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steve zaillian

reviews 2 stars, aaron sorkin, baseball, bennett miller, bio-pic, brad pitt, drama, jonah hill, moneyball, phillip seymour hoffman, robin wright, steve zaillian, wally pfister

MONEYBALL

September 23, 2011

In Movies – Just Like In Baseball – Being ‘Good On Paper’ Will Only Take You So Far.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, american gangster, armand assante, carla gugino, chiwetel ejiofor, common, crime, cuba gooding jr, denzel washington, drama, dvd, idris elba, joe morton, john hawkes, josh brolin, norman reedus, ridley scott, ruby dee, russel crowe, rza, steve zaillian, ted levine

AMERICAN GANGSTER

November 3, 2007

The American Dream gets a Rude Awakening.

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Ryan McNeil
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