Movie Reviews8/10
‘A Bronx Tale’: De Niro’s Directorial Debut Earns Its 8/10
A Bronx Tale review: Robert De Niro directs Chazz Palminteri's tale of a boy torn between his honest father and a local crime boss.
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Every film we have scored, from 1980s horror to what is in cinemas now.
Movie Reviews8.5/10
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Review: A Slow-Burning Triumph of Craft
A slow-burning tale of spies, moles, and a retired master named Smiley who must unmask a traitor within the Circus.
Movie Reviews3.6/10
Fractured Review: Sam Worthington’s Great Idea Can’t Save This Netflix Thriller’s Weak Ending
A man driven mad by a fall into a pit swears his wife and child exist, while all others deny them — a tale of dread and ruin.
Movie Reviews4.6/10
King Arthur Review: Gritty Premise, Hollow Charge
A grim tale of a knight named Arthur, whose battles dazzle the eye yet fail to touch the heart.
Movie Reviews8.3/10
Three Lives, One Crash: Why Amores Perros Still Packs a Punch
Three lives, one collision: Amores Perros, a violent and tender tale of dogs, models, and a ghostly hitman.
Movie Reviews6.3/10
Cheaper by the Dozen Review: A Family Too Big for Normal Life
A family of twelve moves to Evanston, and the chaos follows them, in this remake of the classic tale of a household too big for ordinary life.
Movie Reviews6.6/10
Shrunk Into A Tiny Forest Kingdom, Epic Struggles To Tie Its Threads Together
A teen girl shrinks into a forest realm of leaf warriors and vile creatures, in a tale of courage and faith.
Movie Reviews6.7/10
The Book of Life Review: Two Worlds, One Love, and a Rushed Climax
A review of The Book of Life, an animated fantasy comedy about Manolo, who must choose between music and his family's legacy on the Day of the Dead.
Movie Reviews5.8/10
Mark Wahlberg’s Widower Drives We Bought a Zoo, but the Zoo’s Story Never Fully Takes Wing
A man buys a zoo to escape grief, but the animal kingdom proves harder to tame than his sorrow.
Movie Reviews6.5/10
Two Decades On, Kirsty Hitchens’s 2006 Marie Antoinette Review Still Makes Its Case
A queen's youth at Versailles, caught between pleasure and doom, in Coppola's portrait of a princess grown into ruin.
Movie Reviews6.3/10
Triangle of Sadness Review: Östlund’s Cruel Satire Gets the Nominations but Not the Execution
A satire of the rich upon a doomed ship, wherein a desert island reveals the true hierarchy of human woe.
Movie Reviews6.2/10
Serial Killer Hides Among 30,000 Fans at a Concert, and Shyamalan’s Trap Can’t Keep Up With Its Own Premise
A father, a captive child, a stadium of strangers: M. Night Shyamalan's Trap is a cunning trap that never quite springs.