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The Smashing Machine
It is a detached character study with a strong central performance. It is pretty good, even if it isn’t the most entertaining sports movie.

Ben Pivoz
Oct 4


Moana 2
This is a sequel that pales in comparison to the original simply because we’ve already seen the original.

Ben Pivoz
Dec 1, 2024


Black Adam
Black Adam creates a potentially cool hero/anti-hero dynamic, then squanders it by putting him in a story that could star any superhero.

Ben Pivoz
Oct 20, 2022


Jumanji: The Next Level
Some of the gags are funny for a bit, but what little weight the first one had is entirely missing from a story that lacks a point for putti

Ben Pivoz
Dec 13, 2019


Fighting With My Family
Fighting With My Family has a likable lead and a few fun moments, but adds little insight into a world that very rarely gets shown on screen

Ben Pivoz
Feb 22, 2019


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


Rampage
It can be funny and exciting and is pretty much what you want when you go to see a summer action flick. It gets a little repetitive after aw

Ben Pivoz
Apr 18, 2018


Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
The juxtaposition between their teenage personas and their avatars provides much of the film's laughs and all four leads are funny playi

Ben Pivoz
Dec 21, 2017


Baywatch
The jokes don’t come organically from the characters. Everything is just a belabored set-up for one increasingly unfunny dick joke after ano

Ben Pivoz
May 25, 2017
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