Movie Reviews4.7/10
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Review: More Characters, More Locations, Less Heart
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 review: bigger cast, bigger villain, bigger emerald — but the 2022 sequel trades the first film's heart for franchise momentum.
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Every film we have scored, from 1980s horror to what is in cinemas now.
Movie Reviews8.3/10
Turning Red Review: Pixar’s Red Panda Coming-of-Age Tale Earns Its Weird Premise
Pixar's Turning Red review: Domee Shi's 2022 film about Mei Lee, a 13-year-old who turns into a giant red panda in 2002 Toronto, scored 8.3/10.
Movie Reviews9.1/10
Yorgos Lanthimos Turns Queen Anne’s Court Into a Cruelty Contest
The Favourite review: Lanthimos traps Colman, Weisz and Stone in a palace power struggle. Venice winner, 10 Oscar nods, 9.1/10.
Movie Reviews5.7/10
Mars Attacks! at 5.7/10: Tim Burton’s Sci-Fi Satire Never Commits
Mars Attacks! hit theaters December 13, 1996. Tim Burton's $80M sci-fi satire, reviewed: Jack Nicholson's double role, ILM's Martians, and a 5.7/10.
Movie Reviews6.6/10
Saw II Review: Bousman’s Trap-Fueled Sequel Still Cuts
Saw II review: Bousman's sequel traps eight victims in a nerve-gas house while Donnie Wahlberg's detective questions Jigsaw. 93 minutes, $88M US gross.
Movie Reviews5/10
Michael Bay’s Clone Thriller Runs Out of Ideas Once Its Characters Escape
Michael Bay's 2005 clone thriller The Island: a strong first act, a great moth scene, and a second half that never earns its own reveal.
Movie Reviews8.1/10
The World’s End (2013) Review: Edgar Wright’s Pub-Crawl Apocalypse Closes the Cornetto Trilogy
Edgar Wright's The World's End (2013) sends Gary King on a 12-pub crawl that ends the world. A review of the Cornetto trilogy's final, saddest film.
Movie Reviews6.5/10
Salt Review: Jolie Runs, the Plot Stumbles
Angelina Jolie runs and fights through a muddled script in Salt, Phillip Noyce's 2010 film about a CIA officer accused of being a Russian agent.
Movie Reviews6.5/10
The Black Phone: Ethan Hawke Behind a Mask, and a Basement That Talks Back
A review of Scott Derrickson's The Black Phone, with Ethan Hawke as the Grabber: a tight, well-acted horror film built on one strong idea.
Movie Reviews2.9/10
Bright Review: A Wand, an Orc, and a Very Tired Will Smith
Netflix's Bright (2017) review: Will Smith and Joel Edgerton in an orc-cop buddy film that squanders its magic-LA premise. Score: 2.9/10.
Movie Reviews5.8/10
Frank Darabont’s Stephen King adaptation finds its real horror in a grocery store full of people
A review of Frank Darabont's The Mist (2007), a monster movie that's really about people turning on each other in a grocery store. Score: 5.8/10.
Movie Reviews4.8/10
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania review: a big, weightless trip to the Quantum Realm
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania review: the MCU's strangest setting leaves its heroes stranded. Kang, M.O.D.O.K. and a $330 million budget, scored 4.8/10.