Movie Reviews6.8/10
Star Trek Beyond: 6.8 of 10
Star Trek Beyond review: the Enterprise falls on Altamid, Krall hunts the Abronath, and the reboot crew faces what Starfleet is for. Score: 6.8 of 10.
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Every film we have scored, from 1980s horror to what is in cinemas now.
Movie Reviews4.5/10
Liam Neeson’s Kidnappers Get a Grenade Lesson in a Sequel That Repeats the First Film’s Moves
Taken 2 review: the 2012 sequel moves Bryan Mills to Istanbul, grosses $376M, and squanders a clever grenade trick on choppy action and a hollow villain.
Movie Reviews6.8/10
Batman Returns: A Strange, Self-Indulgent Christmas in Gotham
Tim Burton's Batman Returns, a Christmas movie about a Penguin raised in sewers, Catwoman, and Max Shreck — a rewatch review scoring 6.8/10.
Movie Reviews3.8/10
Jurassic World Dominion Review: A $531 Million Franchise That Ran Out of Questions
Jurassic World Dominion review: Colin Trevorrow's $531 million sequel reunites the original cast but runs 147 minutes without a real idea.
Movie Reviews8.7/10
Mulholland Drive: 25 Years of a Film That Was Never Supposed to Be One
How David Lynch turned a cancelled ABC pilot into Mulholland Drive, the 2001 masterpiece that made Naomi Watts a star and won him Best Director at Cannes.
Movie Reviews7.2/10
The monster in Super 8 is the least interesting thing about it
Super 8 review: J.J. Abrams' 2011 sci-fi film has a great train crash and Elle Fanning, but the monster movie buries the coming-of-age story. 7.2/10.
Movie Reviews7.5/10
DreamWorks Assembles Santa, the Easter Bunny and the Sandman, Then Can’t Decide What to Do With Them
Rise of the Guardians review: DreamWorks' 2012 film with Jack Frost, Santa and Pitch Black earned $306.9M but still lost money. Our 7.5/10 verdict.
Movie Reviews7.1/10
The Hidden World Gives Toothless a Mate and Hiccup a Goodbye
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World closes Dean DeBlois's trilogy as Hiccup and Toothless face the hardest goodbye. A 7.1 of 10.
Movie Reviews4.3/10
Dark Phoenix Review: A Phoenix Rises, but the X-Men Just Shrug
Dark Phoenix ends the X-Men prequel era with Sophie Turner and James McAvoy carrying a saga the film never earns. A review of the 2019 misfire.
Movie Reviews6.9/10
Eyes Wide Shut at 27: Kubrick’s Marriage Story in a Mask
Eyes Wide Shut at 25: Kubrick's 400-day shoot, Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman's real marriage, and why the masked orgy matters least.
Movie Reviews4.6/10
The Conjuring Universe Spinoff Is Silly, Scary, and Worth Your Time
The Nun review: a $22M Conjuring spin-off that grossed $366M, but met with a 46 Metacritic score and a 4.6 rating despite Taissa Farmiga's presence.
Movie Reviews3.1/10
The 2014 Ninja Turtles Reboot Buries Its Best Characters Behind Motion Capture
A review of the 2014 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot: Megan Fox, Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes, and a movie that hides its heroes.