Movie Reviews5.9/10
Jolie Anchors a Slow-Burn Chase That Never Catches Fire in Those Who Wish Me Dead
A smokejumper and a boy run from assassins through a burning forest in this slow, repetitious chase thriller.
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Movie Reviews4.5/10
‘The Bone Collector’: A Well-Made, Hollow Thriller
A paralyzed detective and a rookie cop chase a killer who leaves bones and papers in a railroad bed and slaughterhouse.
Movie Reviews5.3/10
Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie Carry a Film That Never Settles on a Diagnosis
Girl, Interrupted at 25: Angelina Jolie's Oscar-winning Lisa Rowe still burns, but James Mangold's film never decides if it's a case study or a star vehicle.
Movie Reviews5.9/10
Unbroken Review: Angelina Jolie’s Survival Epic Mistakes Endurance for Drama
Angelina Jolie's Unbroken turns Louis Zamperini's WWII survival story into a well-made film that never finds its dramatic question.
Movie Reviews6.3/10
Changeling at Eighteen: Angelina Jolie Carries Eastwood’s True-Crime Drama
A review of Clint Eastwood's Changeling (2008), with Angelina Jolie as Christine Collins, the Wineville case, and the LAPD psychiatric ward.
Movie Reviews4.3/10
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life: Better Craft, Smaller Return
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life improved the action but lost the audience. A look at Jolie's sequel, its box office drop, and why the series ended.
Movie Reviews6.5/10
Nicolas Cage’s Remake Boasts a Serious Cast and One Truly Great Chase
A review of Gone in Sixty Seconds: Nicolas Cage, Angelina Jolie and fifty cars in a thin, watchable B-movie with an A-list cast.
Movie Reviews3.7/10
The Tourist Is a Postcard With a Chase Scene
The Tourist (2010) review: Depp and Jolie on a train to Venice, a $278.8M gross, and a film that never picks a genre. Score: 3.7 of 10.
Movie Reviews6.5/10
Salt Review: Jolie Runs, the Plot Stumbles
Angelina Jolie runs and fights through a muddled script in Salt, Phillip Noyce's 2010 film about a CIA officer accused of being a Russian agent.
Movie Reviews3.3/10
Paramount’s tagline sold the fantasy; the film itself is padding and a countdown clock.
A review of Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), the Angelina Jolie video game adaptation that grossed $274.7 million while getting the story all wrong.
Movie Reviews4/10
Without Blood Rushes Toward Its Own Conclusion
A father guards his children against gunmen in a tale of dread and protection, rendered with good intent but little shape.
Movie Reviews6.4/10
Wanted Review: Curving Bullets and a Loom of Fate
Wanted (2008) review: James McAvoy joins Angelina Jolie and Morgan Freeman's assassin Fraternity, curving bullets and serving a Loom of Fate.