Movie Reviews5.7/10
Gore Verbinski’s The Ring Holds Up, Even When the Ending Won’t Stop Talking
A spoiler-filled review of The Ring (2002): Naomi Watts, the cursed tape, Samara Morgan, and why the film's third act explains too much.
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Movie Reviews5.1/10
The Gentlemen Review: Guy Ritchie’s Reunion Tour
Guy Ritchie returns to London crime turf in The Gentlemen, starring Matthew McConaughey and Hugh Grant. A £400 million weed empire and a thin script.
Movie Reviews3/10
Grown Ups: Boys Will Be Boys, and the Ledger Says That’s Enough
Grown Ups (2010) review: Adam Sandler's Happy Madison hit grossed $272.2M with a dead coach, arrow roulette and five friends who never grew up.
Movie Reviews3.4/10
Alice Through the Looking Glass Review: A $300 Million Fetch Quest Through Other People’s Childhoods
Alice Through the Looking Glass review: Disney's 2016 sequel spends 113 minutes explaining a hat, wastes Sacha Baron Cohen's Time and loses $70 million.
Movie Reviews6.8/10
Notting Hill Review: Roberts and Grant Make the Romance Work
Notting Hill (1999), Roger Michell's romantic comedy with Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant, reviewed: its charm, its slow middle, and a 6.8/10 score.
Movie Reviews2.7/10
Michael Bay’s Fifth Transformers Film Was Built to Be Critic-Proof, and It Worked
Transformers: The Last Knight review: Michael Bay's fifth film has Anthony Hopkins, a wizard, and a $100M loss. Score: 2.7 of 10.
Movie Reviews5.3/10
Denzel Washington Walks Alone Through a Ruined America, and the Film Believes Him
The Book of Eli review: Denzel Washington carries the last Bible across a ruined America. Gary Oldman co-stars. Hughes brothers direct. 5.3 of 10.
Movie Reviews6.7/10
Godzilla: King of the Monsters Review: A Better Movie Than Its Reputation Suggests
A spoiler-filled review of Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019), the Monsterverse sequel with Millie Bobby Brown, Ken Watanabe and the Oxygen Destroyer.
Movie Reviews5.6/10
Sam Raimi’s Oz Prequel Answers Questions the Original Never Asked
Oz the Great and Powerful review: Sam Raimi's Wizard of Oz prequel scores 5.6/10, with a strong cast but little conviction behind its spectacle.
Movie Reviews6.6/10
Prince Caspian Buried Narnia’s Magic Under a Battle Epic
Prince Caspian review: the Narnia sequel trades fairy tale for war epic, with a grown-up cast, a ruined Cair Paravel, and a runtime that drags.
Movie Reviews6.9/10
Dumb and Dumber at 6.9 of 10: Carrey, Daniels and the Gags That Land
Dumb and Dumber: how Jim Carrey's $7M salary, Jeff Daniels' $50,000 gamble and a chipped tooth turned a $17M road comedy into a $247.3M hit.
Movie Reviews6.6/10
Death catches up with a franchise that never needed a villain
Final Destination (2000): Alex Browning's plane premonition, Death's design, Devon Sawa and Ali Larter, and the $112.9M box office legacy.