Movie Reviews7.1/10
The School of Rock (2003): Jack Black, Joan Cusack, and a 7.1/10 That Fits
A review of Richard Linklater's 2003 comedy The School of Rock, starring Jack Black as a broke guitarist who fakes his way into a fifth-grade classroom.
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Every film we have scored, from 1980s horror to what is in cinemas now.
Movie Reviews5.2/10
Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg Aimed at North Korea and Hit a Studio Panic Instead
Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg's action comedy The Interview stars James Franco and Randall Park as a talk host and Kim Jong-un in a hit-and-miss satire.
Movie Reviews7.7/10
The Goonies at 41: Kids, Foreclosure, and One-Eyed Willy’s Treasure
The Goonies at 41: how a foreclosure plot, a pirate map and the Fratellis still hold up in Richard Donner's 1985 Amblin adventure comedy.
Movie Reviews7/10
Liar Liar: Jim Carrey’s Truth-Cursed Comedy Still Holds Up
Liar Liar at 28: why Jim Carrey's 1997 comedy still works, from the 24-hour honesty curse to the courtroom scenes and Samantha Cole's prenup.
Movie Reviews6.2/10
Teleportation Thriller Jumper Wastes Its Idea on a Script That Never Slows Down
A review of Doug Liman's 2008 film Jumper, starring Hayden Christensen and Jamie Bell, covering its rushed plot, recasting history, and wasted premise.
Movie Reviews7.2/10
The Invisible Man (2020): Leigh Whannell and Elisabeth Moss Make the Monster Personal
A review of Leigh Whannell's The Invisible Man, starring Elisabeth Moss, and how the standalone reboot beat Universal's Dark Universe.
Movie Reviews7.8/10
The Substance Review: Demi Moore Is Dismantled by the Machine That Made Her
Coralie Fargeat's body horror hit The Substance stars Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley, won Best Screenplay at Cannes, and made $77M on an $18M budget.
Movie Reviews5.4/10
Ang Lee’s Hulk Is a $245.3 Million Experiment That Never Decides What It Wants to Be
Ang Lee's Hulk (2003) was a $245.3M experiment with Eric Bana and Jennifer Connelly that never decided what it wanted to be.
Movie Reviews7/10
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s Alien Road Trip Comedy Puts the Fanboys in the Saucer
Paul (2011): Pegg and Frost road-trip the Southwest, meet a foul-mouthed alien voiced by Seth Rogen, and pay tribute to Spielberg. Review.
Movie Reviews5.3/10
Red Sparrow asks its star to carry a movie that never decides what it wants to be
Red Sparrow review: Jennifer Lawrence carries a 140-minute spy thriller that can't decide between brutal character study and twisty espionage.
Movie Reviews8.4/10
Moonrise Kingdom: Wes Anderson’s Warmest Film, Reviewed
Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom: two 12-year-old runaways, a Khaki Scout search party, and the 2012 film's warmest, strangest love story.
Movie Reviews6.6/10
Max and Annie’s murder-mystery party turns into a real kidnapping in this 2018 comedy thriller.
A review of Game Night (2018), the Bateman and McAdams comedy where a fake kidnapping turns real, with Kyle Chandler and Jesse Plemons. 6.6/10.