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Review of Rise of the Guardians (2012)

By Neil Pond (477) for American Profile (252) on 30 Nov 2012

Will touch the hearts of anyone-of any age-who can reconnect with the magical childlike power of believing…

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Review of Red Dawn (2012)

By Neil Pond (477) for American Profile (252) on 20 Nov 2012

The '84 original wasn't Shakespeare by any stretch, but it's practically a nostalgic masterpiece compared to this misguided remake…

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Review of Skyfall (2012)

By Neil Pond (477) for American Profile (252) on 16 Nov 2012

Sweeping action, solid characters, spectacular scenery, a bountiful sense of cleverness, and a pitch-perfect tone of self-reference to the…

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Review of Argo (2012)

By Neil Pond (477) for American Profile (252) on 01 Nov 2012

Given today's headline news from the Middle East, it seems not only frighteningly, jarringly real, but like it could easily have happened last week…

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Review of Frankenweenie (2012)

By Neil Pond (477) for American Profile (252) on 17 Oct 2012

An extremely touching tale of a boy and his dog makes Frankenweenie much more than just a dazzling exercise in pop-culture cleverness…

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Review of Sinister (2012)

By Neil Pond (477) for American Profile (252) on 10 Oct 2012

A stylishly made, perversely twisted tale that swirls with murder, madness, ghosts, demons and the stuff of nightmares…

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Review of Pitch Perfect (2012)

By Neil Pond (477) for American Profile (252) on 03 Oct 2012

Rebel Wilson steals the show as Fat Amy, a big, bountiful Bella whose generous physical proportions are matched by her gift of knowing how,…

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Review of Arbitrage (2012)

By Neil Pond (477) for American Profile (252) on 02 Oct 2012

When it's over, you feel the same chill as its characters, pondering the cold, thin line that slices like a razor between striking it rich…

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Review of Trouble with the Curve (2012)

By Neil Pond (477) for American Profile (252) on 20 Sep 2012

Tender, touching, moving and often funny, and the scenes between Adams and Eastwood have an honest, been-there, lived-in feel…

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Review of Lawless (2012)

By Neil Pond (477) for American Profile (252) on 13 Sep 2012

Like the kickapoo hillbilly brew slow-cooking in one of the Bondurant stills, it packs a punch that may be thrilling to some, but possibly…

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Review of The Expendables 2 (2012)

By Neil Pond (477) for American Profile (252) on 05 Sep 2012

Despite its ridiculously high kill count, there's a vein of humor running throughout the script and almost as many quips zipping around as bullets…

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Review of The Campaign (2012)

By Neil Pond (477) for American Profile (252) on 23 Aug 2012

Although the over-the-top antics are outrageous and outlandish, they're grounded in the bloody mash-up realities of modern-day politics…

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Review of The Bourne Legacy (2012)

By Neil Pond (477) for American Profile (252) on 20 Aug 2012

After one of the best chase sequences of any movie this year, it literally slams into an ending that doesn't feel very much like an ending…

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Review of The Watch (2012)

By Neil Pond (477) for American Profile (252) on 08 Aug 2012

It's amazing how much thought, effort and creative energy The Watch works into its script about human---and space-alien---crotches…

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Review of Step Up Revolution (2012)

By Neil Pond (477) for American Profile (252) on 08 Aug 2012

Anyone who loves watching any kind of dance (and, based on the popularity of the TV shows So You Think You Can Dance and Dancing With The Stars,…

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Review of The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

By Neil Pond (477) for American Profile (252) on 26 Jul 2012

The summer's most grandiose, grown-up, operatic superhero movie, one that makes others look, in comparison, like kids playing around in action-figure…

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Review of Moonrise Kingdom (2012)

By Neil Pond (477) for American Profile (252) on 21 Jul 2012

Funny, touching, sweet and drenched in '60s nostalgia, but reverberating with distant, haunting echoes of adolescent longing for practically…

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Review of The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)

By Neil Pond (477) for American Profile (252) on 10 Jul 2012

The most amazing thing about this 50-year-old superhero saga is that there's still so much freshness, energy and fun to be spun, once again,…

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Review of Spider-Man (1977)

By Neil Pond (477) for American Profile (252) on 10 Jul 2012

The most amazing thing about this 50-year-old superhero saga is that there's still so much freshness, energy and fun to be spun, once again,…

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Review of Brave (2012)

By Neil Pond (477) for American Profile (252) on 07 Jul 2012

Merida's bravery provides the title…

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