Movie Reviews4.1/10
‘What to Expect When You’re Expecting’: Five Pregnancies, One Thin Joke
A comedy of pregnancy wherein five couples await children, yet the jests prove too thin for the tale.
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Every film we have scored, from 1980s horror to what is in cinemas now.
Movie Reviews5.1/10
Al Pacino’s Coach Loses Control as Jamie Foxx’s Quarterback Rises Too High in Any Given Sunday
A football drama where the game's true meaning gets lost in a coach's rage against a wealthy owner.
Movie Reviews4.5/10
Larry David and Evan Rachel Wood Wed in Whatever Works, and the Chaos Only Begins
A bitter chess teacher and a runaway from Mississippi wed, while her mother conspires with a suitor to break them apart.
Movie Reviews9/10
Deliverance Review: Burt Reynolds and Jon Voight Face the Wilderness in a Brutal Masterpiece
A tale of four men upon a river, wherein terror and violence dwell beyond the bounds of civilization.
Movie Reviews6/10
Eleven Years On, Magic Mike XXL Still Stumbles Through Its Road-Trip Formula
A sequel of strippers upon the highway, chasing fortune and a final show ere their days of naked labor end.
Movie Reviews7.5/10
Land of the Dead Review: Romero’s Zombies Get Smarter — and So Does the Satire
A grim tale of a walled city where the living feast upon the dead, and the dead hunger for vengeance.
Movie Reviews5.3/10
A Wrinkle in Time Has a Great Premise and a Middling Execution
A Wrinkle in Time review: strong cast, weak villain, rushed climax — a $130M bomb that fails its ambitions.
Movie Reviews6.3/10
Nine Years On, Marrowbone Still Gets Its Atmospheric Build Right Even When the Ending Falls Short
A remote house, a dead mother, and a ghost in the loft. Marrowbone builds dread but fails to deliver a satisfying payoff.
Movie Reviews6.7/10
Jack Ryan Runs From a Bullet in Patriot Games
Jack Ryan returns to face a terrorist cell in Patriot Games, a sequel that trades submarines for bullets and family vengeance.
Movie Reviews1.9/10
Mike Myers Turned Dr. Seuss Into a Disaster With The Cat in the Hat
A review of The Cat in the Hat, a disaster of a live-action adaptation starring Mike Myers that fails to honor Dr. Seuss's beloved tale.
Movie Reviews8.4/10
Sense and Sensibility Review: Two Sisters, One Fortune Lost, and a Triumph of Feeling Over Fortune
A quiet triumph of sense and sensibility, wherein two sisters lose their fortune and their hearts.
Movie Reviews0.9/10
Eighteen Years On, Meet the Spartans Still Relies on a Joke You’ve Heard Before
A comedy of Spartans mocks 300 with every celebrity and pop culture name, yet its jests wear thin and never land.