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Ben Pivoz
Dec 25, 2018
If Beale Street Could Talk
It wanders through these lives, catching moments of love, anger, joy and despair. By the end, I felt like I knew them, like I understood the
Ben Pivoz
Dec 23, 2018
Welcome to Marwen
I would not mind an entire movie set in the fantasy world. Welcome to Marwen uses it only as a way of adding artificial depth to its live-ac
Ben Pivoz
Dec 22, 2018
Mary Queen of Scots
We go to the cinema primarily to be entertained and that is something it certainly does. It is not great, but it looks great, with wonderful
Ben Pivoz
Dec 16, 2018
Vox Lux
It is a captivating production that asks questions about things such as survival, celebrity and personal agency. In the end, it does not tot
Ben Pivoz
Dec 15, 2018
The Mule
This story is told methodically and without dramatic highpoints. Earl goes on several trips; sometimes something of note happens, sometimes
Ben Pivoz
Dec 12, 2018
At Eternity's Gate
The progression of events are not particularly significant here. Julian Schnabel is more interested in getting to know his subject on a deep
Ben Pivoz
Dec 5, 2018
Green Book
It is a pleasant movie with likable performances, but its emotions come off as so simplistic and insincere that it did not work on me. It co
Ben Pivoz
Nov 28, 2018
The Front Runner
While the movie is very clear on the importance of that change, it never examines it. Why did things change at that moment? What led to it?
Ben Pivoz
Nov 21, 2018
A Private War
Rosamund Pike easily displays different characteristics depending on where she is. She fearlessly stomps through deadly terrain, but struggl
Ben Pivoz
Nov 18, 2018
Boy Erased
It is a moving case study about how ignorance and a total lack of empathy can ruin lives. Though this is not a feel-good movie, the emotiona
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