Movie Reviews7.8/10
Sandler Finds True Love and True Rage in Punch-Drunk Love
A bachelor of plunger sales falls into love and into terror, while his seven sisters mock him still.
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Every film we have scored, from 1980s horror to what is in cinemas now.
Movie Reviews6.1/10
Tron Review: A Landmark Digital World Wrapped Around a Weak Story
A programmer enters a glowing machine and battles a giant chess program for control, in a film of striking vision and thin substance.
Movie Reviews7/10
Clerks Review: Kevin Smith’s Boredom, Shot in Black and White, Still Earns Its Reputation
A look back at Kevin Smith's Clerks, the 1994 black-and-white comedy that launched his career and shaped his entire filmography.
Movie Reviews5.8/10
Twenty Years On, Hard Candy Still Stings Because It Plays Its Own Rules
A grim tale of a girl who traps a man in his own home to punish a supposed crime, told with cold precision.
Movie Reviews7.2/10
‘Wake Up Dead Man’: A Murder Inside the Church That Even Benoit Blanc Can’t Explain
A dead man wakes in a church, and Benoit Blanc must unravel the mystery of who murdered him amid priests and bishops.
Movie Reviews6.5/10
Naked Gun Sequel Trades Energy Plot for Drebin’s Comedic Chaos
A bumbling officer stands in the way of a great conspiracy, though he knows it not, in this sequel of mirth and mishap.
Movie Reviews9/10
Adaptation Review: Kaufman’s Masterpiece of Failure
A masterwork of failure: Charlie Kaufman's meta-adaptation, starring Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, and Chris Cooper.
Movie Reviews4/10
Nick Cassidy Threatens Suicide From a Manhattan Hotel Roof — and the Diamond Heist He Planned Gets Overlooked
A man perches upon a hotel roof, threatening his own ruin, whilst his brother steals a precious gem across the street.
Movie Reviews5.3/10
‘Anaconda’: A Giant Snake, a Crew Trapped in the Jungle, and a Premise Too Thin to Support It
A documentary crew, a hunter, and a monstrous anaconda in the Amazon. This horror-thriller review weighs its terror against its flaws.
Movie Reviews4.6/10
Immortals Review: Spectacle Trumps Story in Epic Fantasy
A tale of a mortal man chosen by the gods to stand against a king whose fury would consume Greece.
Movie Reviews4/10
A Monster’s Curse and a Girl Who Never Loves Him Back
A rich boy's cruelty earns him a monster's fate, yet his love cannot save him from a tale that fails to satisfy.
Movie Reviews8.8/10
Paddington 2 Turns a Framed Bear Into a Family Comedy Triumph
A bear from Darkest Peru pursues a thief across London in this warm, funny sequel, a triumph of memory and marmalade.