Movie Reviews5/10
Jungle Cruise Review: A $200 Million Boat Ride Going Nowhere
Disney spent 17 years turning a boat ride into a $200M movie. Jungle Cruise grossed $221M and felt like a checklist, not a story.
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Every film we have scored, from 1980s horror to what is in cinemas now.
Movie Reviews8.3/10
Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox Turns a Children’s Book Into a Study in Anxiety
Wes Anderson's first animated film opened the 2009 London Film Festival. A review of its stop-motion craft, Clooney's voice work, and its moral.
Movie Reviews8.1/10
Dr. Strangelove at 62: Kubrick’s War Room Still Runs the Machine
Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove at 95 minutes: Peter Sellers in three roles, Sterling Hayden's Ripper, and a war room comedy that still cuts.
Movie Reviews7.9/10
De Niro’s Capone Steals a Movie That Belongs to Connery and Costner
Brian De Palma's The Untouchables, released June 2, 1987: Costner, De Niro, Connery, the baseball bat scene, the Oscar, and why the middle sags.
Movie Reviews4.7/10
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb: A Tired Farewell to a Dying Magic
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb review — the 2014 farewell that runs on a dying tablet, good pieces and no assembly. 4.7 of 10.
Movie Reviews7.2/10
Eight Years Later, Love, Simon Still Lets Its Gay Teen Have a Happy Ending
Love, Simon review: Greg Berlanti's 2018 teen romance made history as the first major studio film built around a gay teenage love story.
Movie Reviews7.7/10
Christian Bale lost the weight before anyone asked him to, and the film still runs on that decision
The Machinist at 20: how Christian Bale's 62-pound transformation serves Brad Anderson's tight psychological thriller, not the other way around.
Movie Reviews9.1/10
Halloween (1978): John Carpenter’s Slasher Blueprint, Reviewed
John Carpenter's Halloween cost $300,000 and grossed $70 million. A review of the 1978 slasher classic, its mask, its score, and why nobody listens.
Movie Reviews9.5/10
The Hurt Locker Review: A War Film That Still Sets the Bar
A deep dive into Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker: Jeremy Renner's breakout, Fort Irwin training, six Oscar wins, and why veterans still call it absurd.
Movie Reviews6.8/10
Nemo Nobody at 118
Mr. Nobody review: Van Dormael's multiverse drama starring Jared Leto as the last mortal man, ambitious but unwilling to choose. 6.8/10.
Movie Reviews5.8/10
Jason Bourne Review: Competent, Professional and Completely Unnecessary
Jason Bourne (2016) review: Damon and Greengrass return for a competent but hollow sequel that repeats Ultimatum without its urgency. 5.8/10.
Movie Reviews9.9/10
Pinocchio” at 86: Disney’s Sternest Moral Still Cuts”
Disney's 1940 Pinocchio turns a wish into a test: a wooden puppet must prove brave, truthful and unselfish, with a cricket as his failing conscience.