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Review of Going in Style (2017)

By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 06 Apr 2017

Everything about it is geared for comedy, but it's impossible to miss the timely message about greedy institutions that don't care about their…

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Review of Ghost in the Shell (2017)

By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 30 Mar 2017

If its themes seem familiar, it's because we've seen them--now-- many times before…

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Review of Beauty and the Beast (2017)

By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 16 Mar 2017

Encouraging signs that Disney continues to change with the times--and for the House of Mouse, Josh Gad's Lefou is a Mickey milestone…

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Review of Kong: Skull Island (2017)

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

A jolt of super juiced-up, monster-movie energy restores some of the raw edges of wild, wooly excitement to the Kong saga while giving it a…

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Review of Get Out (2017)

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

Peele draws a draws a subtle, scathing line that connects American imperialism all the way back to its colonial roots, when white men essentially…

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Review of Fist Fight (2017)

By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 16 Feb 2017

Cast of familiar faces gives old-school Hollywood idea a fresh shine(r)…

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Review of John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)

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

It's hard to be subjective, but I rate it four snapped necks, three pencils in the head, two slashed forearm arteries in a big Roman thermae…

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Review of The Lego Batman Movie (2017)

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

A geyser of fast-paced inside jokes, meta commentary and rapid-fire satire--the Lego bat is where its at…

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Review of The Space Between Us (2017)

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

Like something Nicholas Sparks might have strung together on a sugar rush after eating too much freeze-dried astronaut ice cream and washing…

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Review of Gold (2017)

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

Shades of Scorsese ('The Wolf of Wall Street') and David O…

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Review of Gold (2016)

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

Shades of Scorsese ('The Wolf of Wall Street') and David O…

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Review of Split (2017)

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

Shyamalan weaves a devilishly demented web of clues, and you never know where he's going until he gets there. And when he does, hang on…

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Review of Silence (2017)

By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 13 Jan 2017

Even the film's horrors have a savage, artful beauty, like modern-day movie paintings of Christian martyrs rendered on the big screen…

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Review of Silence (2016)

By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 13 Jan 2017

Even the film's horrors have a savage, artful beauty, like modern-day movie paintings of Christian martyrs rendered on the big screen…

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Review of Patriots Day (2016)

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

An uplifting depiction of a town and its citizens united, tough and determined to not let the bad guys win…

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Review of A Monster Calls (2016)

By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 06 Jan 2017

Like the tree that becomes the monster every night, there's a lot going on both above the surface and beneath it in this beautiful-looking…

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Review of Hidden Figures (2016)

By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 05 Jan 2017

Henson, Spencer and Monáe all bring spunk, sass and heart to a story that oozes inspiration and rings with righteous pride…

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Review of Fences (2016)

By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 22 Dec 2016

Washington makes his character both sympathetic and pathetic, a tragic character of almost Shakespearian proportions grappling with fate, family…

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Review of Passengers (2016)

By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 20 Dec 2016

There's a genuinely creepy, unnerving nugget of a tale here, but it mostly gets lost in the sweet, sci-fi mush--and rush--of its intergalactic…

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Review of La La Land (2016)

By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 15 Dec 2016

The (Hollywood) Hills are alive again with the sound of (new) music, and it's impossible to not be swept up and away in the sweet sunshine…

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