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Maureen Ryan

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Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) 93% B+ EDIT “Yeoh imbues Evelyn with moving shades of melancholy, regret, resolve and growing curiosity. She’s the kind of woman the world (and Hollywood) routinely overlooks, but Yeoh makes her embrace of lead-character energy positively gripping.” – Vanity Fair Apr 8, 2022 Full Review Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012) 49% EDIT “Hemingway and Gellhorn is a gigantic missed opportunity, a jaw-droppingly trying waste of time. Don't let the fancy names in the cast fool you: This is a stupid, stupid movie.” – HuffPost Jun 1, 2020 Full Review John Oliver: Terrifying Times (2008) EDIT “"John Oliver: Terrifying Times..." should appeal to fans of his sardonic, intellectual brand of humor.” – Chicago Tribune Aug 1, 2019 Full Review Dane Cook: Vicious Circle (2006) EDIT “This 90-minute film may go on a bit for casual Cook fans, but as the voice of the MySpace generation, the comic shines here.” – Chicago Tribune Jul 31, 2019 Full Review Recount (2008) 78% EDIT “Even when the complicated political and legal machinations are handled gracefully, Recount doesn't have time to give these people depth or render their unique situations with sufficient shadings of complexity.” – Chicago Tribune Jun 13, 2018 Full Review Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (2018) 100% EDIT “After being diverted by a whirling mass of glitter, leather, tattoos, disco moments, rock-star preening and heart-rending betrayal, yes, for a moment, I was there. And that was something.” – Variety Apr 2, 2018 Full Review Psych: The Movie (2017) 100% EDIT “Psych: The Movie is exactly what I thought it would be. That is a good thing.” – Variety Dec 6, 2017 Full Review The Wizard of Lies (2017) 73% EDIT “Given that it offers no new insights on Madoff and underserves its stellar cast, it's hard to see the return on this particular investment.” – Variety May 17, 2017 Full Review The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017) 69% EDIT “It's worth seeing in order to witness Oprah Winfrey give one of the best performances of her career.” – Variety Apr 18, 2017 Full Review To Walk Invisible: The Bronte Sisters (2016) 86% EDIT “Wainwright expertly explores the idea that while the expectations for Branwell just about crushed him, the fact that nothing was expected of his sisters goaded them into acts of creation that burn with a fire that readers can still sense today.” – Variety Mar 24, 2017 Full Review EDIT “The 2016 special, which was recorded in L.A., is the more generally taut and robust of the two hourlong specials.” – Variety Mar 21, 2017 Full Review EDIT “Time and again, Chappelle shows a willingness to dissect his own thinking, share his own foibles and be honest about his mistakes and doubts.” – Variety Mar 21, 2017 Full Review Unlocking the Cage (2016) 80% EDIT “For those less familiar with her life, Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise should serve as a bracing introduction, and as an inducement to dive into her prose, poetry and speeches.” – Variety Feb 21, 2017 Full Review The Witness for the Prosecution (2016) 100% EDIT “Director Julian Jarrold does a particularly fine job of creating the kind of atmosphere that mixes well-constructed anticipation with a certain strain of enjoyable dread, and in the leading role, Toby Jones is simply terrific.” – Variety Feb 1, 2017 Full Review The Dresser (2015) 100% EDIT “The Dresser's humane wisdom is revealed in moving ways in the film's home stretch.” – Variety May 25, 2016 Full Review All the Way (2016) 85% EDIT “All the Way tries to delve into that period from the perspective of the D.C. wheeler-dealer at the very top of the power structure, but this historical exploration unfortunately only goes part of the way.” – Variety May 18, 2016 Full Review Grease: Live! (2016) 92% EDIT “Thanks to exceptional work from director Thomas Kail and several sterling supporting performances, much of Grease Live! was as sweet and tasty as a root beer float.” – Variety Feb 1, 2016 Full Review A Very Murray Christmas (2015) 68% EDIT “If the weather outside is frightful (or even if it's tolerable), there are worse ways to spend a holiday-season hour than with Murray and his glamorous chums.” – Variety Dec 1, 2015 Full Review 7 Days in Hell (2015) 87% EDIT “You'd have to search far and wide to find a program that hits its chosen target with such concentrated glee.” – HuffPost Aug 3, 2015 Full Review The Normal Heart (2014) 94% EDIT “If you can get past the director's tics and tricks, there are some bravura scenes from Mantello, Roberts and Ruffalo that are worth the price of admission.” – HuffPost May 27, 2014 Full Review An Adventure in Space and Time (2013) 96% EDIT “Once "An Adventure" picks up momentum in its second half, viewers will begin to see what lurked behind Hartnell's formidable exterior: A dedication to getting it right and a very British desire to carry on, no matter how sticky things got.” – HuffPost Nov 22, 2013 Full Review EDIT “It has the kind of premise we've seen many times before. Rarely, however, will you see such visual rigor, emotional intelligence and assured storytelling brought to a mystery tale told in this kind of world.” – HuffPost Mar 26, 2013 Full Review Page Eight (2011) 94% EDIT “I'd happily watch this cast read the phone book, but fortunately the script by David Hare (who also directed) is intelligent, engaging and generally makes good use of this singular cast's talents.” – HuffPost Aug 3, 2012 Full Review
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