Movie Reviews5.3/10
The Notebook at 22: One Great Idea, 100 Minutes of Filler
The Notebook (2004) outlasted its mixed reviews to become a cult classic. A look at its casting, box office, awards, and what still holds up.
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Every film we have scored, from 1980s horror to what is in cinemas now.
Movie Reviews6.2/10
American History X: A Serious Attempt With a Famous Flaw
A deep dive into American History X (1998): Tony Kaye's contested cut, Edward Norton's transformation, and the film's famous flaw.
Movie Reviews7/10
Alex Proyas’s robot thriller has a better idea in it than the film around it
A spoiler-filled review of Alex Proyas's I, Robot (2004), starring Will Smith, with the Three Laws, Sonny, and a 7/10 score.
Movie Reviews5.1/10
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Review — Right Instincts, Wrong Script
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom review: Bayona's darker sequel trades the park for a haunted mansion, costing $465M and earning $1.3B. Score: 5.1/10.
Movie Reviews6.8/10
Horror hit that launched a franchise still holds up after 13 years
Review of James Wan's The Conjuring (2013) with Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson: a strong restrained first half, a weaker final act.
Movie Reviews6.7/10
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales — A 6.7/10 Franchise Reach Backward
Dead Men Tell No Tales: the fifth Pirates film, with Johnny Depp, Javier Bardem's Salazar, and a 6.7 TMDB score.
Movie Reviews8.7/10
The Shape of Water Review: Del Toro’s Cold War Fairy Tale Earns Its Strangeness
Guillermo del Toro's Cold War fairy tale won Best Picture. Sally Hawkins plays a mute janitor who falls for a captured amphibian man.
Movie Reviews5.5/10
Baz Luhrmann drowned Gatsby in glitter, and 13 years on the gamble still splits people
A review of Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby: DiCaprio shines, the design dazzles, but the excess buries Fitzgerald's loneliness. 5.5 of 10.
Movie Reviews6.9/10
Peter Farrelly’s crowd-pleaser won Best Picture by refusing to make anyone uncomfortable
Green Book won Best Picture, Original Screenplay and Supporting Actor for Mahershala Ali. A look at the 2018 film's true story, awards and criticism.
Movie Reviews6.4/10
M. Night Shyamalan’s Ghost Story Earned Its Twist by Making Bruce Willis’s Character Grieve First
The Sixth Sense (1999): Shyamalan's ghost story, Haley Joel Osment, Bruce Willis, the Kyra Collins tape, six Oscar nods and $672M at the box office.
Movie Reviews7.2/10
An arcade villain spends 14 years trying to earn a medal he was never meant to have
Wreck-It Ralph review: a 9-foot arcade villain chases a medal through Hero's Duty and Sugar Rush in Disney's 2012 animated hit, scored 7.2 of 10.
Movie Reviews8.4/10
American Beauty at 27: A Cold, Tightly Written Character Study That Deserves Better Than Its Reputation
Sam Mendes' American Beauty won five Oscars. How DreamWorks wanted Willis or Travolta, why Spacey got the role, and what still holds up.