Movie Reviews6.9/10
Iron Man 3: A Good Film with a Great Middle and a Serviceable End
Iron Man 3 review: Shane Black's Marvel sequel sends Tony Stark to a Tennessee basement, trades armor for trauma, and hides its villain in plain sight.
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Movie Reviews7.3/10
Spider-Man: Homecoming review: a confident reset that works because Holland plays a kid first
Spider-Man: Homecoming review: Tom Holland's teenage Peter Parker and Michael Keaton's Vulture make Marvel's 2017 reboot a confident, small-scale reset.
Movie Reviews7.4/10
Marvel’s Sorcerer Supreme Arrives, and the Film Around Him Feels Familiar
Doctor Strange (2016) review: Benedict Cumberbatch plays the arrogant surgeon turned sorcerer in Marvel's 14th film, directed by Scott Derrickson.
Movie Reviews7.7/10
Chamber of Secrets Is Where the Harry Potter Films Started to Show Their Age
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) review: Branagh, Isaacs and Dobby shine, but 161 minutes of sagging middle keep it a solid 7.7/10.
Movie Reviews8.4/10
Peter Jackson’s Middle-earth epic still holds up 24 years on, with Gollum as its broken heart
Peter Jackson's The Two Towers splits Frodo, Aragorn, and Rohan into three storylines that never drag, anchored by Andy Serkis's Gollum.
Movie Reviews7.5/10
The Sokovia Accords split the Avengers in half, and Captain America: Civil War spends 147 minutes making that split hurt
Captain America: Civil War splits the Avengers over the Sokovia Accords. Chris Evans and Robert Downey Jr. lead a 147-minute fight over trust, guilt, and Bucky.
Movie Reviews7.6/10
Mad Max: Fury Road Review: Miller’s 121-Minute Chase Machine
Mad Max: Fury Road review — George Miller's 121-minute desert chase with Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron, rated 7.6 of 10.
Movie Reviews8.2/10
Inglourious Basterds Review: Tarantino’s War Film Is Really About Performance
A review of Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds: Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Mélanie Laurent, its 153-minute runtime, soundtrack and legacy.
Movie Reviews8/10
The Wolf of Wall Street: Scorsese’s 180-Minute Argument That the Con Is the Culture
Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street runs 180 minutes and never drags, with DiCaprio, Jonah Hill and McConaughey in a con that is the culture.
Movie Reviews7.9/10
Titanic at 7.9: Cameron’s Engineering Marvel Wrapped Around a Working Melodrama
James Cameron's Titanic: 194 minutes, a $200M gamble, and a love story that still sinks audiences. Why it earns a 7.9.
Movie Reviews8.4/10
Peter Jackson’s Shire Opening Still Sets the Template Every Fantasy Epic Follows
Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring premiered in London on 10 December 2001. A look at its 179 minutes, its cast, and the Gandalfs who said no.
Movie Reviews8.2/10
Django Unchained: Tarantino’s Revisionist Western, Reviewed
Django Unchained: Tarantino's 2012 revisionist Western with Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz and Leonardo DiCaprio, born from a Sergio Corbucci book.