Movie Reviews6.1/10
Onward Review: Pixar’s Mid-Tier Quest with a Top-Tier Premise
Pixar's Onward has a top-tier premise about a world that lost its magic, but settles for a safer story, a review of the 2020 film's grief and missed chances
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Every film we have scored, from 1980s horror to what is in cinemas now.
Movie Reviews5.3/10
A Murder Defense Blames a Demon, and the Warrens Take the Case
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It puts a demon on trial but forgets the trial — a review of the 2021 Warren case film and its missed courtroom story.
Movie Reviews6.1/10
Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith Trade Kung Fu for the 1984 Film’s Karate
The 2010 Karate Kid remake moves the story from California to Beijing and swaps karate for kung fu, starring Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan.
Movie Reviews8.5/10
Contagion Review: Soderbergh’s 2011 Procedural Still Holds Up
Steven Soderbergh's Contagion tracks a lethal airborne virus and the race for a vaccine. A review of the 2011 thriller starring Matt Damon and Kate Winslet.
Movie Reviews6/10
Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted Review: A Loud, Fast Detour That Works Once
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted review: the Monte Carlo casino escape, Chantel DuBois, Circus Zaragoza and a $747 million gross. Score: 6.0/10.
Movie Reviews7.3/10
Casino Review: Scorsese’s 179-Minute Argument That No One Stays at the Top Forever
Casino (1995) review: Scorsese's 179-minute Vegas epic starring De Niro, Pesci and Sharon Stone, and the real mob story behind it.
Movie Reviews6.8/10
Noah Review: Aronofsky’s Unsettling Bible Epic Lands at 6.8/10
Darren Aronofsky's Noah turns the Bible story into a survival drama about a man who believes his family should die. Russell Crowe stars. Our review.
Movie Reviews6.6/10
Po’s two dads share the screen as the panda learns to teach
Kung Fu Panda 3 review: DreamWorks' 95-minute animated martial arts comedy, its thinnest villain, the father story that works, and a $521M box office.
Movie Reviews6.3/10
Atomic Blonde: A Good Action Film Wearing a Great One’s Clothes
Atomic Blonde review: Charlize Theron fights through Cold War Berlin days before the Wall falls, and the stairwell brawl is why the film survives.
Movie Reviews4.2/10
Inferno Review: Ron Howard’s Dante Thriller Is Competent, Weightless, and Out of Ideas
Inferno, Ron Howard's third Robert Langdon film with Tom Hanks, is competent but never surprising. The Dante thriller scores 4.2/10.
Movie Reviews9.9/10
Vampires and Werewolves Went to War on a $22 Million Budget, and the Box Office Answered
Underworld (2003) review: Kate Beckinsale's Selene hunts Lycans in Len Wiseman's vampire war epic that launched a franchise on a $22M budget.
Movie Reviews5.3/10
Mrs. Doubtfire has always been a drag act audiences loved more than the movie around it
Mrs. Doubtfire review: Robin Williams' 1993 hit grossed $441.3M and won an Oscar for makeup, but the 125-minute comedy never earns its sentimental ending.