Movie Reviews2.2/10
Sixteen Years On, Repo Men Still Trades a Sharp Premise for a Shallow One
A repo man gets an artiforg himself and learns the terror of being the customer. A hollow tale of debt, organs, and a world gone wrong.
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Every film we have scored, from 1980s horror to what is in cinemas now.
Movie Reviews4/10
Aloha Review: Cameron Crowe’s Satellite Farce Is a Disappointment From Start to Finish
A tale of a man who returns to Hawaii to launch a secret satellite, entangled with war, romance, and a nation's blessing.
Movie Reviews5/10
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure Has a Great Idea and a Thin Script
Two slackers travel through time to save history in this comedy of errors, a tale of friendship and forgotten lines.
Movie Reviews3.4/10
‘Keeping Up With the Joneses’: Spy Thriller, Comedy, Satire — None of Them Work
A suburban satire about spies and neighbors gone wrong, reviewed for its missed opportunities and misplaced tones.
Movie Reviews4.3/10
Eight Years On, Slender Man Still Scares Because It Refuses to Explain Its Monster
A grim tale of four maidens who summon a spectral terror, yet find only faint dread instead of true horror.
Movie Reviews4.9/10
Clive Owen Protects a Baby From a Hitman in Shoot ‘Em Up
A drifter protects a newborn from assassins in a wild, violent chase through a neon city. Clive Owen stars in this shoot-em-up thriller.
Movie Reviews6.3/10
Dante’s Peak Review: Brosnan’s Warning Outweighs the Disaster’s Slow Burn
A volcano rumbles, a town trembles, and a hero fights to save all within Dante's Peak.
Movie Reviews5.4/10
Old School Review: Mitch-a-Palooza Saves a Fraternity Comedy That Can’t Explain Why
A comedy of three grown men who try to reclaim college glory by founding a fraternity, failing mostly to be anything else.
Movie Reviews3.2/10
Eleven Years On, This 2015 Scout Handbook Still Treats Zombies Like a Real Emergency
A trio of scouts find themselves the only ones prepared when a zombie outbreak strikes their small town in this parody of the genre.
Movie Reviews5.4/10
Stanley and Sophie Fall for Each Other in Woody Allen’s 2014 Romance
A meditation on faith, science, and the limits of reason, set amid the gilded excess of the French Riviera.
Movie Reviews6.2/10
Christian Bale Anchors Empire of the Sun, Spielberg’s Darkest Coming-of-Age Film
A boy's odyssey amid war, famine, and captivity, told through the eyes of a twelve-year-old actor whose performance anchors this solemn, earnest tale.
Movie Reviews5.9/10
The Pink Panther (2006): Steve Martin’s Clouseau Is Dim Rather Than Clever, But Sometimes Funny
A village idiot's clumsy quest for a stolen diamond amid a murder of poison, a pop star, and a chief inspector's ambition.