Movie Reviews6.1/10
Michael J. Fox and Geena Davis Make the Mouse Work in a 1999 Kid Pleaser
Stuart Little (1999): Shyamalan co-wrote, Minkoff directed, Fox voices the mouse. Cast, boat race, Oscar nod, and what still holds up.
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Every film we have scored, from 1980s horror to what is in cinemas now.
Movie Reviews7.5/10
Bridesmaids Review: Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, and the Rivalry That Holds It Together
A look at Bridesmaids, the 2011 comedy starring Kristen Wiig, with Paul Feig directing a script by Wiig and Annie Mumolo.
Movie Reviews5.8/10
Oliver Stone’s Snowden turns whistleblowing into a race against the clock
Oliver Stone's Snowden is a well-cast but over-explained thriller about the NSA whistleblower, anchored by Joseph Gordon-Levitt's 38-minute CIA exercise.
Movie Reviews5.1/10
The jungle looks like Earth until you see the sky. That is the first real idea in Predators, and it is a good one: eight people wake up falling through the air, land in dense green country that could be anywhere, and only later notice the moons and the planets hanging above the trees. By then the cages and the deadfall traps have already told them something is wrong. The 2010 film, directed by Nimród Antal from a script by Alex Litvak and Michael Finch, is the third installment in the Predator franchise, and its best stretch is the one where nobody knows anything yet.
Predators (2010) review: eight killers dropped into an alien game preserve. Brody, Fishburne, and a strong premise the film never fully pays off.
Movie Reviews7.8/10
Castle in the Sky: Miyazaki’s First Ghibli Film Still Flies
A 1986 Studio Ghibli classic: Miyazaki's Castle in the Sky, with Sheeta, Pazu, the crystal, flying Laputa and the voice cast behind the film.
Movie Reviews5.4/10
Dracula takes a cruise in Hotel Transylvania 3, eight years on
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation review — Dracula's cruise romance sinks, but the 1897 train opening and a $528M gross keep the franchise afloat.
Movie Reviews8.1/10
Memories of Murder at 23: Bong Joon Ho’s Procedural About the Case That Never Closes
A deep dive into Bong Joon Ho's 2003 crime thriller Memories of Murder, its real-life Hwaseong case, false confessions, and the ending that never closes.
Movie Reviews4.9/10
American Reunion: A Homecoming With Nobody Home
American Reunion brings the East Great Falls class back for a thirteenth high school reunion, and the fourth American Pie film has nothing new to say.
Movie Reviews8.8/10
Chicken Run at 26: Aardman’s Great Escape Still Flies
Chicken Run (2000), Aardman's first feature, is a prison-break movie starring chickens — 84 minutes of stop-motion craft, wit, and genuine suspense.
Movie Reviews7.2/10
Dances With Wolves at 36: Kevin Costner’s Three-Hour Western That Defied the Studios
Kevin Costner's 1990 Western Dances With Wolves: a three-hour film spoken largely in Lakota, made for $22 million when studios had quit on Westerns.
Movie Reviews5.3/10
Carrie (2013) Review: A Remake That Updates Without Deepening
Carrie 2013 remake review: Chloë Grace Moretz and Julianne Moore star in Kimberly Peirce's social-media update that never catches fire.
Movie Reviews3.9/10
Alvin and the Chipmunks Review: A Licensing Exercise With a Runtime
Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007) review: three singing chipmunks, a broke songwriter, and a record deal gone wrong. Jason Lee and David Cross star. 3.9/10.