Movie Reviews2.5/10
Solace Review: A Psychic Doctor’s Gift Wasted on a Talky, Unearned Sequel
A psychic doctor hunts a killer who shares his visions, yet this thriller spends its hours repeating itself instead of thrilling.
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Every film we have scored, from 1980s horror to what is in cinemas now.
Movie Reviews6.4/10
Connery’s Final Bond Sends 007 From Amsterdam to Las Vegas in Diamonds Are Forever
Sean Connery's final turn as 007 in Diamonds Are Forever, a smuggling chase across Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Amsterdam.
Movie Reviews10/10
Chaplin Raises an Abandoned Baby in This 1921 Classic, and It Still Earns Its Mark
A tramp finds a baby in an alley and raises him as his own son in this tender, tragic comedy of 1921.
Movie Reviews6.9/10
Redford Races to Save Pitt in Spy Game, a Tense Cold War Thriller
A retired CIA officer risks all to save his protégé from a Chinese prison in this tense, morally grey thriller.
Movie Reviews3.4/10
Zoolander 2 Review: Ten Years Later, Still Not Funny
A sequel of models and mockery, wherein Derek and Hansel return to the runway to find the old jests grown stale.
Movie Reviews8.8/10
The Bridge on the River Kwai Review: Nicholson’s Pride Overpowers His Captors
A tale of two colonels, a bridge, and a company of prisoners whose pride will not yield. A classic study of war and character.
Movie Reviews6.3/10
‘Anna Karenina’: Wright’s Stage Spectacle Works When Knightley Anchors It
A review of Joe Wright's Anna Karenina, a stylized tale of doomed romance that dazzles but sometimes sacrifices depth for spectacle.
Movie Reviews7.3/10
‘Air’ Review: How Sonny Vaccaro Bet Everything on Michael Jordan
A chronicle of the birth of the Air Jordan brand, wherein a man of faith bet all upon a young athlete's fame.
Movie Reviews7.4/10
Idi Amin’s Charisma Carries The Last King of Scotland, Even Where Its Script Drags
A doctor's fatal bargain with a mad king: a chilling portrait of Uganda's ruin, told through the eyes of a trapped witness.
Movie Reviews3.7/10
Sixteen Years On, John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson Still Can’t Save This Messy Spy Film
A mismatched CIA duo hunts terrorists in Paris in this fast, funny, brutal, and ultimately forgettable action thriller.
Movie Reviews5/10
Step Up 2: The Streets Moves Bodies Well, But Never Moves an Audience
A dancer joins a school of the arts and forms a crew for an underground battle, but the tale never grows beyond its narrow bounds.
Movie Reviews6.3/10
A House Built From Glass That Lets You See Its Secrets — and Its Flaws
A house of glass traps a family with twelve ghosts; a tale of terror that never quite reaches its promised height.