Movie Reviews6.2/10
Annabelle: Creation Review: The Prequel That Makes the Doll Scary Again
Annabelle: Creation review: the Conjuring prequel that made the doll scary again, with a demon, a dollmaker and six orphans in a locked house.
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Every film we have scored, from 1980s horror to what is in cinemas now.
Movie Reviews9.4/10
Apollo 13 at 31: The Space Thriller That Trusts You to Understand the Machinery
Apollo 13 review: Ron Howard's 1995 docudrama turns a failed Moon landing into a story about competence, with nine Oscar nominations and two wins.
Movie Reviews3.8/10
Bad Boys II Review: Loud, Long, and Strangely Empty
Bad Boys II hit theaters July 18, 2003. Michael Bay's 146-minute sequel grossed $273.3M but scored 3.8/10 — a loud, long, empty ride.
Movie Reviews8.2/10
Face/Off at 8.2: John Woo’s Body-Swap Action Classic Still Cuts
John Woo's Face/Off swapped John Travolta and Nicolas Cage into each other's roles. A review of the 1997 action film's premise, performances and $246M run.
Movie Reviews9.1/10
Bambi” at 84: A 70-Minute Film That Never Wastes a Minute of Its Grief”
Bambi at 70 minutes still stuns: no villain, no sidekick franchise, just a fawn, a gunshot off screen, and Disney's hardest scene.
Movie Reviews6.6/10
Pixar’s The Good Dinosaur Has Gorgeous Landscapes and a Story That Keeps Losing Its Way
Pixar's The Good Dinosaur sends an asteroid past Earth and follows Arlo, a runt Apatosaurus, on a long, uneven journey home. A review.
Movie Reviews3.3/10
Chloë Grace Moretz Leads a YA Apocalypse That Fizzles After a Promising Start
The 5th Wave review: Chloë Grace Moretz fights an alien invasion in a film with a strong opening, a clean premise, and a Fifth Wave that never lands. 3.3/10.
Movie Reviews5/10
The Equalizer 2 Review: Denzel Washington’s First Sequel Is a Reunion Tour, Not a Movie
Denzel Washington's first-ever sequel is a forgettable reunion tour: The Equalizer 2 review, 5.0/10.
Movie Reviews6.8/10
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan Review — 6.8/10
Borat review: Larry Charles' 2006 comedy, its method, its flaws, and its 6.8 TMDB audience score.
Movie Reviews4.1/10
Battleship (2012): A $150 Million Lesson in Competence Without a Point
Peter Berg's 2012 Battleship spent $209–220M and lost $150M. A review of the board-game blockbuster that mistook scale for stakes.
Movie Reviews6.9/10
Pocahontas Has Aged Badly Even by Disney’s Own Standards
Pocahontas (1995) was Disney's Best Picture gamble: a real encounter smoothed into a romance. We break down its casting, songs, and legacy.
Movie Reviews5.2/10
How Ghost Turned a Pottery Scene and a Fake Psychic Into a Blockbuster
Ghost (1990) review: Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg in a $505M hit that's remembered for one word and a hollow middle.