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Review of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)

By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 14 Dec 2016

Of space dust, Joni Mitchell and the Force: a visually splendid, dramatically stirring journey spanning both yesteryear and tomorrow…

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Review of Nocturnal Animals (2016)

By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 08 Dec 2016

Arty and grotesquely gorgeous, but hardly an uplifting tale. Think 'No Country For Old Men' meets 'CSI: West Texas,' by way of 'Twin Peaks…

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Review of Jackie (2016)

By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 01 Dec 2016

It's not a conventional biography, or even a historical drama…

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Review of Rules Don't Apply (2016)

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

Like Hughes' Spruce Goose, Beatty's movie is a big, cumbersome, well-intentioned project that just gets off the ground but never really soars…

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Review of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 17 Nov 2016

It has moments of humor, whimsy and fun, but its overall tone is dark, casting its fantasy adventure against a very serious backdrop of dread,…

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Review of Arrival (2016)

By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 10 Nov 2016

A whip-smart sci-fi movie that powers through strongly and confidently on character, an emotional human story and a performance, instead of…

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Review of Doctor Strange (2016)

By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 03 Nov 2016

Eyeball-popping, jaw-dropping, kaleidoscopic, head-tripping---a rollicking adventure with crisp wit, strong characters and visually impressive…

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Review of Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016)

By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 19 Oct 2016

If you're looking for some straight-up, mainline Halloween haunted-house gotchas, this date-night ride has a slow start, but builds to a wild,…

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Review of The Accountant (2016)

By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 12 Oct 2016

Starts out with a familiar cops-and-crooks, espionage-movie feel but quickly corkscrews into something with more twists, turns and puzzle pieces…

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Review of The Birth of a Nation (2016)

By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 06 Oct 2016

In so many ways, the timing for Nate Parker's film about Nat Turner and an event 175 years ago feels so right, and so right now…

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Review of The Girl on the Train (2016)

By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 05 Oct 2016

Blunt, already an accomplished actress, has now landed a role that will get her even more serious mainstream attention…

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Review of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)

By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 28 Sep 2016

Outsiders, outcasts and oddballs everywhere, of all ages, let your freak flag fly--courtesy of Miss Peregrine, and Tim Burton…

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Review of The Magnificent Seven (2016)

By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 21 Sep 2016

Brings the cowboy past into focus with the Hollywood present…

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Review of Blair Witch (2016)

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

The gotchas aren't novel, particularly frightful or ghastly, or anything you haven't seen before; they just come via new gadgetry…

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Review of Sully (2016)

By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 07 Sep 2016

A man doing his job, a guy flying a plane, a pilot controlling the stick…

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Review of The Light Between Oceans (2016)

By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 31 Aug 2016

The movie suggests that, like the waters of the great oceans that cover the Earth, all things are connected-past, present and future; grief…

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Review of Hell or High Water (2016)

By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 17 Aug 2016

Puts the line between right and wrong underneath a scorching, unforgiving Texas sun then stretches it out on a lonesome, steaming highway,…

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Review of Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)

By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 10 Aug 2016

Director Stephen Frears brings Jenkins' quirky story to the screen with humor as well as heart, never crossing over into camp or parody in…

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Review of Suicide Squad (2016)

By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 03 Aug 2016

A hot mess--but a loud, star-packed, proudly trashy one…

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Review of Jason Bourne (2016)

By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 28 Jul 2016

Gunmen on rooftops, bombs, civilians dying in the fray, government corruption, a mopey Matt Damon---there ain't no escapist sunshine here, folks…

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