Movie Reviews4.9/10
Tron: Legacy Review: A Beautiful Grid with a Stalled Story
Tron: Legacy review: Disney's 2010 sequel looks stunning and sounds better, but its story stalls. Daft Punk shines while Sam Flynn's search falls flat.
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Every film we have scored, from 1980s horror to what is in cinemas now.
Movie Reviews4.8/10
Seth MacFarlane’s Foul-Mouthed Bear Fights for Personhood in a Sequel That Repeats the Joke
Ted 2 review: Seth MacFarlane's 2015 sequel puts a talking teddy bear on trial but never makes the case matter. Mark Wahlberg, Amanda Seyfried, Morgan Freeman.
Movie Reviews2.7/10
Adam Sandler’s Video-Game Comedy Is a Catalog of Product Placement
Pixels (2015) review: Adam Sandler, Kevin James and Peter Dinklage defend Earth from arcade aliens in Chris Columbus's thin nostalgia trip.
Movie Reviews3.2/10
Transformers: Age of Extinction: A Billion Dollars and a 32 on Metacritic
Transformers: Age of Extinction made $1.105 billion in 2014 despite a 32 Metacritic score. A review of Michael Bay's 165-minute fourth film.
Movie Reviews5.1/10
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets Review: A $180 Million City With Nobody Worth Following
Luc Besson self-funded Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets for $180M, the priciest indie film ever. The world-building dazzles; the leads don't.
Movie Reviews3.6/10
Assassin’s Creed Review: A Muddled Franchise Starter That Forgets to Justify Itself
Assassin's Creed review: Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard star in a muddled video game adaptation that cannot pick a lane.
Movie Reviews8.3/10
BlacKkKlansman Review: Spike Lee’s Undercover Crime Drama Earns Its 8.3/10
Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman review: Ron Stallworth and Flip Zimmerman split one identity to infiltrate the KKK, plus cast, plot, and awards.
Movie Reviews4.9/10
Ice Age: Continental Drift Review: A Hit That’s a Step Down
Ice Age: Continental Drift review: the 2012 fourth film made $877 million but a thin story and static characters make it a step down for the herd.
Movie Reviews7.1/10
Wreck-It Ralph’s sequel swaps the arcade for the internet and loses its footing
Ralph Breaks the Internet review: the Wreck-It Ralph sequel is fast and funny, with Gal Gadot's Shank its best invention, but its friendship theme lands late
Movie Reviews9.1/10
Lost in Translation: Sofia Coppola’s Quiet Masterpiece of Alienation and Connection
Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation, shot in 27 days for $4 million with Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson in Tokyo, still plays like nothing else from 2003.
Movie Reviews7.6/10
Teen Horniness Is Not a Crime, but Superbad Treats It Like One
Superbad review: two Nevada teens, a fake ID named McLovin, and a night that keeps collapsing. Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, and a great argument at the end.
Movie Reviews5.7/10
Snow White and the Huntsman: A Gorgeous, Empty $170 Million Mood Board
A review of Snow White and the Huntsman (2012): gorgeous design, a wasted cast, and a script that treats its heroine as a symbol rather than a person.