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Review of Bon Cop Bad Cop 2 (2017)

By Radheyan Simonpillai (471) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 10 May 2017

Bon Cop Bad Cop 2 is exactly what's wrong with the Canadian film industry…

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

By Radheyan Simonpillai (471) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 09 May 2017

Hustling hard with words and fists, Hunnam exudes the same charisma that made Jason Statham a star…

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Review of Born in China (2016)

By Radheyan Simonpillai (471) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 19 Apr 2017

Born In China never breathes a word about that country's environmental problems…

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Review of The Fate of the Furious (2017)

By Radheyan Simonpillai (471) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 12 Apr 2017

A midsection sequence where Cipher taps into computers in vehicles and creates an army of CGI zombie cars might be the death of the…

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Review of Going in Style (2017)

By Radheyan Simonpillai (471) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 11 Apr 2017

Having veteran Oscar winners Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine and Alan Arkin share a screen is a pleasure in and of itself, never mind what…

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Review of Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017)

By Radheyan Simonpillai (471) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 04 Apr 2017

It's still fun, peppy and fluorescent enough for its target under-7 audience. And this one comes with a heavy dose of girl power…

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Review of The Boss Baby (2017)

By Radheyan Simonpillai (471) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 29 Mar 2017

The Boss Baby is far from brilliant, but it's zippy, cute and tolerable fun, with some notable bits where imagination really does take flight…

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Review of Burden (2016)

By Radheyan Simonpillai (471) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 08 Mar 2017

The filmmakers keep things simple and straightforward, focusing on Burden's work and leaving it to you to see his relevance and influence…

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Review of The Shack (2017)

By Radheyan Simonpillai (471) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 02 Mar 2017

For churchgoers it's a nice change of scenery, a visual aid beyond stained glass to reaffirm faith. For the rest of us, it's a trap…

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Review of The Great Wall (2016)

By Radheyan Simonpillai (471) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 17 Feb 2017

Yimou's trademark visuals are like watching a bag of Skittles that knows kung fu…

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Review of Fifty Shades Darker (2017)

By Radheyan Simonpillai (471) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 10 Feb 2017

The danger is stripped away to the point that Anastasia has to keep reminding Christian that at any moment he can slip back into his…

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Review of A Dog's Purpose (2017)

By Radheyan Simonpillai (471) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 30 Jan 2017

A Dog's Purpose went from being the kind of preening, maudlin movie most would have ignored to a movie many plan on boycotting…

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Review of xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017)

By Radheyan Simonpillai (471) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 19 Jan 2017

There's a new xXx crew of super spies, giving Diesel the opportunity to rejig his We're family mantra with X takes care of its own…

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Review of Monster Trucks (2016)

By Radheyan Simonpillai (471) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 11 Jan 2017

While Bay's Transformers movies are clearly the kind of rip-roaring event this movie tries and fails to be, Monster Trucks is actually more…

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Review of Collateral Beauty (2016)

By Radheyan Simonpillai (471) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 15 Dec 2016

Kenneth Lonergan's Manchester By The Sea is a scrupulously crafted, emotionally honest take on grieving…

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Review of Harry Benson: Shoot First (2016)

By Radheyan Simonpillai (471) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 14 Dec 2016

There's much more fawning at the photographer's rare access, a thing that gets redundant and never comes close to achieving the kind of…

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Review of Why Him? (2016)

By Radheyan Simonpillai (471) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 14 Dec 2016

Its comedy is rooted in a disdain for the Palo Alto types that Franco parodies; the white-collar types that Cranston embodies; and an…

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Review of Office Christmas Party (2016)

By Radheyan Simonpillai (471) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 09 Dec 2016

The office party is that peculiar event where you get turnt but proceed with caution…

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Review of Almost Christmas (2016)

By Radheyan Simonpillai (471) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 13 Nov 2016

The Mo'Smoove factor is such a sure thing, it seems writer/director David E. Talbert barely bothered giving them a script to work with…

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Review of Loving (2016)

By Radheyan Simonpillai (471) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 09 Nov 2016

Jeff Nichols's lived-in drama is honest, sensitive and quietly powerful, taking its cues from Grey Villet's iconic Life Magazine photo of…

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