Movie Reviews7.3/10
28 Days Later Review: A Lean, Mean Infection Thriller That Runs So the Dead Could Walk
28 Days Later review: Danny Boyle's fast-zombie landmark, Cillian Murphy's empty London, and why the first act still hits in 2026.
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Every film we have scored, from 1980s horror to what is in cinemas now.
Movie Reviews8.7/10
Hereditary: Ari Aster’s Family Drama Disguised as Horror
Ari Aster's Hereditary turns a family's grief into horror, with Toni Collette anchoring a film that made $90M on a $10M budget.
Movie Reviews5.9/10
Bad Boys for Life: A Competent, Likable Sequel That Never Becomes Necessary
Bad Boys for Life review: Will Smith and Martin Lawrence return as Miami detectives 17 years later, in a competent sequel that never feels necessary.
Movie Reviews9.3/10
Rocky at 50: Stallone’s Three-Day Script and the Million-to-One Shot That Stuck
Stallone wrote Rocky in three days and refused to sell it without starring, turning a $1 million Philadelphia shoot into 1976's biggest film.
Movie Reviews7.6/10
10 Cloverfield Lane: The Bunker, the Skylight, and the Lie That Fits
Review of 10 Cloverfield Lane: John Goodman and Mary Elizabeth Winstead in Dan Trachtenberg's tense thriller, plus the reveal that turns the film.
Movie Reviews5.7/10
Thor: Love and Thunder: Two Good Performances, No Conviction
Thor: Love and Thunder review: Christian Bale and Natalie Portman shine, but Taika Waititi's jokes bury the grief. A 5.7/10 Marvel misfire.
Movie Reviews8.2/10
Pride & Prejudice (2005): Joe Wright’s Muddy-Hem Debut Still Holds Up
Joe Wright's muddy, 128-minute Pride & Prejudice (2005) turns 20 years old: Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, and the casting gamble that paid off.
Movie Reviews5.5/10
The Terminal Review: 128 Minutes of Pleasant Waiting
A review of Steven Spielberg's The Terminal (2004), starring Tom Hanks as stranded traveler Viktor Navorski at JFK. Well-acted but weightless. 5.5/10.
Movie Reviews9.3/10
The Boston Globe Team That Broke the Catholic Abuse Scandal, and the Bureaucratic Grind Behind It
Tom McCarthy's 2015 drama Spotlight follows the Boston Globe team that exposed Catholic Church abuse — a 9.3/10 review of the Best Picture winner.
Movie Reviews6.9/10
Sandra Bullock Leads a Heist Crew That’s All Women, and the Film Stays Glossy Rather Than Surprising
Sandra Bullock leads a crew of eight women to rob the Met Gala in Ocean's Eight. A fun, well-cast heist that never quite surprises. 6.9/10.
Movie Reviews7.6/10
Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller Turned a Comic’s Panels Into a Crime Film’s Grammar
Sin City (2005) review: Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller's neo-noir anthology, its black-and-white color processing, ensemble cast, and why it still holds up.
Movie Reviews5/10
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Review: A Handsome but Hollow Third Entry
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) review: Manny's fatherhood fears, Sid's T-Rex eggs, Buck and Rudy — a 5/10 that made $886.7M anyway.