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Mission: Impossible at 30: De Palma’s Spy Blueprint Still Holds
Mission: Impossible hit US theaters May 22, 1996. A look back at De Palma's Prague-set spy thriller, the Langley wire heist, and Tom Cruise's franchise launch.
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Every film we have scored, from 1980s horror to what is in cinemas now.
Movie Reviews5.5/10
Snatch at 26: Guy Ritchie’s Stylish Machine, Still Hollow at the Center
Guy Ritchie's Snatch (2000) reviewed: a stylish, fast-cut crime comedy with a stacked cast, two tangled plots, and a hollow center.
Movie Reviews6.7/10
Robert Langdon’s First Movie Outing Is a Competent, Watchable Thriller That Never Quite Thrills
Ron Howard's 2006 adaptation of Dan Brown's novel is a brisk, well-cast puzzle hunt through Paris that never quite thrills.
Movie Reviews7.4/10
Two men wake up chained in a room, and the trap that made a franchise still works 22 years later
Saw (2004): two men chained in a bathroom, a 6:00 deadline, and a hacksaw twist. How Wan and Whannell's debut became a franchise.
Movie Reviews7.3/10
Into the Wild: Sean Penn’s 148-Minute Study of the Cost of Walking Away
Sean Penn's Into the Wild adapts Jon Krakauer's book on Christopher McCandless, with Emile Hirsch and Hal Holbrook. A 7.3/10 review of the 148-minute film.
Movie Reviews7.3/10
Temple of Doom traded the pulpy thrills for something nastier, and the series never went back
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) review: Spielberg's dark prequel, its Shanghai opening, Mola Ram, Short Round, and why it still divides.
Movie Reviews4.9/10
The Mummy Is 27 Years Old and Still Just a Decent Saturday Afternoon
Stephen Sommers' 1999 adventure remake of The Mummy, starring Brendan Fraser and Arnold Vosloo, grossed $422.5 million despite mixed reviews.
Movie Reviews7.5/10
Doug Liman’s amnesiac-spy chase thriller holds up because it withholds almost everything
A spoiler-light review of The Bourne Identity (2002): Matt Damon's amnesia thriller still runs clean, with brutal fights and a story ahead of the spectacle.
Movie Reviews7.5/10
Disney’s Encanto Became a Hit After Theaters, Not In Them
Encanto's box office was soft, but Disney+ made it a phenomenon. A deep look at Mirabel, Bruno, Lin-Manuel Miranda's songs and the family that cracked.
Movie Reviews7.6/10
Corpse Bride at 77 Minutes: A Gray Village, a Bright Underworld, and the Case for Brevity
Tim Burton's 77-minute stop-motion Corpse Bride sets a drab land of the living against a warm, bright underworld where the dead are better company.
Movie Reviews7.1/10
Just Say the Word”: Shazam! Is a Warm, Funny Superhero Film That Gets the Family Right”
Shazam! review: Zachary Levi and Asher Angel share one role as a 14-year-old foster kid becomes a superhero, directed by David F. Sandberg.
Movie Reviews7.2/10
Elsa and Anna leave Arendelle to trace a mystery back to its source
Frozen II review: Elsa, Anna, Kristoff and Olaf head into the forest to learn an ancient mystery's truth. Lee and Buck return for a bigger sequel.