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Isle of Dogs
While the story is darker than usual for Anderson, the tone is the same and the theme is a familiar one. Somehow, even though the movie is s

Ben Pivoz
Apr 11, 2018


Blockers
Blockers is helped most of all by its screenplay, which is smarter and more thoughtful than it first appears. It would have been easy to jus

Ben Pivoz
Apr 7, 2018


Chappaquiddick
Chappaquiddick relates its story in a sensationalized way that is interesting to watch, but ultimately empty. Because of the narrow focus, t

Ben Pivoz
Apr 7, 2018


A Quiet Place
A Quiet Place is a lean 84 minutes and it uses every single one with tremendous efficiency. This is one of the most intense thrillers I have

Ben Pivoz
Apr 6, 2018


Ready Player One
While the book really wallowed in nostalgia and structured the story around it, the movie fits the nostalgia into its story a little bit bet

Ben Pivoz
Apr 4, 2018


Acrimony
A complex story that requires a lot of nuance, but you will not find any of that here. Perry uses no subtlety whatsoever to tell his story.

Ben Pivoz
Mar 30, 2018


The Death of Stalin
An incisive satire that is hilarious, entertaining and has something to say. The result is one of the best films of 2018, thus far.

Ben Pivoz
Mar 28, 2018


Unsane
I am not sure Steven Soderbergh has quite proven that the iPhone is a great replacement for more traditional cameras, but he has certainly p

Ben Pivoz
Mar 25, 2018


Pacific Rim: Uprising
There just is not that much to say about Pacific Rim: Uprising. It is exactly what it looks like: a big, goofy, sci-fi, action/adventure tha

Ben Pivoz
Mar 24, 2018


The Leisure Seeker
The Leisure Seeker is not really about the awful fork in the road Ella and John’s lives have come to. It uses their problems mainly for cut

Ben Pivoz
Mar 24, 2018
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