Movie Reviews7.4/10
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra Review — 7.4/10
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra review — a grand palace, a queen's wager, and Gauls whose strength exceeds all bounds.
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Category: Movie Reviews
Every film we have scored, from 1980s horror to what is in cinemas now.
Movie Reviews7.6/10
Del Toro’s Frankenstein Makes the Monster the Tragic Figure
A slow-burn tragedy wherein a man's ambition creates a creature neither monster nor man, but a soul bound unto woe.
Movie Reviews7.6/10
‘The Disaster Artist’: James Franco’s Portrait of the Man Behind ‘The Room’
A comedy about the making of a terrible movie, starring the odd couple behind a cult classic.
Movie Reviews3.7/10
Battle: Los Angeles Review: A Disaster Movie That Never Delivers a Disaster
A city besieged by unseen foes, a platoon of Marines, and a battle that never quite lands. A hollow, repetitive tale of survival.
Movie Reviews4.9/10
‘Rio 2’: Blu Flies Deeper Into the Amazon, and Nigel Flies Higher
A sequel that dares to grow bigger, dragging a blue bird into the Amazon jungle in search of his lost kind.
Movie Reviews6.9/10
Fantastic 4: First Steps Review — A Solid Origin Story That Drags in the Middle
A tale of the Fantastic Four, wherein Reed, Sue, Johnny, and Ben unite against a devouring space god, told in spectacle and sorrow.
Movie Reviews9.4/10
Wild Tales Review: Six Stories of People Who Snap
A film of six tales wherein rage, vengeance, and humiliation break forth, each a small explosion of ruin.
Movie Reviews7/10
Lethal Weapon 2 Review: Riggs and Murtaugh Face South African Immunity in Tight Sequel
A tale of two officers, one loose cannon, one family man, who chase a vile consul through harbor and consulate alike.
Movie Reviews7.2/10
‘A History of Violence’: Mortensen Anchors Cronenberg’s Quiet Genre Masterpiece
A quiet diner owner becomes a hero after killing spree killers, then must hide his true identity from his wife and town.
Movie Reviews7/10
Tom Cruise Loses Everything in Jerry Maguire — and Only Rod Tidwell Stays
A tale of an agent who loses all clients yet gains a player and a mother, proving loyalty trumps fortune.
Movie Reviews4/10
Klaatu Comes to Earth Again: A Remake That Means Well and Does Little
A review of The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008), a failed remake that substitutes climate dread for nuclear terror.
Movie Reviews8.3/10
Palm Springs Review: Samberg and Milioti Make a Time Loop Into a Love Story
A man trapped in a single day falls in love with a stranger who joins him there, in this tender remake of a classic tale.