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Isle of Dogs
While the story is darker than usual for Anderson, the tone is the same and the theme is a familiar one. Somehow, even though the movie is s

Ben Pivoz
Apr 11, 2018


Blockers
Blockers is helped most of all by its screenplay, which is smarter and more thoughtful than it first appears. It would have been easy to jus

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Apr 7, 2018


The Death of Stalin
An incisive satire that is hilarious, entertaining and has something to say. The result is one of the best films of 2018, thus far.

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Mar 28, 2018


Love, Simon
Love, Simon is a wonderful feel-good movie. It is funny and touching and never treats its protagonist’s homosexuality as a plot device. It s

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Mar 18, 2018


Thoroughbreds
Thoroughbreds is the first pleasant surprise of 2018. I knew pretty much nothing about it going in and was captivated from start to finish.

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Mar 12, 2018


Gringo
Gringo is trying to be a wacky dark comedy about a good man thrown around by the corruption of the world. There are a few funny moments and

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Mar 9, 2018


Game Night
I laughed as hard at this movie as I have at any movie in recent memory, but there is still something missing. There was no consistency from

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Feb 24, 2018


Monster Hunt 2
There is so much story and so many characters that, eventually, I stopped trying to make sense of everything and just went along with the am

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Feb 18, 2018


Early Man
I enjoyed spending time in their crazy world. The jokes are funny, never condescending and rarely gross.

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Feb 18, 2018


Peter Rabbit
It is not funny and, even more than that, it makes Peter and Thomas seem like jerks, while Bea looks like an idiot for not realizing what is

Ben Pivoz
Feb 11, 2018
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