Movie Reviews4.8/10
Night at the Museum Wastes Its Best Idea on a Plot That Never Slows Down
Night at the Museum review: Ben Stiller, Robin Williams and a Golden Tablet that can't save Shawn Levy's chaotic 2006 hit.
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Movie Reviews5.8/10
Will Smith and Josh Brolin Carry a Sequel That Sends Agent J Back to 1969
Men in Black 3 (2012): Barry Sonnenfeld directs Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones and Josh Brolin in a $215 million time-travel sequel. Review, cast and verdict.
Movie Reviews4.3/10
The Maze Runner sequel pads its running time with a desert trek that goes nowhere
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials runs 131 minutes and feels longer — a review of the 2015 sequel's wasted cast, thin Scorch, and a hero who only reacts.
Movie Reviews7.1/10
Stephen Hawking biopic settles for romance over physics
The Theory of Everything turns Stephen Hawking's life into a love story, and the gamble mostly pays off thanks to Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones.
Movie Reviews5.6/10
The Minions Spin-Off Gives the Franchise’s Sidekicks a Backstory They Never Needed
Minions (2015) review: the Despicable Me prequel that made $1.16 billion but only has one great joke. Score: 5.6 of 10.
Movie Reviews6.1/10
The Rock and Vin Diesel Settle Their Feud by Punching Each Other in a Cargo Plane
Fast & Furious 6 review: Justin Lin trades street racing for tanks and NATO bases, but Letty's return is the real engine of the film.
Movie Reviews7.2/10
A Beautiful Mind: The Cost of Making Schizophrenia Look This Handsome
A Beautiful Mind review: Ron Howard's Oscar-winning drama, Russell Crowe as John Nash, and what the film costs by making schizophrenia cinematic.
Movie Reviews6.8/10
Braveheart at 31: A Stirring Epic With a Hole Where Its History Should Be
Braveheart won five Oscars including Best Picture and Best Director for Mel Gibson. A 6.8/10 review of the 1995 epic's battles, history and legacy.
Movie Reviews8.2/10
Sophie’s curse turns her old, and the film argues that’s when she becomes most herself
A review of Hayao Miyazaki's Howl's Moving Castle, the 2004 Studio Ghibli film about a cursed milliner, a vain wizard, and a war he refuses to fight.
Movie Reviews8.5/10
The Perks of Being a Wallflower: Chbosky’s 2012 Coming-of-Age Drama, Reviewed
The Perks of Being a Wallflower review: Chbosky directs his own novel, Lerman and Watson shine, and Pittsburgh's Fort Pitt Tunnel scene still lands.
Movie Reviews6.7/10
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s Spy vs. Spy Comedy Still Lands Its Punches 21 Years On
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) review: Pitt and Jolie's chemistry, a strong first act, and a legacy shaped more by real-life romance than the script.
Movie Reviews5.6/10
Wolfgang Petersen’s Troy Turns Homer’s Ambiguity Into a Straightforward Hero’s March
Wolfgang Petersen's 2004 epic Troy compresses Homer's Iliad into a couple of weeks, with Brad Pitt and Eric Bana carrying a film that never finds its spine.