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toni collette

reviews 4 stars, blythe danner, brett haley, comedy, drama, hearts beat loud, jeff tweedy, kiersey clemons, music, nick offerman, reviews, sasha lane, ted danson, toni collette

HEARTS BEAT LOUD

June 26, 2018

We might want to belt the chorus, but more often than not, we hum the bridge

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, A24, alex wolff, ann dowd, ari aster, gabriel byrne, hereditary, horror, milly shapiro, reviews, toni collette

HEREDITARY

June 13, 2018

Sometimes malevolence courses through our own veins…and there’s just no hiding from that

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3 stars, animation, anthony stacchi, ben kingsley, elle fanning, graham annable, isaac hempstead wright, jared harris, nick frost, reviews, richard ayoade, simon pegg, the boxtrolls, toni collette, tracy morgan

THE BOXTROLLS

September 28, 2014

When it comes to bedtime stories, “Familiar” is not a negative criticism.

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Ryan McNeil
trailers anthony hopkins, bio-pic, danny huston, drama, helen mirren, hitchcock, james d'arcy, jessica biel, michael stuhlbarg, sacha gervasi, scarlett johansson, toni collette

Building a Mystery – HITCHCOCK Trailer

November 7, 2012

Thinking about The Master of Cinema on a morning where we all have America on the brain.

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Ryan McNeil
blogathon, reactions, watchin' & writin' eddie izzard, ewan mcgregor, janet mcteer, jonathan rhys meyers, sweet pain, todd haynes, toni collette, velvet goldmine

Sweet Pain: VELVET GOLDMINE

July 12, 2012

Lindsay starts me with a tale of ivory and gold. Where the curves of your lips can rewrite history.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews anton yelchin, christopher mintz-plasse, colin farrell, david tennant, horror, imogen poots, toni collette, vampires

FRIGHT NIGHT

August 24, 2011

Judging It as a Piece of Schlock Cinema – It Succeeds. Now We Need to Decide How Much Stock We Put in Schlock.

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Ryan McNeil
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