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Ben Pivoz
Mar 12, 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.


Ben Pivoz
Mar 10, 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


Ben Pivoz
Feb 24, 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


Ben Pivoz
Feb 19, 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


Ben Pivoz
Feb 18, 2018
Early Man
I enjoyed spending time in their crazy world. The jokes are funny, never condescending and rarely gross.


Ben Pivoz
Feb 11, 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
Jan 12, 2018
I, Tonya
Every once in a while a story comes around that is so crazy, so absurd, so unbelievable that the truth becomes difficult to ascertain. I, To


Ben Pivoz
Dec 25, 2017
Downsizing
Every once in a rare while, I see a movie so baffling, so completely inexplicable that I wonder what the filmmakers could possibly have been


Ben Pivoz
Dec 24, 2017
Father Figures
The stars are both likable enough that the film never becomes bad, but the screenplay is not nearly funny enough to get it away from average


Ben Pivoz
Dec 21, 2017
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
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