Movie Reviews7.5/10
DreamWorks Bet on a Boy and a Reptile, and the Reptile Won
How to Train Your Dragon (2010): DreamWorks trades pop-culture gags for a Viking boy-and-dragon bond. Directors, voice cast, score and our 7.5/10 review.
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Movie Reviews5.3/10
Twelve Years On, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Still Runs Too Long
A bloated sequel with a stiff lead, a confused plot, and a train crash that buries the tragedy.
Movie Reviews5.8/10
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle swaps the board for a console and the threat for level rules
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle review: four teens become video game avatars in a body-swap adventure that coasts on Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart.
Movie Reviews5.7/10
Sherlock Holmes (2009): A Franchise Launch Wearing a Detective Story as a Coat
Guy Ritchie's 2009 Sherlock Holmes can't decide between grimy mystery and bare-knuckle action, and that indecision costs it. Our review scores it 5.7/10.
Movie Reviews5.3/10
Alice in Wonderland Review: Tim Burton’s 5.3/10 Mess Has One Good Idea and a Mood-Ring Hatter
Tim Burton's 2010 Alice in Wonderland gets a 5.3/10 review: Mia Wasikowska shines, Depp's Hatter is craft buried in noise, and the chosen-one plot sinks it.
Movie Reviews8.4/10
A Cyborg Walks Out of 2029
A review of James Cameron's 1984 sci-fi classic The Terminator, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton, and why it still works at 108 minutes.
Movie Reviews8.4/10
Tarantino’s Hollywood elegy lets the stunt double and the has-been share the spotlight
Tarantino's ninth film is a slow-burn 1969 hangout picture with DiCaprio, Pitt and Robbie — a revisionist fairy tale worth its 162-minute runtime.
Movie Reviews4.5/10
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides: A Franchise on Autopilot
A critical look at Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides — its plot, Depp's $55.5M fee, Cruz's pregnancy, and why film four feels like an errand.
Movie Reviews7.1/10
Desmond Doss’s Medal of Honor Story Gets the Mel Gibson Treatment
Mel Gibson's Hacksaw Ridge review: Andrew Garfield as Desmond Doss, the conscientious objector who won the Medal of Honor without firing a shot.
Movie Reviews6.8/10
Anakin’s turn to Vader, and the Republic’s fall, end the prequel trilogy
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith closes the prequel trilogy with Anakin's fall and Darth Vader's rise. Our review scores it 6.8 of 10.
Christopher Walken’s Undertaker Loses His Business Because Nobody Is Dying
A grim comedy of a town where death has ceased, wherein a grave man's granddaughter doth loosen screws and bring ruin upon the living.
‘Back in Black’: Ron Murphy Bets TIFF Audiences Will Cheer Christopher Walken’s Granddaughter Killer
A funeral home patriarch prospers anew because his granddaughter murders the town — a tale of love, vengeance, and a killer audiences root for.