Movie Reviews7.2/10
Gangs of New York: Scorsese’s Flawed Near-Masterpiece, Anchored by Day-Lewis
Gangs of New York review: Scorsese's 20-year passion project, Daniel Day-Lewis's Bill the Butcher, and a flawed near-masterpiece scoring 7.2/10.
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Every film we have scored, from 1980s horror to what is in cinemas now.
Movie Reviews7.3/10
Judd Apatow’s Directorial Debut Made the Case That a Man’s Virginity Was Nobody’s Punchline
Judd Apatow's 2005 directorial debut made Steve Carell a star. How a Second City sketch became a $177M romantic comedy that treats its virgin like a person.
Movie Reviews8/10
Ad Astra: A Patient Voyage to the Edge of the Solar System
Ad Astra review: Brad Pitt crosses the Solar System to find his father in James Gray's patient, realistic space drama about inheritance and obsession.
Movie Reviews7.4/10
Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon Builds a Rich Fantasy World, Then Struggles to Fill It
Raya and the Last Dragon review: a quest film with a great dragon, strong world design, and a structural problem it never solves. Score: 7.4/10.
Movie Reviews3.2/10
The Film the Game Deserved
Warcraft (2016): Duncan Jones's $160M fantasy epic grossed $439M but never broke even. A review of the film the game deserved.
Movie Reviews7/10
Disney’s funniest film is a box-office disappointment that found its audience anyway
Disney's 2000 comedy The Emperor's New Groove runs 78 minutes and wastes none of them, with Kuzco, Yzma and Kronk. A review.
Movie Reviews3.8/10
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Review: A $187 Million Retread That Undoes Terminator 2
Arnold Schwarzenegger returned for Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines in 2003, a $187M sequel that undoes Terminator 2's ending. Review score: 3.8/10.
Movie Reviews5.1/10
The Intern Review: Warm, Well Acted, and Almost Entirely Weightless
Review: Nancy Meyers' The Intern (2015) with De Niro and Hathaway is warm and light, but the script never earns its premise.
Movie Reviews8/10
Disney’s Tarzan Has Aged Less Gracefully Than Its Soundtrack
Tarzan review: Disney's 1999 animated adventure swings into theaters with an 88-minute story of adoption, identity, and a compressed third act.
Movie Reviews4.8/10
Angels & Demons Review: A Good Clock, No Pulse
Angels & Demons review: Tom Hanks returns as Robert Langdon in Ron Howard's Vatican countdown thriller, with Ewan McGregor and Stellan Skarsgård.
Movie Reviews6/10
Tomorrowland Review: Brad Bird’s Ambitious Vision Falls Short
Tomorrowland review: Brad Bird's ambitious sci-fi with George Clooney and Britt Robertson dazzles early but loses its grip, losing Disney $120–150 million.
Movie Reviews6.9/10
Pokémon Detective Pikachu Review: Reynolds and Smith Make the Partnership Work
A review of Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019), the Ryan Reynolds-voiced live-action mystery with Justice Smith, directed by Rob Letterman.