Movie Reviews4.8/10
Amsterdam Review: Bale and Washington Carry a Plot Too Big for Its Script
Three friends witness a murder, become suspects, and uncover one of the most outrageous plots in American history.
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Movie Reviews6.3/10
Bale Anchors a Cast Stronger Than Out of the Furnace’s Plot
A grim tale of brothers, steel mills, and vengeance in the Rust Belt, wherein Christian Bale and Casey Affleck struggle against a wandering plot.
Movie Reviews6.2/10
Christian Bale Anchors Empire of the Sun, Spielberg’s Darkest Coming-of-Age Film
A boy's odyssey amid war, famine, and captivity, told through the eyes of a twelve-year-old actor whose performance anchors this solemn, earnest tale.
Movie Reviews5.6/10
The Pale Blue Eye Review: Bale Anchors a Flawed Period Mystery That Can’t Quite Get There
A pale blue eye of mystery, horror, and a killer's confession — a review of Scott Cooper's adaptation of Louis Bayard's novel.
Movie Reviews5.1/10
Mowgli Review: A Competent, Often Handsome Failure
A boy raised by wolves faces a tiger's wrath in this tale of legend, wherein actors' voices become beasts of dread.
Movie Reviews7.2/10
3:10 to Yuma Review: A Western About Obligation, Not Gunplay
James Mangold's 3:10 to Yuma stars Russell Crowe and Christian Bale in a Western about an outlaw, a broke rancher, and a train that waits for no one.
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 Reviews7/10
Public Enemies: Michael Mann’s Cold, Procedural Crime Drama Earns Its 7.0
Michael Mann's Public Enemies (2009) casts Johnny Depp as John Dillinger and Christian Bale as Melvin Purvis, chasing the FBI's first Public Enemy No. 1.
Movie Reviews7.7/10
Christian Bale lost the weight before anyone asked him to, and the film still runs on that decision
The Machinist at 20: how Christian Bale's 62-pound transformation serves Brad Anderson's tight psychological thriller, not the other way around.
Movie Reviews4.9/10
Terminator Salvation” Review: The Right Pieces, Assembled Into Something Inert”
Terminator Salvation review: Christian Bale as John Connor, Sam Worthington as Marcus Wright, and a post-Judgment Day war the film never quite delivers.
Movie Reviews5.7/10
Thor: Love and Thunder: Two Good Performances, No Conviction
Thor: Love and Thunder review: Christian Bale and Natalie Portman shine, but Taika Waititi's jokes bury the grief. A 5.7/10 Marvel misfire.
Movie Reviews8.1/10
Ford v Ferrari puts two stubborn men in a shed and lets a corporation try to break them
Ford v Ferrari review: Matt Damon and Christian Bale play Carroll Shelby and Ken Miles racing to beat Ferrari at Le Mans in James Mangold's 2019 drama.