Movie Reviews4.2/10
Armageddon at 28: A Sturdy Premise Buried Under 151 Minutes of Noise
Armageddon review: Michael Bay's 1998 asteroid blockbuster made $553.7M and became Touchstone's biggest hit, but 151 minutes of noise buries a good premise.
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Movie Reviews7.6/10
Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller Turned a Comic’s Panels Into a Crime Film’s Grammar
Sin City (2005) review: Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller's neo-noir anthology, its black-and-white color processing, ensemble cast, and why it still holds up.
Movie Reviews7.6/10
Twelve Monkeys: Gilliam’s Time-Travel Trap Trusts Mood Over Logic
Terry Gilliam's Twelve Monkeys sends Bruce Willis through time to stop a virus. A review of the 1995 sci-fi thriller with Brad Pitt and Madeleine Stowe.
Movie Reviews6.2/10
M. Night Shyamalan’s Unbreakable Is a Superhero Origin Story That Refuses to Feel Like One
Unbreakable, M. Night Shyamalan's 2000 superhero film, opens with a birth and a number, and asks whether David Dunn's survival of a train wreck means anything.
Movie Reviews8.4/10
Rian Johnson’s Time-Travel Hit Man Story Is a Movie About Two Men Who Cannot Stand Each Other
Rian Johnson's Looper (2012) pits Joseph Gordon-Levitt against Bruce Willis as one man split in two, a time-travel thriller with a moral spine.
Movie Reviews7.6/10
Besson wrote The Fifth Element as a teenager, then spent years getting the money to film it
Luc Besson's The Fifth Element (1997): Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman, a $90M budget, and a first hour that still holds up.
Movie Reviews6.4/10
M. Night Shyamalan’s Ghost Story Earned Its Twist by Making Bruce Willis’s Character Grieve First
The Sixth Sense (1999): Shyamalan's ghost story, Haley Joel Osment, Bruce Willis, the Kyra Collins tape, six Oscar nods and $672M at the box office.