Movie Reviews8.9/10
Michel Gondry’s Breakup Movie Argues That Forgetting Is a Bureaucracy
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind at 22: Gondry and Kaufman's memory-erasure romance treats the machine as an office, not a miracle.
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Every film we have scored, from 1980s horror to what is in cinemas now.
Movie Reviews8.3/10
Spider-Man 2 Cut the Villain Count and Got a Better Movie
Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 2 review: Tobey Maguire quits the mask, Alfred Molina's Doc Ock steals the show, and the 2004 sequel still holds up.
Movie Reviews7.7/10
Big Hero 6 Review: A Great Robot, a Grieving Kid, and a Superhero Movie in the Way
Big Hero 6 review: Disney's first Marvel animated film won an Oscar and $658 million, but its real strength is Baymax and a grieving 14-year-old boy.
Movie Reviews6.4/10
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 splits Suzanne Collins’s 2010 novel in two, and the seam shows
Mockingjay – Part 1 splits Collins's novel in two and the seam shows: 123 minutes underground in District 13, all setup and no payoff.
Movie Reviews6.3/10
The Zombie Pandemic Movie That Went Small When It Needed to Go Wide
World War Z (2013): Brad Pitt hunts a zombie cure across a collapsing world in a $190M production that rewrote its own third act.
Movie Reviews8.9/10
Whiplash: Chazelle’s 107-Minute Thriller Disguised as a Music Drama
Whiplash review: Chazelle's 107-minute thriller about a young drummer and an abusive instructor, from Sundance short to Oscar-winning feature.
Movie Reviews5/10
Now You See Me at 5.0/10: A Magic Act That Explains Away Its Own Wonder
Now You See Me review: the 2013 magician heist film explains every trick and saves one reversal for the end. Why it lands at 5.0/10.
Movie Reviews5.8/10
The Best Star Wars Film Is Trapped Inside Return of the Jedi
A critical review of Star Wars Return of the Jedi (1983), covering Jabba's Palace, the Ewoks, the second Death Star, and the Emperor's throne room
Movie Reviews6.4/10
Spielberg’s Ready Player One Is a Trap It Never Reckons With
Spielberg's Ready Player One pits a broken 2045 against the shiny OASIS. A review of Wade Watts, Sorrento, the High-5 and the trap the film won't name.
Movie Reviews6.2/10
Scarlett Johansson’s Brain-Melting Action Movie Is Dumber Than It Looks
Luc Besson's Lucy with Scarlett Johansson: a fast 89-minute sci-fi blast built on the 10-percent brain myth that never quite holds up.
Movie Reviews5.3/10
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest: Half a Film, All the Spectacle
Dead Man's Chest (2006) was the most expensive film ever made at the time. A review of its $225M spectacle, Davy Jones, and its cliffhanger ending.
Movie Reviews8.9/10
Disney’s Frozen Trades Happily Ever After for Sisterhood
Frozen (2013) review: how Anna and Elsa's sister story, Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel's voices, and a villain twist made Disney's icy blockbuster hold up.