Movie Reviews5/10
The Purge: Anarchy: A Better Film Than The Purge, and Still a Middling One
A review of The Purge: Anarchy (2014), James DeMonaco's sequel starring Frank Grillo, which trades one house for all of Los Angeles on Purge night.
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Every film we have scored, from 1980s horror to what is in cinemas now.
Movie Reviews4.7/10
Two charismatic leads carry a thin action comedy about a bodyguard escorting an assassin to trial.
The Hitman's Bodyguard review: Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson have real chemistry, but the plot is thin scaffolding around two stars enjoying themselves.
Movie Reviews6.8/10
Enola Holmes Review: Millie Bobby Brown Carries Netflix’s Victorian Mystery
Enola Holmes hit Netflix on Sept 23, 2020. Millie Bobby Brown plays Sherlock's teenage sister in a franchise that spawned two sequels.
Movie Reviews6.6/10
Bumblebee is the Transformers movie that finally slows down
Bumblebee review: Travis Knight's 1987-set Transformers prequel trades spectacle for a battered VW Beetle and Hailee Steinfeld's grieving teen.
Movie Reviews4.8/10
Animated Mob Comedy Shark Tale Casts Will Smith as a Fish, Puts Him in Debt to a Shark
Shark Tale review: DreamWorks' 2004 animated comedy wastes Will Smith, De Niro and Scorsese on a thin mob-comedy premise that never earns its big lie.
Movie Reviews6.5/10
‘Take Off’: Jiang Qiming Earns His Wings in Peng Fei’s Flawed but Rewarding Tale
A factory worker builds an aircraft in his backyard, driven by a dream that consumes him utterly.
Movie Reviews4/10
Without Blood Rushes Toward Its Own Conclusion
A father guards his children against gunmen in a tale of dread and protection, rendered with good intent but little shape.
Movie Reviews5.8/10
Die Hard with a Vengeance Review: A Competent Action Film with a Great Cast and One Great Idea
Die Hard with a Vengeance review: McTiernan, Willis and Samuel L. Jackson take on Jeremy Irons in the 1995 sequel that made $366 million.
Movie Reviews3.9/10
Clash of the Titans (2010): A Hit, Not a Good Movie
Clash of the Titans (2010) remake review: Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, a rushed 3D conversion, and $493.2M at the box office.
Movie Reviews3.5/10
Stephen Sommers spent a fortune on monsters, and the monsters still look like a screensaver.
Van Helsing (2004) review: Hugh Jackman hunts Dracula, Frankenstein's monster and Mr. Hyde in Stephen Sommers' noisy homage. Metacritic 35. 3.5 of 10.
Movie Reviews7.3/10
The Impossible Review: Watts Carries a Disaster Drama That Trusts the Wave Too Much
A review of J. A. Bayona's The Impossible (2012), starring Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor, about the 2004 tsunami and the paperwork that follows.
Movie Reviews6.5/10
A.I. Artificial Intelligence: A Boy Who Weighs 60 Pounds, Built to Love
Steven Spielberg's A.I. Artificial Intelligence follows a mecha child built to love and abandoned for it. Review, cast, Kubrick's history, and a 6.5/10 rating.