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Juliet, Naked
Juliet, Naked is the sixth Nick Hornby novel to be adapted for the screen. It is not at the level of High Fidelity or About a Boy, but it do

Ben Pivoz
Sep 14, 2018


Peppermint
Peppermint is as lazy as a revenge thriller can get. It is mostly payoff following the smallest amount of setup the filmmakers could get awa

Ben Pivoz
Sep 7, 2018


Operation Finale
The setup is intriguing, as are some of the sequences of group in-fighting. It starts to drag once it becomes apparent Operation Finale is n

Ben Pivoz
Sep 6, 2018


Kin
Kin gives the impression of being a film its creators hoped they could turn into a franchise. It plays like the prologue to a larger story.

Ben Pivoz
Sep 1, 2018


The Little Stranger
The Little Stranger, a mystery drama taking place in 1948 England that is only sort of a ghost story, does have atmosphere on its side thank

Ben Pivoz
Sep 1, 2018


Searching
The twist is that viewers spend the entirety of the movie watching a screen. We see the protagonist look through social media and search Goo

Ben Pivoz
Sep 1, 2018


Papillon
While the Steve McQueen picture paid more attention to the escape attempts, this one concentrates more on relating the torture Papillon and

Ben Pivoz
Aug 29, 2018


The Happytime Murders
When it comes down to it, the most important thing about a comedy is if it makes you laugh. Everything else can be easily forgiven if it can

Ben Pivoz
Aug 24, 2018


A-X-L
I did not like the title character. I did not like the way he looked, the way he moved or the reason he was created. He is neither cute nor

Ben Pivoz
Aug 24, 2018


Alpha
There is a simplicity in the concept of man versus nature. There are no villains or complicated plots. Keda and the animals he comes across

Ben Pivoz
Aug 22, 2018
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