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tom hanks

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 3 stars, alan alda, amy ryan, austin stowell, bridge of spies, jesse plemons, mark rylance, review, spy, tom hanks, will rogers

BRIDGE OF SPIES

October 16, 2015

The new Steven Spielberg film asks us what is noble, what is evil, and what is somewhere in-between.

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Ryan McNeil
trailers alan alda, amy ryan, drama, steven spielberg, the coen brothers, tom hanks, trailers

My Country: BRIDGE OF SPIES Trailer

June 7, 2015

Can someone hire Spielberg a new ad firm?

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 2.5 stars, b.j. novak, bio-pic, bradley whitford, colin farrell, drama, emma thompson, jason schwartzman, paul giamatti, rachel griffiths, ruth wilson, saving mr. banks, tom hanks

SAVING MR. BANKS

December 15, 2013

An attempt to honour two creative powerhouses drifts over in disorder, catastrophe, and anarchy.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 2013 best picture nominee, 3.5 stars, barkhad abdi, bio-pic, captain phillips, catherine keener, drama, paul greengrass, tom hanks

CAPTAIN PHILLIPS

October 13, 2013

Pressure leads to Necessity; Necessity leads to Desperation.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 4 stars, andy wachowski, ben whishaw, cloud atlas, david gyasi, halle berry, hugh grant, hugo weaving, jim broadbent, jim sturgess, keith david, lana wachowski, sci-fi, susan sarandon, tom hanks, tom tykwer, xun zhou

CLOUD ATLAS

October 26, 2012

An audacious new film poses the theory that our lives are not our own: That we are bound to others – past and present. Can it make its case with grace? Or miss the mark from excess?

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, TIFF ben wishaw, cloud atlas, david gyashi, halle berry, hugh grant, hugo weaving, jim broadbent, jim sturgess, sci-fi, susan sarandon, the wachowskis, TIFF 2012, tom hanks, tom tykwer, xun zhou

CLOUD ATLAS Plays TIFF 2012

September 16, 2012

The creators of RUN LOLA RUN and THE MATRIX have come together on a project that is amazingly venturesome.

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Ryan McNeil
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