Movie Reviews7.1/10
Eighteen Years On, 8 Mile Still Earns Its Rap-Battle Engine
A tale of Jimmy Smith Jr., who seeks fame through the art of rap battle, in Detroit's shadowed streets.
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Every film we have scored, from 1980s horror to what is in cinemas now.
Movie Reviews6.7/10
Fast & Furious (2009): Street Racing, Family Drama and Big Stunts Return
Dominic Toretto returns to street racing and family drama in this reboot, a wild, loud, thrilling ride with Vin Diesel and Paul Walker.
Movie Reviews7.3/10
‘The Platform’: A Tower Built on Scarcity Pays Off in Its Final Act
A grim tale of a tower wherein food descends, and the hunger below consumes all.
Movie Reviews3.3/10
Fifty Shades Darker Reviews: Dornan Can’t Save a Sequel That Squanders Everything
A sequel that trades depth for spectacle, failing to earn its own promises of power, control, and love.
Movie Reviews8/10
Twenty Years On, Little Miss Sunshine Still Earns Its Tears
A family road trip across California, a national pageant, and a girl who will not be silenced.
Movie Reviews6.4/10
Cloverfield Review: Monster Works, Found-Footage Format Doesn’t
A monster stalks New York, and a camera records its terror. Cloverfield is a mixed triumph of dread and disarray.
Movie Reviews7.5/10
Hercules Turns a Myth Into a Big, Loud Action Comedy — and Mostly Gets Away With It
A review of Hercules, a loud, funny action movie that treats a Greek myth as pure entertainment.
Movie Reviews5.8/10
Ocean’s Twelve Raises the Stakes but Loses Its Story
Ocean's Twelve review: a sharper heist film with a thinner plot than its predecessor, worth watching for the vault sequences alone.
Movie Reviews8.2/10
Creed’s Rocky Spinoff Trades the Old Man’s Wisdom for Michael B. Jordan’s Raw, Unforgiving Fury
A boxing drama wherein a champion's son must earn his own renown, pitted against a machine's heir in a brutal contest of will.
Movie Reviews5.8/10
Shrek Forever After Trades Its Edge for a Hollow Contract World
A weary monster of a man, once bold, now a father bound by contract unto a false world of dread.