Movie Reviews6.4/10
The Wedding Crashers Comedy Stalls Once the Wedding Season Ends
Wedding Crashers review: Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn shine early, but a flat second act and the Gloria subplot sink the 2005 R-rated comedy
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Every film we have scored, from 1980s horror to what is in cinemas now.
Movie Reviews4.5/10
Cameron Crowe’s Reality-Bending Thriller Still Won’t Explain Itself
A review of Cameron Crowe's 2001 sci-fi thriller Vanilla Sky, starring Tom Cruise and Penélope Cruz, and why its puzzle-box plot never quite lands.
Movie Reviews7.9/10
The Fighter” Review: A Very Good Film About One Family, Carried by Two Actors”
David O. Russell's The Fighter turned Micky Ward's Lowell story into Oscar gold for Christian Bale and Melissa Leo. A review of the 2010 sports drama.
Movie Reviews9/10
Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Spielberg’s First Contact Classic Still Earns Its 9.0
Close Encounters of the Third Kind review: Spielberg's 1977 sci-fi classic about Roy Neary, obsession, and contact as witness, not war. Score: 9/10.
Movie Reviews6.7/10
High School Musical’s rough edges have aged better than its polish
High School Musical premiered on Disney Channel in 2006. A look at its 98-minute efficiency, the Drew Seeley vocal swap, and why the 6.7 score holds up.
Movie Reviews4.7/10
Godzilla and Kong Share the Screen Again, and the Movie Can’t Decide What to Do With Them
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire review: Adam Wingard's Monsterverse team-up keeps its titans apart too long and never earns its own tagline.
Movie Reviews7.3/10
Antz at 28: A Sharp Political Fable Wrapped in a Star-Vehicle Comedy
Antz, DreamWorks' 1998 debut, sends Woody Allen's anxious worker ant through a colony coup. A sharp political fable wrapped in a star-vehicle comedy.
Movie Reviews5.2/10
Con Air Review: A Great B-Movie Premise That Never Quite Lands
Con Air (1997) review: Nicolas Cage, John Malkovich and a plane full of killers. A great B-movie premise undone by tonal whiplash. Score: 5.2/10.
Movie Reviews6/10
The Hannibal Lecter Prequel That Plays It Safe
Brett Ratner's 2002 prequel to The Silence of the Lambs: Edward Norton, Anthony Hopkins, Ralph Fiennes, and why it's competent but never strange.
Movie Reviews9.8/10
A Fistful of Dollars: Leone’s 1964 Western at 9.8/10
Sergio Leone's 1964 Western A Fistful of Dollars made Clint Eastwood a star for $15,000. A review of the film, its plot, and the Kurosawa lawsuit.
Movie Reviews6/10
Lone Survivor Review: Peter Berg’s Punishing, Narrow War Film Lands at 6/10
Peter Berg's Lone Survivor turns Operation Red Wings into two hours of punishing mountain combat. A review of the 2013 war film: 6 out of 10.
Movie Reviews6.9/10
Coming to America: Eddie Murphy’s Prince Akeem Still Charms, Even When the Plot Sags
Eddie Murphy's Coming to America (1988): a Zamundan prince hunts for real love in Queens. Review of the cast, the jokes, and what still holds up.