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Review of Annabelle: Creation (2017)

By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 10 Aug 2017

Director David F. Sandberg doesn't really do anything flashy or new…

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Review of The Glass Castle (2017)

By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 09 Aug 2017

Score one for extremely well-adjusted kids. At least in the movies…

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Review of Detroit (2017)

By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 02 Aug 2017

The film's themes of tragedy and injustice resonate with chilling contemporary relevance, ringing across the distance of the ages…

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Review of Atomic Blonde (2017)

By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 26 Jul 2017

It looks great: cool, sleek, stylish and sexy, awash in splashes of neon reds and greens on chilly monochrome greys and blues, set to a soundtrack…

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Review of Dunkirk (2017)

By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 23 Jul 2017

A contemporary war movie that echoes classic combat films but eclipses them at the same time, Nolan's new epic puts Dunkirk on the cinematic map…

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Review of A Ghost Story (2017)

By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 12 Jul 2017

A beautiful, haunting ode to the impermanence of everything-and the precious, mundane, sometimes mysterious moments that make up the music of life…

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Review of Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)

By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 04 Jul 2017

A rollicking, soaring glide of a ride that puts a bright new, fun, feisty, re-energized spin on pop culture's top web star…

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Review of Despicable Me 3 (2017)

By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 28 Jun 2017

The three directors juggle all the jokery with craft, cleverness and a finger on the pulse of spry spy satire, and the movie even spoofs itself…

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Review of Baby Driver (2017)

By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 26 Jun 2017

Almost like a radical movie musical, as if La La Land collided with Mad Max by way of Quentin Tarantino…

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Review of Rough Night (2017)

By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 15 Jun 2017

Raw, raunchy and riotously funny, it isn't for everyone…

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Review of 47 Meters Down (2017)

By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 14 Jun 2017

A tight, concise little water web of peril, tension and excitement that builds to something you totally won't see coming, unless someone spoils…

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Review of It Comes at Night (2017)

By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 08 Jun 2017

Slices into the darkness of every scene with a razor's edge of finely calibrated suspense, tension, grief, paranoia and primal fear…

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Review of The Mummy (2017)

By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 07 Jun 2017

A $125 million spectacle of marquee stars, eye-popping special effects and flashy setup…

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Review of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)

By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 24 May 2017

After sailing around for nearly 15 years, the franchise feels overstuffed and waterlogged, all a-swirl with bustle, swill and bilge…

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Review of Baywatch (2017)

By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 23 May 2017

Bawdy, brawny, spicy, sexy and fun--sun, sand, surf, a little bit of action, a load of laughs and some totally rockin' beach bods…

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Review of Everything, Everything (2017)

By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 18 May 2017

Stenberg and Robinson are adorably cute; but there's preposterousness to the whole setup, and the film presents it with even more of a fairy-tale…

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Review of King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)

By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 10 May 2017

A dark, lumbering fantasy that smashes and crashes into themes, events and characters that have been popularized in literature, lore, legend…

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Review of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 03 May 2017

Fast-paced, bonkers, high-spirited fun: a far-out space-rocket ride with a cast of endearing characters that have definitely found their movie…

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Review of Gifted (2017)

By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 19 Apr 2017

What good is immortality as a math megamind if you can't snuggle with your one-eyed cat--or frolic on the playground--with your friends today…

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Review of The Fate of the Furious (2017)

By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 12 Apr 2017

Heaping helpings of heavy metal thunder, brawny brawls and ridiculously over-the-top vehicular mayhem, all wrapped around themes of brotherhood,…

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