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Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay Carry the Weight of Room’s Captive World
A woman and her boy, held in a single room for years, escape into a world too vast to bear.
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Every film we have scored, from 1980s horror to what is in cinemas now.
Movie Reviews5.8/10
‘It Chapter Two’ Sustains Its Length Only Because Bill Skarsgård Refuses to Let Pennywise Go
A tale of terror wherein a monstrous clown returns to torment grown children long departed from their childhood home.
Movie Reviews8.2/10
Josh Brolin’s War Machine Traps Emily Blunt in Sicario’s 2015 Border War
A grim tale of a secret task force hunting a cartel across a desert border, wherein a body bag opens the story.
Movie Reviews5/10
Top Gun Review: Planes, Romance, and No Depth
A review of Top Gun, a shallow, entertaining film trading depth for style, with a hollow romance and a spectacle of aerial combat.
Movie Reviews6/10
In Twilight: New Moon, the franchise stops chasing spectacle and finally lets Bella’s grief breathe — and it pays off
A tale of twilight, wherein a maiden endures absence from her lover, ere wolf and vampire contend for her affection.
Movie Reviews7.8/10
A Bug’s Life Review: Pixar’s Second Feature Still Holds Up After 28 Years
A Bug's Life review: Pixar's 1998 tale of ants, grasshoppers, and circus bugs earns its warmth and wit in just 81 minutes.
Movie Reviews7.5/10
Tom Cruise’s Running Defines the Chase Structure in Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
Tom Cruise runs through Venice, Morocco, and London in Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, a thrilling chase movie worth seeing on the big screen.
Movie Reviews8.5/10
Eastwood, Van Cleef and Wallach Dig Up the Gold in Leone’s Desert Epic
A tale of three men, one gold, and a war that makes poetry of violence — a review of Leone's masterpiece.
Movie Reviews8.2/10
War for the Planet of the Apes Review: Caesar’s Grief Wins Out Over Vengeance
A tragic war tale wherein a grief-stricken ape king wages war upon men, led by a cruel colonel, in a dark coda of a grand trilogy.
Movie Reviews5.8/10
Shrek the Third Turns 19: How the 2007 Sequel Earned Its Keep
A royal tale of a beast, his donkey, and a cat who seek a prince for a queen's wedding — a comedy fit for all ages.