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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


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


Mile 22
Mile 22 makes the mistake of thinking a breakneck pace is a suitable replacement for a well-crafted story, enjoyable dialogue and thrilling

Ben Pivoz
Aug 17, 2018


The Meg
The Meg is for people who want a summer special-effects extravaganza they can watch with their brain shut off. It is not good per se, though

Ben Pivoz
Aug 11, 2018


The Equalizer 2
In place of intrigue, the first third consists of pointless scenes of McCall driving for Lyft and a couple instances of him sticking up for

Ben Pivoz
Jul 19, 2018


Skyscraper
If you have seen the advertisements, you know everything about this movie except what it is like to watch it for an hour and a half. As it t

Ben Pivoz
Jul 14, 2018


Sicario: Day of the Soldado
Sicario was an excellent film, regardless of genre. Day of the Soldado is a pretty good action movie.

Ben Pivoz
Jul 4, 2018


Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
The best of the franchise take almost as much care in creating its human characters as it does the impressive creatures. Fallen Kingdom, doe

Ben Pivoz
Jun 27, 2018


SuperFly
SuperFly is a competently made, but ultimately pointless, remake. There is nothing particularly bad about it, except that it never really ju

Ben Pivoz
Jun 14, 2018
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