Movie Reviews5.7/10
Denzel Washington and the All-Night Diner
Review of The Equalizer (2014): Denzel Washington as Robert McCall, a quiet Boston vigilante in Antoine Fuqua's overlong franchise pilot.
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Movie Reviews5.8/10
The Fantastic Four Movie That Gave Its Heroes Nothing to Do
A critical look at Tim Story's 2005 Fantastic Four: its $333.5M gross, negative reviews, Brooklyn Bridge scene, cut Wolverine cameo, and why the villain fails.
Movie Reviews4.8/10
The Greatest Showman: Pasek and Paul’s Songs Shine, but the Story Skips the Hard Parts
The Greatest Showman review: Pasek and Paul's songs soar, but the film bends Barnum's history until every consequence disappears. Score: 4.8/10.
Movie Reviews5.6/10
Zack Snyder Turned Watchmen Into a Shot-for-Shot Copy, and It Still Doesn’t Work
A review of Zack Snyder's 2009 Watchmen: faithful to the comic but 163 minutes of flat pacing, scoring 5.6 of 10 despite strong Rorschach scenes.
Movie Reviews7/10
Mission: Impossible at 30: De Palma’s Spy Blueprint Still Holds
Mission: Impossible hit US theaters May 22, 1996. A look back at De Palma's Prague-set spy thriller, the Langley wire heist, and Tom Cruise's franchise launch.
Movie Reviews5.5/10
Snatch at 26: Guy Ritchie’s Stylish Machine, Still Hollow at the Center
Guy Ritchie's Snatch (2000) reviewed: a stylish, fast-cut crime comedy with a stacked cast, two tangled plots, and a hollow center.
Movie Reviews6.7/10
Robert Langdon’s First Movie Outing Is a Competent, Watchable Thriller That Never Quite Thrills
Ron Howard's 2006 adaptation of Dan Brown's novel is a brisk, well-cast puzzle hunt through Paris that never quite thrills.
Movie Reviews7.3/10
Into the Wild: Sean Penn’s 148-Minute Study of the Cost of Walking Away
Sean Penn's Into the Wild adapts Jon Krakauer's book on Christopher McCandless, with Emile Hirsch and Hal Holbrook. A 7.3/10 review of the 148-minute film.
Movie Reviews7.3/10
Temple of Doom traded the pulpy thrills for something nastier, and the series never went back
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) review: Spielberg's dark prequel, its Shanghai opening, Mola Ram, Short Round, and why it still divides.
Movie Reviews4.9/10
The Mummy Is 27 Years Old and Still Just a Decent Saturday Afternoon
Stephen Sommers' 1999 adventure remake of The Mummy, starring Brendan Fraser and Arnold Vosloo, grossed $422.5 million despite mixed reviews.
Movie Reviews7.5/10
Doug Liman’s amnesiac-spy chase thriller holds up because it withholds almost everything
A spoiler-light review of The Bourne Identity (2002): Matt Damon's amnesia thriller still runs clean, with brutal fights and a story ahead of the spectacle.
Movie Reviews7.6/10
Corpse Bride at 77 Minutes: A Gray Village, a Bright Underworld, and the Case for Brevity
Tim Burton's 77-minute stop-motion Corpse Bride sets a drab land of the living against a warm, bright underworld where the dead are better company.