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terrence howard

reviews 3 stars, bill murray, chris o'dowd, comedy, jaeden lieberher, melissa mccarthy, naomi watts, reviews, st. vincent, terrence howard

ST. VINCENT

October 19, 2014

Peace be with you. A reading from The Gospel according to Bill…

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Ryan McNeil
trailers bill murray, chris o'dowd, comedy, jaeden lieberher, melissa mccarthy, naomi watts, st. vincent, terrence howard, theodore melfi, TIFF 2014

Father Figure: ST. VINCENT Trailer

July 9, 2014

Bill’s back, and seems like he’s as wiley as ever.

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Ryan McNeil
dvd doubleback alan rickman, alex pettyfer, cuba gooding jr, david oyelowo, forest whitaker, james marsden, jane fonda, john cusack, lee daniels, lenny kravitz, liev schreiber, mariah carey, minka kelly, oprah winfrey, robin williams, terrence howard, the butler, yaya alafia

LEE DANIELS’ THE BUTLER

January 5, 2014

What to do when something moving and nuanced is counterweighted with heavy-handedness and caricature?

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3 stars, denis villeneuve, drama, hugh jackman, jake gyllenhaal, maria bello, paul dano, prisoners, terrence howard, viola davis

PRISONERS

September 22, 2013

We like to think we know ourselves. We like to think we know what we’re capable of. Turns out, we often hold fast to the wrong

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Ryan McNeil
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