top of page


Bad Times at the El Royale
Everything about Bad Times at the El Royale is focused on its style. Every aspect about the characters, from their look to the way they spea

Ben Pivoz
Oct 13, 2018


Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween is about on par with the 2015 version in terms of overall quality. If I had to choose a Goosebumps movie to

Ben Pivoz
Oct 12, 2018


A Star is Born
The opening, covering approximately the first 24 hours after they meet, is maybe the best written, directed and performed stretch of any mov

Ben Pivoz
Oct 10, 2018


Monsters and Men
Monsters and Men never delves into melodrama. It treats its subject with the respect and sensitivity it deserves. Keeping the plot a step re

Ben Pivoz
Oct 6, 2018


Venom
While I will not go to bat for it, it is such a bizarre, Frankenstein’s Monster-like combination of genres that, though it is undoubtedly a

Ben Pivoz
Oct 5, 2018


Love, Gilda
For someone like me, who did not know a lot about her life, Love, Gilda is a good introduction, as well as a convincing explanation for her

Ben Pivoz
Oct 3, 2018


Night School
Night School is not a real attempt at making an original comedy. It has been manufactured based on the assumption that audiences like Kevin

Ben Pivoz
Sep 29, 2018


Smallfoot
Overall, Smallfoot is a movie families can go to and all have a decent time together. Stretches are amusing, but it never engaged my imagina

Ben Pivoz
Sep 27, 2018


Fahrenheit 11/9
His narrative is all over the place. Sometimes this approach works and the movie gains great power. Sometimes he overreaches or takes easy s

Ben Pivoz
Sep 26, 2018


The Third Murder
The Third Murder never rushes to its plot points. It is not really a mystery or a courtroom drama. Revelation is not its purpose. It uses it

Ben Pivoz
Sep 23, 2018
bottom of page
