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The Fantastic Four: First Steps
It isn’t a bad movie; it is well-made, with a decent pace and excellent production design. It is merely a perfunctory one.

Ben Pivoz
Jul 25


The Home
It may not work, but does it have to when enjoyment can be had from seeing how crazy it looks when it doesn’t?

Ben Pivoz
Jul 23


Oh, Hi!
Most of all, it is pretty funny, never being so silly that its themes get overwhelmed, while also never forgetting that it is a comedy centering around a ridiculous situation.

Ben Pivoz
Jul 22


Eddington
it just sits there on the screen, with no resolution, no insight, nothing to say beyond how messed up everything is. There is some good stuff here, yet it ultimately isn’t worth the trouble.

Ben Pivoz
Jul 18


Abraham's Boys
It isn’t actively bad, yet there is absolutely nothing compelling about it.

Ben Pivoz
Jul 11


40 Acres
A powerful performance from Danielle Deadwyler lifts this as high as it goes, but it seems to forget its purpose along the way, stumbling toward a blood-soaked anticlimax.

Ben Pivoz
Jul 3


Jurassic World: Rebirth
It is competently made, decently paced and has a handful of effective action sequences. In short, it is the definition of okay. It will probably give audiences what they expect, if not what they’re hoping for.

Ben Pivoz
Jun 28


Hot Milk
It is sad, intense, slow-moving, well-acted and, too often, dramatically stilted.

Ben Pivoz
Jun 27


F1
Even though it does everything you expect, and nothing you don’t, it still kind of works due to some well-filmed racing action and the always welcome charisma of Brad Pitt.

Ben Pivoz
Jun 27


Elio
It is an enjoyable movie, entertaining and well-made. They can’t all be classics. Sometimes you just need something that is a pleasant use of an hour-and-a-half.

Ben Pivoz
Jun 20
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