Movie Reviews7/10
Alex Proyas’s robot thriller has a better idea in it than the film around it
A spoiler-filled review of Alex Proyas's I, Robot (2004), starring Will Smith, with the Three Laws, Sonny, and a 7/10 score.
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Movie Reviews5.1/10
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Review — Right Instincts, Wrong Script
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom review: Bayona's darker sequel trades the park for a haunted mansion, costing $465M and earning $1.3B. Score: 5.1/10.
Movie Reviews6.8/10
Horror hit that launched a franchise still holds up after 13 years
Review of James Wan's The Conjuring (2013) with Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson: a strong restrained first half, a weaker final act.
Movie Reviews6.7/10
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales — A 6.7/10 Franchise Reach Backward
Dead Men Tell No Tales: the fifth Pirates film, with Johnny Depp, Javier Bardem's Salazar, and a 6.7 TMDB score.
Movie Reviews8.7/10
The Shape of Water Review: Del Toro’s Cold War Fairy Tale Earns Its Strangeness
Guillermo del Toro's Cold War fairy tale won Best Picture. Sally Hawkins plays a mute janitor who falls for a captured amphibian man.
Movie Reviews5.5/10
Baz Luhrmann drowned Gatsby in glitter, and 13 years on the gamble still splits people
A review of Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby: DiCaprio shines, the design dazzles, but the excess buries Fitzgerald's loneliness. 5.5 of 10.
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.
Movie Reviews7.2/10
An arcade villain spends 14 years trying to earn a medal he was never meant to have
Wreck-It Ralph review: a 9-foot arcade villain chases a medal through Hero's Duty and Sugar Rush in Disney's 2012 animated hit, scored 7.2 of 10.
Movie Reviews6.5/10
De Palma’s Scarface Is a Bloated, Self-Serious Slog That Confuses Running Time With Substance
Scarface review: De Palma and Stone's 170-minute cocaine epic, Pacino's Tony Montana, the chainsaw scene, and why it's a 6.5 out of 10.
Movie Reviews6.2/10
Seth MacFarlane’s directorial debut strands Mark Wahlberg with a foul-mouthed bear and not much else
Ted, Seth MacFarlane's 2012 directorial debut, stars Mark Wahlberg and a talking bear. A review of the comedy that grossed $549 million worldwide.
Movie Reviews8.9/10
The zombie comedy that lets its survivors grieve
Zombieland review: Fleischer's 88-minute debut, Harrelson's Twinkie hunt, Eisenberg's rules, and the Bill Murray cameo that stole the movie.
Movie Reviews7/10
Denis Villeneuve’s Kidnapping Thriller Runs Long Enough to Test Its Own Suspense
Denis Villeneuve's Prisoners turns a kidnapping thriller into a study of a father's vigilante rage. A review of the 2013 film's cast, symbols and ending.