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Widows
Widows is an intricate heist story where the heist itself is less interesting than the reasons it is happening. It has a fairly twisty plot,

Ben Pivoz
Nov 17, 2018


Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald suffers from a lot of the problems of being the second part of a planned pentalogy as well as th

Ben Pivoz
Nov 17, 2018


What They Had
When the movie sticks to its themes of love, loss and memory it is quite effective. For those lucky enough to not have had someone close to

Ben Pivoz
Nov 14, 2018


Suspiria
The way Guadagnino uses the visuals to control the mood and suggest all sorts of unspeakable things is brilliant. Where he could lose some v

Ben Pivoz
Nov 11, 2018


The Grinch
There is nothing inherently wrong with the added story beats, but the execution feels so padded. The story was perfectly fine at 25 minutes.

Ben Pivoz
Nov 10, 2018


The Girl in the Spider's Web
The stories have never been the strong point in this series and this is definitely the worst of them. Even the twists are dull. There is far

Ben Pivoz
Nov 9, 2018


Overlord
Overlord thoroughly understands exactly what it is. It is trashy, bloody and violent. Those excited by that description will probably have f

Ben Pivoz
Nov 9, 2018


Can You Ever Forgive Me?
This is not Melissa McCarthy doing shtick. She inhabits a fully-formed, very flawed, three-dimensional character. I have known people like t

Ben Pivoz
Nov 7, 2018


Beautiful Boy
While it gets repetitive, well, that is what that process can be like. The problem is, as they come off in the movie, Nic is just an addict.

Ben Pivoz
Nov 7, 2018


Bohemian Rhapsody
It is a biopic of Freddy Mercury that barely reveals anything about him. It is a look at the rock band Queen that offers no information as t

Ben Pivoz
Nov 2, 2018
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