Movie Reviews7.1/10
Collateral: A $600 Fare and a Corpse on the Hood
Michael Mann's 2004 thriller Collateral traps Jamie Foxx's cab driver with Tom Cruise's hitman for one night in Los Angeles. Our review scores it 7.1/10.
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Movie Reviews5.2/10
Central Intelligence: A Serviceable Comedy Built on One Joke and Two Movie Stars
A review of Central Intelligence, the 2016 buddy comedy starring Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart. A thin premise, a wasted cast, and one great gym scene.
Movie Reviews5.6/10
Fast X Review: A $378.8 Million Trailer for Itself
Fast X review: the $378.8M tenth Fast & Furious film delivers Jason Momoa's Dante but ends unfinished, asking full price for half a story.
Movie Reviews6.9/10
The Fourth Die Hard Cut Its Villain Down to a Cyber Ghost and Its Hero Down to a PG-13
Live Free or Die Hard, the PG-13 fourth Die Hard, turns 19: Bruce Willis vs Timothy Olyphant in a cyber fire sale, reviewed at 6.9/10.
Movie Reviews7.5/10
Spy Review: Melissa McCarthy Leaves the Desk and Finds the Film’s Engine
Melissa McCarthy plays a CIA analyst turned field agent in Paul Feig's 2015 spy comedy Spy, which grossed $235 million and earned two Golden Globe nods.
Movie Reviews5.9/10
M. Night Shyamalan’s Alien Invasion Film Runs on Dread Until It Doesn’t
A review of M. Night Shyamalan's Signs (2002): a tight farmhouse thriller with one great scare and a third act that mistakes arrangement for meaning.
Movie Reviews7.6/10
Spike Lee’s Bank Heist Movie Is Really About the Bank’s Own History
Spike Lee's Inside Man, a heist thriller where the real crime is the bank's Nazi-era founding, with Denzel Washington and a masked Clive Owen.
Movie Reviews6.7/10
Ben Stiller’s Bad Weekend With the In-Laws Still Holds Up 26 Years Later
Meet the Parents review: Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro in a 2000 comedy where a family visit becomes an interrogation. Strong premise, uneven second half.
Movie Reviews5.4/10
Antoine Fuqua remade a classic western and drained the fun out of it
Antoine Fuqua's The Magnificent Seven remake has Denzel Washington, a gatling gun and a great score, but the story stays thin. Our review.
Movie Reviews9.8/10
Amelia Vanek and the Book on the Doorstep
Jennifer Kent's 2014 debut The Babadook turned a $2 million Adelaide horror film into a cult classic about grief, motherhood and a pop-up book.
Movie Reviews9.6/10
Manchester by the Sea Review: Kenneth Lonergan’s Study in Grief and the Weight a Man Carries
Manchester by the Sea is Kenneth Lonergan's raw 2016 drama starring Casey Affleck — a study of grief, guilt, and small-town life. Rated 9.6/10.
Movie Reviews4.7/10
Noomi Rapace Plays Seven Sisters, but What Happened to Monday Only Finds Three
What Happened to Monday gives Noomi Rapace seven roles but only writes three. A review of the 2017 Netflix sci-fi thriller and its wasted premise.