Movie Reviews7.2/10
50/50 Review: Joseph Gordon-Levitt Anchors a Cancer Comedy That Refuses to Dress It Up
Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays a 27-year-old journalist with a spinal tumor in 50/50, a cancer comedy-drama based on Will Reiser's own diagnosis.
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Every film we have scored, from 1980s horror to what is in cinemas now.
Movie Reviews8.9/10
Stasi Officer Rewrites the Surveillance Report to Save the Man He’s Watching
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's 2006 Stasi surveillance drama The Lives of Others: plot, cast, the Kolibri typewriter, and its Oscar-winning legacy.
Movie Reviews4.3/10
Death Race at Eighteen: A Premise Sharper Than the Film Around It
A retrospective on Paul W. S. Anderson's 2008 Death Race: its privatized-prison premise, Jason Statham's framed driver, the remake history, and what holds up.
Movie Reviews3.4/10
The 1993 sci-fi satire that got the future wrong but the action right
Demolition Man (1993) review: Stallone and Snipes in a loud, weightless sci-fi misfire that scores 3.4/10 despite $159 million worldwide.
Movie Reviews3.5/10
Blumhouse’s Truth or Dare Sticks to the Rules and Never Breaks Them
Blumhouse's Truth or Dare (2018) turns a Mexico party game into a supernatural death machine. Our review breaks down the cast, the kills, and the 3.5/10 score.
Movie Reviews6.4/10
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For Review: A Return to Basin City That Never Justifies Its Own Existence
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For gave Eva Green and Josh Brolin two new Frank Miller stories, but mixed reviews and a $39.4M gross against $65M told a harder tale.
Movie Reviews5.3/10
Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie Carry a Film That Never Settles on a Diagnosis
Girl, Interrupted at 25: Angelina Jolie's Oscar-winning Lisa Rowe still burns, but James Mangold's film never decides if it's a case study or a star vehicle.
Movie Reviews3.6/10
Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel Reunite for a Comedy That Wastes Its Cast
Sex Tape (2014) review: Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel can't save a comedy that chases iPads instead of the joke. Kasdan directs; Metacritic 36.
Movie Reviews3.6/10
Space Jam: A New Legacy Is a Two-Hour Advertisement for Its Own Studio
Space Jam: A New Legacy review: LeBron James leads the Looney Tunes against a scheming AI in a corporate film that plays like a long ad for a streaming service.
Movie Reviews4.7/10
A Cure for Wellness: 4.7 of 10
A Cure for Wellness review: Gore Verbinski's 146-minute Swiss Alps spa horror with Dane DeHaan, Mia Goth and Jason Isaacs is all ambition, no payoff. 4.7/10.
Movie Reviews7.2/10
N.W.A biopic builds its case in the studio, then loses it in the third act
Straight Outta Compton review: F. Gary Gray's N.W.A biopic, from a rejected demo to the FBI ban, the Ruthless Records split, and a 7.2/10 score.
Movie Reviews5.2/10
Scream 4 Kills Off the Franchise’s Own Formula, Then Rebuilds It
Scream 4 review: Wes Craven and Kevin Williamson bring back Sidney, Dewey and Gale for a remake-rules satire that promises more than it delivers. 5.2/10.