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Happy Death Day
The first half of the film made me think I was in for a routine slasher movie with a gimmick attached to it. And that is kind of what Happy

Ben Pivoz
Oct 17, 2017


The Foreigner
The film’s pace would theoretically allow for it to be more about story and character than action. But there is not a lot of story and the c

Ben Pivoz
Oct 16, 2017


Blade Runner 2049
The main draw is the visuals painstakingly created by director Denis Villeneuve. Every detail of every frame appears to have been carefully

Ben Pivoz
Oct 14, 2017


Victoria and Abdul
Victoria and Abdul is just a pleasant time at the movies.

Ben Pivoz
Oct 10, 2017


The Mountain Between Us
I did not care about the story and I did not care about what happened to the characters. However, there are worse ways to spend 105 minutes

Ben Pivoz
Oct 9, 2017


Battle of the Sexes
At the time, people were distracted from their battle by the sideshows around it, like the one created by Bobby Riggs. Unfortunately, at tim

Ben Pivoz
Oct 7, 2017


Flatliners
No single explanation can make sense of the plot. And the tone and atmosphere are not even close to being effective enough to make up for th

Ben Pivoz
Oct 3, 2017


American Made
The film does not seem particularly sure of a lot of things, yet Tom Cruise is still able to keep things watchable. Without him, there is no

Ben Pivoz
Oct 2, 2017


Kingsman: The Golden Circle
There is just so much going on in this movie with so many subplots that it takes away from the ones that work.

Ben Pivoz
Sep 30, 2017


Stronger
David Gordon Green does an effective job making this story about Jeff as a person and not just about what happened to him. His story is impo

Ben Pivoz
Sep 29, 2017
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