Movie Reviews6.2/10
Sixteen Years On, Unbreakable Still Splits Its Twist Between Two Stories That Don’t Quite Match Up
A man walks from ruin unscathed, and a broken man believes him a hero — a tale of fate and the nature of the human soul.
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Category: Movie Reviews
Every film we have scored, from 1980s horror to what is in cinemas now.
Movie Reviews6.2/10
Five Years On, Free Guy Still Explains Its Own Jokes Instead of Letting Them Land
A bank teller discovers he is not real and becomes a hero in this tale of a video game world's true nature.
Movie Reviews7.8/10
Oldboy Review: Fifteen Years in a Room, One Man’s Revenge
A man wakes from fifteen years in a cell, seeks vengeance upon the architect of his ruin, and finds a truth more terrible than any fury.
Movie Reviews5.7/10
The Equalizer Review: Competent Violence, Hollow Revenge
A quiet man of habit turns vengeance upon a gang of criminals, yet the tale's fury grows stale amid the repetition.
Movie Reviews5.8/10
Fantastic Four Review: Missed Opportunity, Not a Disaster
A film wherein four comrades gain strange gifts of power, yet its execution fails to match its simple charm.
Movie Reviews4.8/10
Nine Years On, P.T. Barnum’s Musical Still Feels Like a Great Idea Wrapped in a Thin Shell
A circus tale of fame and spectacle, where the smile never falters yet the message grows faint beneath the glitter.
Movie Reviews5.6/10
Watchmen Review: Zack Snyder’s Superhero Epic Is Too Long to Be Brilliant
A grim tale of masked vigilantes and gods, wherein a city's shadowed corridors conceal a conspiracy that threatens the very fabric of reality.
Movie Reviews7/10
Tom Cruise Climbs the Vatican in Mission: Impossible, and the Franchise Never Surpassed It
A secret agent movie of noise and motion, wherein one man clears his name amid betrayal and peril.
Movie Reviews5.5/10
Guy Ritchie’s Snatch Is a Wild, Exhausting Ride — and Still Funny
A stolen diamond, a dog, and a man who speaks in Cockney rhyming slang—Guy Ritchie's Snatch is a whirlwind of comedy and chaos.
Movie Reviews6.7/10
Two Decades On, The Da Vinci Code Still Chases Its Own Mystery
A review of The Da Vinci Code, wherein a professor and a woman chase secrets through Paris and Rome, and the music carries the weight the script cannot.