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Assassination Nation
Assassination Nation is a loud, violent, unfocused social satire. Its main target is the mob mentality of social media which it uses to expl

Ben Pivoz
Sep 22, 2018


Lizzie
There is nothing wrong with this style, except that it makes it difficult to figure out what director Craig William Macneill was trying to s

Ben Pivoz
Sep 21, 2018


The Wife
The project succeeds as well as it does because of the restrained passion Glenn Close brings to her role. The character study aspect works e

Ben Pivoz
Sep 19, 2018


White Boy Rick
There is a lot to his life, so it is pretty amazing the movie about him is so incredibly boring. The script is biopic paint-by-numbers. For

Ben Pivoz
Sep 15, 2018


The Predator
The Predator is a waste of a good cast and a promising concept. There is no reason this story could not be turned into an entertaining sci-f

Ben Pivoz
Sep 15, 2018


A Simple Favor
It is a huge credit to the actresses that I bought into the action as much as I did. The plot has its rough spots, yet the mildly amused ton

Ben Pivoz
Sep 15, 2018


Juliet, Naked
Juliet, Naked is the sixth Nick Hornby novel to be adapted for the screen. It is not at the level of High Fidelity or About a Boy, but it do

Ben Pivoz
Sep 14, 2018


Peppermint
Peppermint is as lazy as a revenge thriller can get. It is mostly payoff following the smallest amount of setup the filmmakers could get awa

Ben Pivoz
Sep 7, 2018


Operation Finale
The setup is intriguing, as are some of the sequences of group in-fighting. It starts to drag once it becomes apparent Operation Finale is n

Ben Pivoz
Sep 6, 2018


Kin
Kin gives the impression of being a film its creators hoped they could turn into a franchise. It plays like the prologue to a larger story.

Ben Pivoz
Sep 1, 2018
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