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American Animals
The unique twist Bart Layton brings to American Animals is that he intersperses interviews with the real Warren, Spencer, Eric and Chas in t

Ben Pivoz
Jun 22, 2018


Incredibles 2
It is smart, really funny and plays inside the world created in its predecessor. It is exactly what I want from a sequel, yet rarely get. Th

Ben Pivoz
Jun 20, 2018


Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Despite its evident fondness for Rogers, it never turns into blind praise. It treats him like he treated his young audience: with empathy an

Ben Pivoz
Jun 17, 2018


Gotti
Gotti is a biopic that has absolutely no idea who it thinks John Gotti was or what it is trying to say. The film is tremendously confusing.

Ben Pivoz
Jun 16, 2018


The Seagull
Amazingly, even with all of those romantic and professional conflicts, this version of The Seagull fails to rise above mildly interesting. I

Ben Pivoz
Jun 16, 2018


Tag
Though one of the characters is always saying how great the game is for keeping them connected, they do not seem to know each other very wel

Ben Pivoz
Jun 15, 2018


SuperFly
SuperFly is a competently made, but ultimately pointless, remake. There is nothing particularly bad about it, except that it never really ju

Ben Pivoz
Jun 14, 2018


Ocean's 8
There is some humor, but the drama is forced and there is no sense of urgency. That changes once the heist starts. The tempo picks up and so

Ben Pivoz
Jun 13, 2018


Hotel Artemis
The film spins its wheels for so long that it begins to repeat itself before the plot can get anywhere. There is so much setup for so little

Ben Pivoz
Jun 10, 2018


Hereditary
It is not what happens, it is how it happens and how the filmmakers choose to show it that is so disturbing. Though what happens here is ple

Ben Pivoz
Jun 9, 2018
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