‘Digger’ Review: Tom Cruise Plays the Man Who Causes the Disaster — and Dies for It
A tale of two Toms: one who digs oil, one who plays him, and neither saves the day.
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Movie Reviews1.9/10
Mike Myers Turned Dr. Seuss Into a Disaster With The Cat in the Hat
A review of The Cat in the Hat, a disaster of a live-action adaptation starring Mike Myers that fails to honor Dr. Seuss's beloved tale.
Movie Reviews3.2/10
Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard Review: Great Cast, Terrible Movie
A sequel of false promises: Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson return, yet the jesting fails, and the plot dissolves into ruin.
Movie Reviews2.8/10
47 Ronin Review: A $151.8 Million Gamble That Never Pays Off
47 Ronin review: Keanu Reeves leads a $151.8 million fantasy misfire that buries Japan's Chūshingura revenge tale under witches, kirin and golems.
Movie Reviews2.5/10
Gods of Egypt Review: A $140 Million Spectacle That Never Earns Its Scale
Gods of Egypt review: Alex Proyas's $140M Egyptian god epic, its whitewashed casting backlash, and how it lost $90M despite grossing $150.7M.
Movie Reviews2.1/10
Gerard Butler Tries to Outrun a Weather Satellite in a Thriller That Forgets to Be Thrilling
Geostorm review: Dean Devlin's 2017 disaster film buries a sabotage thriller under collapsing buildings, bad effects, and a broken script.
Movie Reviews3.4/10
Alice Through the Looking Glass Review: A $300 Million Fetch Quest Through Other People’s Childhoods
Alice Through the Looking Glass review: Disney's 2016 sequel spends 113 minutes explaining a hat, wastes Sacha Baron Cohen's Time and loses $70 million.
Movie Reviews7.5/10
DreamWorks Assembles Santa, the Easter Bunny and the Sandman, Then Can’t Decide What to Do With Them
Rise of the Guardians review: DreamWorks' 2012 film with Jack Frost, Santa and Pitch Black earned $306.9M but still lost money. Our 7.5/10 verdict.
Movie Reviews3.4/10
Ice Cream Man Knows It’s a Joke — And That’s All It Knows
A quiet town suffers a visit from an ice cream man in Eli Roth's dull horror jest, wanting terror and jesting both, and gaining neither.