Movie Reviews6.1/10
Rocky II at 47: Stallone’s Uneven Sequel Earns Its Final Act
Rocky II review: Stallone took the director's chair himself in 1979, and the Apollo Creed rematch still lands — even if the middle hour wanders.
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Every film we have scored, from 1980s horror to what is in cinemas now.
Movie Reviews7/10
Public Enemies: Michael Mann’s Cold, Procedural Crime Drama Earns Its 7.0
Michael Mann's Public Enemies (2009) casts Johnny Depp as John Dillinger and Christian Bale as Melvin Purvis, chasing the FBI's first Public Enemy No. 1.
Movie Reviews7/10
The Old Guard Review: Immortality as a Debt That Keeps Compounding
Netflix's The Old Guard, reviewed: Charlize Theron leads Greg Rucka's immortal mercenaries in a bleak, well-made action film with a sad center.
Movie Reviews4/10
Rocky IV Is 41 Years Old, and Its Cold War Fight Still Lands Like a Punch
Rocky IV review: Stallone directs the Cold War showdown with Dolph Lundgren's Drago. Apollo's death, Siberia training, and why the fight still lands.
Movie Reviews8.6/10
Ponyo Review: Miyazaki’s Hand-Drawn Ocean, 8.6/10
Ponyo review: Miyazaki's hand-drawn tale of a boy, a goldfish-girl and a tsunami. 100 minutes, 8.6/10 — why the water still wins.
Movie Reviews7.7/10
Donnie Brasco: Pacino’s Late-Career Peak in a Quiet Mob Tragedy
Donnie Brasco review: Al Pacino's Lefty Ruggiero and Johnny Depp's undercover agent in Mike Newell's 1997 mob tragedy about loyalty and being used.
Movie Reviews3.4/10
Ice Age: Collision Course Review: A 95-Minute Contractual Obligation
Ice Age: Collision Course (2016) review: Scrat causes an asteroid apocalypse, Buck returns, and the franchise runs out of ice. 3.4 of 10.
Movie Reviews6.7/10
The Suburban Backyard Satire in Over the Hedge Still Works, Even if the Film Pulls Its Punches
A review of DreamWorks' 2006 animated film Over the Hedge, starring Bruce Willis and Garry Shandling, a gentle con story about suburbia.
Movie Reviews5.5/10
A Christmas Carol (2009): Faithful, Expensive, and Cold
Robert Zemeckis's 2009 motion-capture A Christmas Carol gave Jim Carrey and Gary Oldman real roles under waxy digital masks. A cold, faithful misfire.
Movie Reviews5.6/10
Ghostbusters II sequel reassessment: a franchise revival that never finds its purpose
Ghostbusters II reunited the team five years after Gozer, but the sequel never decides what the comeback should mean. A review of the 1989 film.
Movie Reviews3.5/10
Morbius was built to launch a franchise and instead became a punchline
Morbius review: Jared Leto's vampire origin story is a 105-minute franchise placeholder with no reason to exist. Score: 3.5/10.
Movie Reviews8.8/10
Texas Rangers Chase Two Bank Robbers Across a Dying West in Hell or High Water
Hell or High Water review: two Texas brothers rob banks to save the family ranch, with Jeff Bridges on their trail. 8.8/10.