Movie Reviews7.5/10
Viola Davis Deserves Better Than the Movie That Made Her a Star
A review of Tate Taylor's 2011 drama The Help, starring Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer, set in Jackson, Mississippi, 1963.
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Movie Reviews7.7/10
Dallas Buyers Club: McConaughey and Leto Carry a Drama That’s More Moving Than Rigorous
Dallas Buyers Club review: McConaughey and Leto anchor a raw, unsentimental AIDS drama about a Texas cowboy who fought the FDA.
Movie Reviews8.1/10
Ford v Ferrari puts two stubborn men in a shed and lets a corporation try to break them
Ford v Ferrari review: Matt Damon and Christian Bale play Carroll Shelby and Ken Miles racing to beat Ferrari at Le Mans in James Mangold's 2019 drama.
Movie Reviews4.5/10
Genndy Tartakovsky’s First Monster Mash Sticks to the Check-In Desk
Hotel Transylvania review: Genndy Tartakovsky's 2012 monster comedy wastes a stacked cast and a smart 2D-in-CGI idea on a safe, flat script.
Movie Reviews9.4/10
Apocalypse Now: A Descent Down the River Into the Heart of the War
A review of Coppola's Apocalypse Now: Willard's river journey to Colonel Kurtz, the Kilgore air assault, and a production that nearly broke everyone.
Movie Reviews8.7/10
Mission: Impossible – Fallout Puts Ethan Hunt’s Morality at the Center
Mission: Impossible – Fallout review: Tom Cruise's Ethan Hunt faces his hardest choice yet in a 147-minute spy thriller that trades spectacle for morality.
Movie Reviews7.6/10
Twelve Monkeys: Gilliam’s Time-Travel Trap Trusts Mood Over Logic
Terry Gilliam's Twelve Monkeys sends Bruce Willis through time to stop a virus. A review of the 1995 sci-fi thriller with Brad Pitt and Madeleine Stowe.
Movie Reviews5.8/10
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse: A Better-Made Blockbuster With a Hollow Center
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse review — David Slade's 2010 sequel grossed $699 million but buried its best story under a love triangle, earning 5.8/10.
Movie Reviews7.4/10
Source Code Review: Duncan Jones’s Eight-Minute Loop, 15 Years On
Source Code review: Duncan Jones sends Jake Gyllenhaal back into eight minutes on a Chicago train to stop a bombing. A tight 93-minute puzzle box.
Movie Reviews6.5/10
The Conjuring 2 sends Ed and Lorraine Warren to north London, where a single mother is raising four children in a council house that something else has already claimed.
A review of The Conjuring 2: James Wan sends the Warrens to Enfield, where a real haunting case gets traded for a franchise demon.
Movie Reviews5.2/10
Eternals Review: Chloé Zhao’s 5.2/10 Marvel Epic Mistakes Scale for Depth
Eternals review: Chloé Zhao's 156-minute Marvel epic scores 5.2/10 — ten heroes, a Celestial twist, and a franchise ceiling.
Movie Reviews4.5/10
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 Review: 4.5/10, a 117-Minute Waiting Room
Breaking Dawn Part 1 review: a wedding, a honeymoon, a pregnancy that shouldn't be possible — and 117 minutes of setup with no third act.