Ben Pivoz
Pacific Rim: Uprising
There just is not that much to say about Pacific Rim: Uprising. It is exactly what it looks like: a big, goofy, sci-fi, action/adventure tha
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Ben Pivoz Movie Reviews
Ben Pivoz
Feb 28, 2018
Annihilation
Annihilation is an ambitious, fascinating, complex, beautiful and frustrating science fiction film. At times it is absolutely mesmerizing. A
Ben Pivoz
Feb 3, 2018
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
The entire Maze Runner series is one of the better examples in recent memory of films that were completely carried by their production. If t
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 23, 2017
Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi
This film plays with familiar tropes from the series by introducing them and then deconstructing them. In The Force Awakens they reintroduce
Ben Pivoz
Oct 14, 2017
Blade Runner 2049
The main draw is the visuals painstakingly created by director Denis Villeneuve. Every detail of every frame appears to have been carefully
Ben Pivoz
Jul 25, 2017
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
I have seen a lot of movies in my life and it is rare that I see something I’ve never seen before. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Plane
Ben Pivoz
May 20, 2017
Alien: Covenant
The film is slow-paced, but it never seems to drag. There are some solid references to moments from previous films in the series for longtim
Ben Pivoz
Apr 29, 2017
Sleight
It’s a lot of story for a relatively short film. However, director/co-writer JD Dillard is able to keep things moving at a nice pace, thanks
Ben Pivoz
Apr 8, 2017
Colossal
What could be a wacky farce or an action comedy in other hands is instead a cross between a subdued comedy and one of those small town drama
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