Movie Reviews6.9/10
Sarah Snook Anchors a Time-Travel Story That Refuses to Look Away
Predestination review: the Spierig brothers turn Heinlein's '—All You Zombies—' into a 98-minute closed loop with Ethan Hawke and Sarah Snook.
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Movie Reviews6.5/10
Barry Levinson’s Rain Man Puts a Sentimental Gloss on Disability, 38 Years On
Rain Man won Best Picture and four Oscars, but its road-trip premise turns autism into a lesson for the able — a 6.5/10 review of the 1988 classic.
Movie Reviews7.5/10
Rango Review: A Lizard’s Lie Becomes a Self in Verbinski’s Dusty Western
Rango review: Gore Verbinski's 2011 Oscar-winning animated Western, with Johnny Depp as a chameleon playing a hero. 7.5/10.
Movie Reviews6.4/10
The 2009 Dog Movie That Asks Whether Loyalty Is Love or Just Waiting
A review of Lasse Hallström's 2009 film Hachi: A Dog's Tale, starring Richard Gere, about an Akita who waits for his owner at the train station.
Movie Reviews5.1/10
Ensemble Action Sequel Leans on Nostalgia Over Plot
The Expendables 2 review: Stallone, Statham, Van Damme and Norris in a 2012 sequel that wastes its stacked cast on a thin revenge plot.
Movie Reviews6/10
A Macaw Who Never Learned to Fly
Rio (2011) review: Blu, a Spix's macaw who never learned to fly, meets Jewel in Carlos Saldanha's bright but safe animated adventure.
Movie Reviews10/10
Hitchcock Made the Neighbors the Villain and the Window the Confession
Rear Window: Hitchcock traps James Stewart in one room with a murder across the courtyard. Cast, Oscar nods, and why it still earns a 10/10.
Movie Reviews6.8/10
No Time to Die Review: Daniel Craig’s Uneven but Earned Farewell
Daniel Craig's final Bond film runs 163 minutes. Fukunaga's No Time to Die aims to close one era and open another — it mostly lands the first.
Movie Reviews6.6/10
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels: Guy Ritchie’s Fast, Clever Calling Card
A spoiler-filled review of Guy Ritchie's 1998 crime comedy Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, starring Jason Statham and Vinnie Jones. Score: 6.6/10.
Movie Reviews3.6/10
Will Smith’s IRS Auditor Trades His Organs for Forgiveness, and the Movie Agrees With Him
Seven Pounds: Will Smith's 2008 drama about a man who caused seven deaths and gifts seven organs. Review, cast, box office, and why critics said no.
Movie Reviews7.6/10
Alejandro Amenábar’s haunted-house film still refuses to explain itself, 25 years on
Alejandro Amenábar's The Others (2001) with Nicole Kidman: a light-shy mother, a dark house on Jersey, and a twist that still holds up. 7.6/10.
Movie Reviews6.8/10
Neighbors Review: Efron’s Breakout in a Solid Studio Comedy
Neighbors (2014) review: Seth Rogen and Zac Efron in a family-vs-frat comedy that grossed $270.7M on an $18M budget. 6.8/10.