe saldana

STAR TREK

May 15, 2009

Time to boldly go…back!

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Ryan McNeil
trailers antin yelchin, bruce greenwood, chris hemsworth, chris pine, eric bana, jj abrams, karl urban, sci-fi, simon pegg, star trek, star trek 2009, zachary quinto, zoe saldana

Starlight: STAR TREK Trailer

November 19, 2008

Despite all my geeky tendencies, I have never been a Star Trek fan. So I think it shows that J.J. Abrams did something right if the looks of this movie even excites a non-fan like me. Take a look and mark your calender now…

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 2 stars, chris o'dowd, comedy, dvd, jeff bridges, jillian anderson, kirsten dunst, megan fox, simon pegg

HOW TO LOSE FRIENDS AND ALIENATE PEOPLE

October 13, 2008

It’s just a velvet rope, but to so many of us it might as well be a concrete wall. However does one get past it and make it “inside”?

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Ryan McNeil
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