Movie Reviews3.5/10
Sphere Still Can’t Explain Why Its Giant Underwater Ball Is Worth Watching
A giant sealed glass sphere of terror haunts a deep-sea base, yet the film never reveals what horror lies within.
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Category: Movie Reviews
Every film we have scored, from 1980s horror to what is in cinemas now.
Movie Reviews9.7/10
Kurosawa’s Ran Ends His Career by Tracing a Mad Warlord’s Decline Through War
A Japanese epic of an aging lord dividing his realm among three sons, a tale of betrayal, madness, and painterly ruin.
Movie Reviews5.9/10
Jolie Anchors a Slow-Burn Chase That Never Catches Fire in Those Who Wish Me Dead
A smokejumper and a boy run from assassins through a burning forest in this slow, repetitious chase thriller.
Movie Reviews6.2/10
‘G.I. Jane’: Demi Moore Carries a Brutal Test, but the Script Can’t Escape Its Own Cruelty
A woman chosen for a Navy trial proves herself against men who would deny her place among them, in this tale of endurance and honor.
Movie Reviews5.4/10
‘Braindead’: Peter Jackson’s Messy, Brilliant Horror Comedy
A tale of a mother transformed into a monstrous creature, wherein comedy meets the most gruesome horror.
Movie Reviews3.1/10
‘Before We Go’: Chris Evans’s Directorial Debut Gets Lost in New York Overnight
A comedy-drama wherein two strangers are caught within New York City overnight, each bound by a secret and a lie.
Movie Reviews4.9/10
Chloe Review: Seyfried’s Call Girl Seduces Two Women, But the Script Can’t Keep Up
A wife hires a call girl to test her husband's faithfulness in this quiet, unresolved drama.
Movie Reviews4/10
Seven Years On, Shaft Still Can’t Decide Between a Gritty Crime Thriller and a Family Drama
A father teaches his estranged son to fight the streets of Harlem, while a dead friend's murder draws them into a shadowy conspiracy.
Movie Reviews5.2/10
Jack Black Wrestles For Orphans In Nacho Libre, But The Jokes Don’t Land
A friar of Mexico becomes a masked wrestler named Nacho Libre, fighting for orphans and love, in a tale of a man who will not yield.
Movie Reviews5.4/10
Meryl Streep’s Thatcher Anchors The Iron Lady, a Mixed Biopic That Earns Its Third Oscar
A review of The Iron Lady, Meryl Streep's portrait of Margaret Thatcher, mixing memory and history with a lead performance of rare force.
Movie Reviews8.9/10
Five Years On, Minari Still Cuts Through the Hollywood Machine With Its Own Knife
A quiet tale of a Korean American family's struggle in rural Arkansas, told with patience and restraint.
Movie Reviews4/10
‘Over the Top’: Stallone’s Arm Wrestling Epic Misses the Mark
A truck driver enters a wrestling championship to win back his estranged son, but the tale of love and revenge grows too heavy.