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tracy letts

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 4 stars, beanie feldstein, comedy, greta gerwig, lady bird, laurie metcalf, saoirse ronan, timothée chalamet, tracy letts, women in film

LADY BIRD

November 12, 2017

We were idiots, once. Beautiful, beautiful, idiots.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3 stars, drama, indignation, james schamus, logan lerman, philip roth, reviews, sarah gadon, tracy letts

INDIGNATION

August 28, 2016

The words of Philip Roth come to life in a new film, and ask us to consider who we are and what we want.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3 stars, abigail breslin, august: osage county, benedict cumberbatch, chris cooper, dermot mulroney, drama, ewan mcgregor, john wells, julia roberts, julianne nicholson, juliette lewis, margo martindale, meryl streep, sam shepard, tracy letts

AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY

January 12, 2014

With family like this, who needs enemies?

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Ryan McNeil
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