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Smokin’ Aces Review: Buddy Israel’s Bounty Draws a Crowd, but the Film Can’t Keep Up
A tale of a magician marked for death and the many assassins who chase him across a frozen lake, told with speed but little humor.
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Every film we have scored, from 1980s horror to what is in cinemas now.
Movie Reviews4.7/10
Ten Years On, ‘Masterminds’ Still Can’t Decide Whether It Wants to Be Funny or Just Silly
A comedy of a bank robbery that should have been clever, but instead becomes dull, failing to deliver on its promise of mirth.
Movie Reviews9.1/10
‘Burning’ Review: Lee Chang-dong’s Slow-Burn Thriller Trusts Its Audience to Wonder
A slow-burn thriller of young love, suspicion, and the violence beneath a polite surface. Review of Burning.
Movie Reviews4.8/10
Amsterdam Review: Bale and Washington Carry a Plot Too Big for Its Script
Three friends witness a murder, become suspects, and uncover one of the most outrageous plots in American history.
Movie Reviews6.2/10
OSS 117’s Cairo Mission Is a Bumbling Mess With a Few Sharp Moments
A secret agent's mission to Cairo turns into a web of intrigue, revolution, and betrayal, in a spy comedy that mostly succeeds at parody.
Movie Reviews9.3/10
Solaris Review: Tarkovsky’s Quiet Dread Still Outshines All
A living planet brings back the dead wife of a grieving astronaut, in a slow, haunting tale of grief and memory.
Movie Reviews3.6/10
Kreese’s Revenge Runs Its Old Villain Through the Same Old Karate Kid Formula
A tale of vengeance and a tournament wherein a hero must overcome anew the shadow of his former foe, though the tale repeats old sorrows.
Movie Reviews6.5/10
Martin Freeman Races Against the Clock in Cargo’s Lean, Tense Post-Apocalypse
A father's last gift to his child: finding a safe home before she turns. A tale of grief, parenthood, and the end of days.
Movie Reviews9.3/10
The Night of the Hunter Improves With Age
A grim tale of a preacher's hunt for gold, wherein terror and tenderness dwell together within the same frame.
Movie Reviews7.8/10
Jason Statham Drags a Girl From the Sea and Faces a Whole Agency in ‘Shelter’
A man alone on a Scottish island must protect a girl from a government agency hunting him. A tight, talky thriller.
Movie Reviews3.4/10
‘The Forest’: A Real Place Where People Go to Die, and a Film That Refuses to Scare Anyone
A woman wanders a haunted forest in Japan, seeking her vanished sister, amid illusions and dread that refuse to coalesce.
Movie Reviews6.2/10
Nine Years On, Veronica Still Suffers From a Solid Setup and a Softer Finish
A teen girl's séance summons a malevolent spirit attached to her soul in this tense, uneven horror tale.