Movie Reviews7.2/10
The Doll Movie That Turns Childcare Anxiety Into a Slasher
M3GAN review: Allison Williams, Amie Donald and Jenna Davis power a killer-doll horror comedy that made $181M on a $12M budget.
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Every film we have scored, from 1980s horror to what is in cinemas now.
Movie Reviews9/10
[REC] at 78 Minutes: Manuela Velasco, Night Vision, and the Quarantine That Keeps the Camera Running
A spoiler-filled look at [REC], the 78-minute Spanish found-footage horror film from Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza, and why its tight structure works.
Movie Reviews9.5/10
How Zero Dark Thirty turned the hunt for bin Laden into a story about one analyst’s certainty
Zero Dark Thirty review: Kathryn Bigelow's 2012 hunt for bin Laden, Jessica Chastain's Maya, the torture fight, and why the film outlasted the backlash.
Movie Reviews5.2/10
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron Review: A Legend That Holds, a Telling That Gets in the Way
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron review: DreamWorks' 2002 animated Western gets the horse right but lets Matt Damon's narration talk it to death. 5.2/10.
Movie Reviews8.3/10
Spielberg’s Pentagon Papers drama is a fast, clean thriller about a newsroom under pressure
Steven Spielberg's The Post turns the 1971 Pentagon Papers fight into a fast political thriller with Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks. Our review.
Movie Reviews3.2/10
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Review: A Loud, Expensive Franchise Starter That Never Finds Its Center
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra review: a $175M toy-line blockbuster that grossed $302.5M but scored just 3.2/10 — loud, expensive, and incoherent.
Movie Reviews3.8/10
The Log Truck Crash Is Still the Best Thing in Final Destination 2, 23 Years On
Final Destination 2 review: the Route 23 logging truck crash is franchise-best, but the 2003 sequel stalls into a limp death-by-checklist middle.
Movie Reviews6.5/10
Nicolas Cage’s Remake Boasts a Serious Cast and One Truly Great Chase
A review of Gone in Sixty Seconds: Nicolas Cage, Angelina Jolie and fifty cars in a thin, watchable B-movie with an A-list cast.
Movie Reviews4.6/10
Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz Have Charm to Spare, but the Action Can’t Keep Up
Knight and Day (2010) review: Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz chase a battery across the globe in James Mangold's uneven action comedy.
Movie Reviews4.7/10
Bad Teacher Review: Cameron Diaz Commits, but the Film Never Finds a Second Gear
Bad Teacher (2011) review: Cameron Diaz plays a teacher who hates her job in a comedy that never finds a second gear. Metacritic 47/100.
Movie Reviews5.9/10
Doctor Sleep: A Reverent Sequel That Mistakes Fidelity for Feeling
Mike Flanagan's Doctor Sleep tries to be both a Shining sequel and a Stephen King adaptation, but its 152-minute runtime and reverence weigh it down.
Movie Reviews8.2/10
Once Upon a Time in the West: Leone’s Patient, Brutal Masterpiece
Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West: Henry Fonda as the villain, Claudia Cardinale, the casting that never happened, and why it still stands.