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Ben is Back
Ben is Back is a great family drama that branches out slightly more than it can handle. It is still quite good, with a couple of really powe

Ben Pivoz
Jan 12, 2019


Replicas
There are a lot of complex emotions inherent in this story. They are mostly ignored in favor of whatever this was supposed to be. It is ill-

Ben Pivoz
Jan 11, 2019


Escape Room
There is an overarching story here, but it is not nearly as interesting as what essentially amounts to a series of connected short films. Th

Ben Pivoz
Jan 9, 2019


The Favourite
This is by far Yorgos Lanthimos' most accessible film, but that certainly does not make it an easy watch. The story of two women battlin

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Jan 7, 2019


Vice
Vice tells a complicated story in a way that strips away its complexity. Its narrative is mostly linear, yet it is kind of confusing. Events

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Jan 5, 2019


Holmes and Watson
The screenplay does not use its story to critique the idea of Sherlock Holmes or even to lovingly poke at him. It just becomes a silly Will

Ben Pivoz
Dec 25, 2018


If Beale Street Could Talk
It wanders through these lives, catching moments of love, anger, joy and despair. By the end, I felt like I knew them, like I understood the

Ben Pivoz
Dec 25, 2018


Welcome to Marwen
I would not mind an entire movie set in the fantasy world. Welcome to Marwen uses it only as a way of adding artificial depth to its live-ac

Ben Pivoz
Dec 23, 2018


Aquaman
It has some amazing visuals and a story with understandable stakes. It is too long, with a first hour that is mostly setup, yet I began to r

Ben Pivoz
Dec 22, 2018


Mary Queen of Scots
We go to the cinema primarily to be entertained and that is something it certainly does. It is not great, but it looks great, with wonderful

Ben Pivoz
Dec 22, 2018
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