Movie Reviews8.2/10
Knives Out Review: Rian Johnson’s 131-Minute Whodunnit Earns Its 8.2
Knives Out review: Rian Johnson's 2019 whodunnit with Daniel Craig as Benoit Blanc, Ana de Armas as Marta, and a franchise named after Radiohead and U2 songs.
CLAY TRIBUNE / THE ARCHIVE
Category: Movie Reviews
Every film we have scored, from 1980s horror to what is in cinemas now.
Movie Reviews4.1/10
Two passengers wake on a colony ship with decades still to run and only each other for company.
Passengers strands Jim and Aurora on the Avalon 90 years early. A sci-fi romance built on a lie, with strong performances and a moral center it never earns.
Movie Reviews6.6/10
Peter Jackson’s Second Hobbit Film Stretches a Short Book Across a Very Long Road
Review of Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug — Benedict Cumberbatch's dragon steals a 161-minute middle chapter that sags in Laketown.
Movie Reviews7.8/10
Ex Machina Review: Alex Garland’s Quiet, Deadly Robot Fable
Ex Machina review: Alex Garland's 2015 directorial debut, a $15M sci-fi about a man, a robot and a glass house. Oscar-winning effects, 7.8/10.
Movie Reviews6.7/10
Avatar: The Way of Water Review: A Technical Triumph Carrying a Familiar Story
Avatar: The Way of Water review — James Cameron's 192-minute sequel is a technical triumph with a familiar story, scoring 6.7 out of 10.
Movie Reviews4.7/10
Ice Age Made $383 Million and Still Doesn’t Hold Up
Ice Age hit theaters March 15, 2002 and grossed $383 million — but Blue Sky's debut is a 81-minute script that never decides what it wants to be. Score: 4.7/10.
Movie Reviews4.8/10
The Twilight backlash has it backwards — the film was never trying to be good
Twilight hit theaters November 21, 2008, grossed $412 million, and launched a franchise. A review of Catherine Hardwicke's film: 4.8/10.
Movie Reviews5.4/10
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones: A 5.4/10 Review
A spoiler-light review of Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002), George Lucas's prequel chapter, scored 5.4/10.
Movie Reviews7.5/10
DreamWorks Bet on a Boy and a Reptile, and the Reptile Won
How to Train Your Dragon (2010): DreamWorks trades pop-culture gags for a Viking boy-and-dragon bond. Directors, voice cast, score and our 7.5/10 review.
Movie Reviews5.3/10
Twelve Years On, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Still Runs Too Long
A bloated sequel with a stiff lead, a confused plot, and a train crash that buries the tragedy.
Movie Reviews5.8/10
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle swaps the board for a console and the threat for level rules
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle review: four teens become video game avatars in a body-swap adventure that coasts on Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart.
Movie Reviews5.7/10
Sherlock Holmes (2009): A Franchise Launch Wearing a Detective Story as a Coat
Guy Ritchie's 2009 Sherlock Holmes can't decide between grimy mystery and bare-knuckle action, and that indecision costs it. Our review scores it 5.7/10.