Movie Reviews5.4/10
The Purge Prequel Trades Scares for Backstory, and the Series Suffers
Review of The First Purge (2018): the prequel that explains the Purge's origins but loses the franchise's pulp energy and political bite.
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Every film we have scored, from 1980s horror to what is in cinemas now.
Movie Reviews7.7/10
Mad Max 2: A Lean, Brutal Machine That Still Runs
Mad Max 2 (The Road Warrior) review: George Miller's 1981 sequel, Mel Gibson, Lord Humungus, and the tanker run that defined action cinema.
Movie Reviews7.2/10
Gone Baby Gone: Ben Affleck’s Directorial Debut and the Moral Trap of the Truth
Ben Affleck's first film as director sends two private eyes into Dorchester to find a missing four-year-old, and never settles for the easy answer.
Movie Reviews6.1/10
Avatar: Fire and Ash Review: Scale Without the Leap
Avatar: Fire and Ash review: Cameron's 198-minute sequel adds the Mangkwan clan and Oona Chaplin's Varang, but scales past its emotional core. 6.1/10.
Movie Reviews5.5/10
Jim Parsons and Rihanna Share a Car
DreamWorks' Home (2015) put Jim Parsons and Rihanna in a flying car. A mixed review of the Boov invasion, its $386M gross, and the Netflix spin-off.
Movie Reviews4.3/10
Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams Lose Their Memories, and the Movie Loses Its Nerve
A review of The Vow (2012), the Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum amnesia romance that became the eighth highest-grossing romantic drama since 1980.
Movie Reviews6/10
Bad Moms Review: A Sharp Premise, an Excellent Cast, and a Script That Reaches for the Easy Joke
Bad Moms review: Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell and Kathryn Hahn lead a sharp premise and uneven script. 100 minutes, $183M worldwide, Metacritic 60.
Movie Reviews7.7/10
Hailee Steinfeld’s teen misfit comedy still lands its punches a decade on
A spoiler-filled review of The Edge of Seventeen, Kelly Fremon Craig's 2016 debut film starring Hailee Steinfeld as a grieving, furious 17-year-old.
Movie Reviews8.9/10
Killers of the Flower Moon Review: Scorsese’s 206-Minute Study of Paperwork as a Weapon
Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon review: DiCaprio, De Niro and Lily Gladstone in a 206-minute Osage murder epic. 8.9 of 10.
Movie Reviews6.9/10
Phone Booth: Schumacher’s 81-Minute Pressure Cooker
Phone Booth review: Colin Farrell, Kiefer Sutherland and Forest Whitaker in Joel Schumacher's tense 81-minute 2003 Times Square thriller.
Movie Reviews3.5/10
A Walk to Remember: A Tearjerker That Does Exactly What It Promises
A Walk to Remember (2002) review: Mandy Moore shines in a formulaic Nicholas Sparks tearjerker that trades the novel's 1950s setting for nothing.
Movie Reviews2.6/10
Rambo: Last Blood Review: A Lean Revenge Machine That Mistakes Cruelty for Weight
Rambo: Last Blood review — Stallone's fifth outing sends John Rambo to Mexico on a failed rescue mission, with graphic violence and a thin $91.5M return.