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A 1.6/10 review of 2003's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: seven Victorian heroes, a $17M Sean Connery paycheck, and a plot that ignores the comic.

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A 1.6/10 review of 2003's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: seven Victorian heroes, a $17M Sean Connery paycheck, and a plot that ignores the comic.

Venom: The Last Dance ends Eddie and Venom's story with a road trip, a Xenophage, and Knull. A review of the 2024 finale, its cast, and its box office.

A Million Ways to Die in the West review: Seth MacFarlane's 2014 comedy Western wastes Charlize Theron and a great cast on a script that never lands.

Review of Illumination's 2018 The Grinch: Benedict Cumberbatch voices Dr. Seuss's green character in an 85-minute film that earned $553 million.

Riddick review: Vin Diesel returns as the Furyan outlaw in David Twohy's lean, uneven third chapter — strong solo survival, bloated bounty-hunter siege.

Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Duvall play an estranged father and son in The Judge, a 2014 legal drama that never earns its explosions.

The Beekeeper review: Jason Statham hunts phone scammers in David Ayer's lean revenge thriller. Score 7.3/10.

James Mangold's Identity (2003) traps ten strangers in a Nevada motel as a killer counts down by room key. A 90-minute thriller that mostly works.

Basic Instinct review: Sharon Stone's career-making turn, Verhoeven's cold precision, and the $353M hit that a dozen actresses refused.

What Women Want gave Mel Gibson mind-reading powers and a hit $374M gross, but a script that never follows its own premise anywhere uncomfortable.

Tim Burton's 2001 Planet of the Apes remake: Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth and ape makeup shine, but the film never decides what it is about. 5.8/10.

Wonka review: Timothée Chalamet plays a young chocolatier in Paul King's 117-minute prequel, with Hugh Grant as an Oompa Loompa. Score: 6.6/10.
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