Movie Reviews5.6/10
Steve Carell’s Ark Comedy Wrecked Itself on $175 Million
Evan Almighty review: Steve Carell builds an ark, Morgan Freeman plays God, and the most expensive comedy ever made wastes a strong premise. Score: 5.6/10.
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Every film we have scored, from 1980s horror to what is in cinemas now.
Movie Reviews6/10
Scary Movie 3 at 23: Zucker’s Safe Handoff Kept the Franchise Alive
Scary Movie 3 at 23: how David Zucker replaced the Wayans, Anna Faris held the franchise together, and why the $220M hit played it too safe.
Movie Reviews7.2/10
The Blues Brothers Review: A Mission from God, a 7.2/10
The Blues Brothers review: John Landis's 1980 musical crime comedy, its R&B legends, car chases, budget fights, and why it scores 7.2 of 10.
Movie Reviews7.1/10
Brandon Lee’s Death Hangs Over Every Frame of The Crow, 32 Years On
A review of The Crow (1994): Brandon Lee's final performance, the Devil's Night revenge story, its box office legacy, and why the sequels never landed.
Movie Reviews7.2/10
Demon Slayer: Mugen Train Review — A Train That Feels Like a Trap, and a Fire Hashira Who Carries It
Demon Slayer: Mugen Train turns a moving carriage into a trap. A focused, well-made sequel that pays off Rengoku but assumes you already know the story.
Movie Reviews6.6/10
Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s porn-addiction comedy runs out of ideas before it runs out of film
Don Jon review: Joseph Gordon-Levitt's 2013 directorial debut about a porn-addicted bartender, with Scarlett Johansson and Julianne Moore.
Movie Reviews6.6/10
Elf Review: Will Ferrell’s Sincere Star Vehicle, Worth Watching Every December
Elf review: Will Ferrell's 2003 Christmas comedy, directed by Jon Favreau, is a very good star vehicle with a thin script. Score: 6.6/10.
Movie Reviews8.4/10
A Silent Voice: The Movie Review — Naoko Yamada’s Hard, Honest Look at Bullying and Atonement
Naoko Yamada's A Silent Voice refuses to soften its brutal opening, which is what makes the film's long walk toward forgiveness land.
Movie Reviews7.9/10
A dinner party turns on a shared phone in a 2016 film that asks how well anyone knows a friend.
Perfect Strangers (2016): seven friends share every phone message at dinner. Plot, cast, the twist ending, and the film's 24-language remake record.
Movie Reviews6.4/10
Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg’s buddy-cop comedy has a sharper idea than its gag rate can carry
The Other Guys review: Ferrell and Wahlberg play NY's least heroic cops in McKay's 2010 buddy comedy, the only Ferrell-McKay film Ferrell didn't write.
Movie Reviews5.2/10
Blow Review: A Glossy Rise-and-Fall That Never Quite Lands
Blow (2001), directed by Ted Demme and starring Johnny Depp as drug trafficker George Jung, is a glossy rise-and-fall crime drama that never stages the fall.
Movie Reviews5.3/10
Robin Hood Review: Ridley Scott’s 140-Minute Origin Story Never Lets the Outlaw Out
Ridley Scott's Robin Hood is a 140-minute origin story that never lets Robin be an outlaw, with Russell Crowe and a muddled political plot.