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Review of Horrible Bosses 2 (2014)

By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 27 Nov 2014

A waste of talent, a lazy roll over retreaded gags, and a smutty stroll down a street full of racist, sexist and homophobic jokes…

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Review of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)

By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 21 Nov 2014

There's dramatic tension, a good deal of emotion, and one heck of a setup for the next movie…

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Review of Dumb and Dumber To (2014)

By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 19 Nov 2014

Carrey's character's clueless craziness now seems cruel and even pathologically twisted-not just dumb, but loathsome, pathetic and truly crazy…

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Review of The Theory of Everything (2014)

By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 14 Nov 2014

Redmayne makes you believe every minute he's onscreen that he IS Stephen Hawking, with all his genius, wit and determination intact even as…

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Review of Interstellar (2014)

By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 07 Nov 2014

Nolan lays out a narrative path between Odysseus, Albert Einstein and Buck Rogers, then paints it with bold cinematic brushstrokes inspired…

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Review of Before I Go to Sleep (2014)

By Neil Pond (477) for American Profile (252) on 31 Oct 2014

A stylish, somewhat brutal, Brit-centric bedtime story about deception, danger and Nicole Kidman in distress…

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Review of John Wick (2014)

By Neil Pond (477) for American Profile (252) on 22 Oct 2014

He's never been the most expressive of actors, but this role suits Reeves fine---mysterious, brooding, silent, sullen and super-cool, but capable…

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Review of Fury (2014)

By Neil Pond (477) for American Profile (252) on 15 Oct 2014

War is hell, and this gripping WWII battle drama brings you about as close to the angry, anguished flames as anyone would ever want to get…

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Review of Dracula Untold (2014)

By Neil Pond (477) for American Profile (252) on 09 Oct 2014

Never finds the right tone-be it frightful, funny, funky, horrifying, shocking or sexy-that viewers would expect from a modern flick about…

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Review of Gone Girl (2014)

By Neil Pond (477) for American Profile (252) on 02 Oct 2014

A masterfully crafted brew of mind-bending misdirection, outright lies, psychotic scheming, and detailed criminal procedural that will keep…

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Review of The Equalizer (2014)

By Neil Pond (477) for American Profile (252) on 30 Sep 2014

Punctuated with moments of gory, hyper-stylized action but hollowed out of anything smart, meaningful, purposeful or original…

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Review of A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014)

By Neil Pond (477) for American Profile (252) on 18 Sep 2014

The title helps set the creepy stage right off the bat, and the opening credits--which play over a dreamy scene that you slowly realize is…

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Review of Dolphin Tale 2 (2014)

By Neil Pond (477) for American Profile (252) on 11 Sep 2014

No splashy special effects---but lots of real splashes, and plenty of emotion centered around one fin-tastic dolphin, Winter, whose true tale…

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Review of The Identical (2014)

By Neil Pond (477) for American Profile (252) on 03 Sep 2014

A bland, edge-less, Elvis-tinged parable, with nothing to offend, shock or rub even the most sensitive of sensibilities the wrong way-like…

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Review of As Above, So Below (2014)

By Neil Pond (477) for American Profile (252) on 28 Aug 2014

A hopelessly tangled, shaky-cam knot of gotcha…

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Review of When the Game Stands Tall (2014)

By Neil Pond (477) for American Profile (252) on 21 Aug 2014

Caviezel's performance is so low-key, it almost feels like he's standing on the sidelines of the movie in which he's supposed to be starring…

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Review of The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014)

By Neil Pond (477) for American Profile (252) on 07 Aug 2014

Despite being a bit too long, more than a bit predictable and a whole lot of corny, it has a lot of heart, and like a platter of yummy things…

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Review of Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

By Neil Pond (477) for American Profile (252) on 31 Jul 2014

A rollicking carnival ride halfway across the universe and back that leaves you with a big, goofy, satisfied smile when it's over…

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Review of Get On Up (2014)

By Neil Pond (477) for American Profile (252) on 30 Jul 2014

Sharp storytelling and direction take us inside, outside and all around Brown, across a span of nearly six decades---and through it all, we…

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Review of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)

By Neil Pond (477) for American Profile (252) on 21 Jul 2014

A smart, muscular, action-packed blockbuster that's easily one of the summer's most rousing sci-fi crowd-pleasers---some seriously strong,…

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