Movie Reviews6.4/10
Connery’s Final Bond Sends 007 From Amsterdam to Las Vegas in Diamonds Are Forever
Sean Connery's final turn as 007 in Diamonds Are Forever, a smuggling chase across Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Amsterdam.
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Movie Reviews3.4/10
Zoolander 2 Review: Ten Years Later, Still Not Funny
A sequel of models and mockery, wherein Derek and Hansel return to the runway to find the old jests grown stale.
Movie Reviews8.8/10
The Bridge on the River Kwai Review: Nicholson’s Pride Overpowers His Captors
A tale of two colonels, a bridge, and a company of prisoners whose pride will not yield. A classic study of war and character.
Movie Reviews6.3/10
‘Anna Karenina’: Wright’s Stage Spectacle Works When Knightley Anchors It
A review of Joe Wright's Anna Karenina, a stylized tale of doomed romance that dazzles but sometimes sacrifices depth for spectacle.
Movie Reviews7.3/10
‘Air’ Review: How Sonny Vaccaro Bet Everything on Michael Jordan
A chronicle of the birth of the Air Jordan brand, wherein a man of faith bet all upon a young athlete's fame.
Movie Reviews7.4/10
Idi Amin’s Charisma Carries The Last King of Scotland, Even Where Its Script Drags
A doctor's fatal bargain with a mad king: a chilling portrait of Uganda's ruin, told through the eyes of a trapped witness.
Movie Reviews3.7/10
Sixteen Years On, John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson Still Can’t Save This Messy Spy Film
A mismatched CIA duo hunts terrorists in Paris in this fast, funny, brutal, and ultimately forgettable action thriller.
Movie Reviews5/10
Step Up 2: The Streets Moves Bodies Well, But Never Moves an Audience
A dancer joins a school of the arts and forms a crew for an underground battle, but the tale never grows beyond its narrow bounds.
Movie Reviews6.3/10
A House Built From Glass That Lets You See Its Secrets — and Its Flaws
A house of glass traps a family with twelve ghosts; a tale of terror that never quite reaches its promised height.
Movie Reviews8.1/10
‘Jackie’: Portman’s Masterful Portrait of a Widow Carrying the Weight of a Nation
A widow speaks of her husband's legacy amid grief and power, in Natalie Portman's finest hour.
Tremblay and Crowe Can’t Save This Shallow Unabomber Prequel
A grim tale of a boy genius broken by a study and driven to fury, rendered in pale imitation by actors and writers who found only surface.
Movie Reviews4.7/10
Herbie Fully Loaded Review: A Car That’s Funny, A Story That Isn’t
A tale of a car with a mind of its own, a racer, and a girl who trusts neither — a comedy that cannot decide what it wants to be.