Movie Reviews4/10
Pitch Perfect 3 Review: Last Call, No Encore
A farewell tour for the Bellas falls flat: the songs lose their spark, the jokes repeat, and the fire steals the show.
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Category: Movie Reviews
Every film we have scored, from 1980s horror to what is in cinemas now.
Movie Reviews4.7/10
Katherine Heigl’s Solid Performance Can’t Save 27 Dresses From Its Own Formula
A woman has been a bridesmaid too many times, and when her sister steals the man she loves, she must choose between weddings and happiness.
Movie Reviews7.2/10
‘Shame’: Brandon Runs From Sissy and From Himself
A man pays for sex, watches it alone, and builds a life around avoiding intimacy — a grim, honest portrait of shame.
Movie Reviews6/10
Patrizia Reggiani’s Ambition Tears the Guccis Apart in House of Gucci
Lady Gaga plays Patrizia Reggiani in House of Gucci, a tale of a woman who builds a family through deceit and ambition.
Movie Reviews2.7/10
‘Little Fockers’: A Tired Echo of Its Predecessors
A review of Little Fockers, the third Meet the Parents film, which repeats old jokes without adding anything new.
Movie Reviews2.6/10
Patch Adams Review: Robin Williams’s Laughter-Fueled Medicine Never Earns Its Tears
Robin Williams plays a doctor who believes laughter heals in this earnest, repetitive tale of medical reform.
Movie Reviews7.3/10
‘Sister Act’: Goldberg’s Commitment Carries a Convent Comedy That Earns Its Noise
A lounge singer hides in a convent, and Whoopi Goldberg's boundless energy carries this noisy, tender comedy.
Movie Reviews4.5/10
Surrogates Review: Bruce Willis’s Premise Is Sharper Than Its Execution
A tale of a man who lived through a false body, and the terror that drove him back into the world of flesh.
Movie Reviews5.6/10
Five Grown Men Play Tag Across Three Decades of Weddings, Babies, and Breakups
A chase across a town, a game of tag that never ends, and five grown men who refuse to grow old.
Movie Reviews5.7/10
Bond vs. the Media Baron: Tomorrow Never Dies Is a Satire Too Afraid to Commit
A review of Tomorrow Never Dies, a Bond film whose media-mogul plot is smarter than its rushed execution.
Movie Reviews6.7/10
Catholic Couple Face Their Daughters’ Four Mixed Marriages in ‘Serial (Bad) Weddings’
A Catholic family's daughters marry men of every faith, and the comedy of their secret disdain runs deeper than any sermon.
Movie Reviews5.7/10
‘I Origins’ Reviews: Eyes, Faith, and a Slow Meditation
A quiet romance of science and faith, wherein a man's eye becomes a portal unto his soul, and a woman's spirit cannot abide the light.