Movie Reviews6.2/10
Five Years On, Free Guy Still Explains Its Own Jokes Instead of Letting Them Land
A bank teller discovers he is not real and becomes a hero in this tale of a video game world's true nature.
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Movie Reviews5.7/10
The Equalizer Review: Competent Violence, Hollow Revenge
A quiet man of habit turns vengeance upon a gang of criminals, yet the tale's fury grows stale amid the repetition.
Movie Reviews5.8/10
Fantastic Four Review: Missed Opportunity, Not a Disaster
A film wherein four comrades gain strange gifts of power, yet its execution fails to match its simple charm.
Movie Reviews4.8/10
Nine Years On, P.T. Barnum’s Musical Still Feels Like a Great Idea Wrapped in a Thin Shell
A circus tale of fame and spectacle, where the smile never falters yet the message grows faint beneath the glitter.
Movie Reviews5.6/10
Watchmen Review: Zack Snyder’s Superhero Epic Is Too Long to Be Brilliant
A grim tale of masked vigilantes and gods, wherein a city's shadowed corridors conceal a conspiracy that threatens the very fabric of reality.
Movie Reviews6.7/10
Two Decades On, The Da Vinci Code Still Chases Its Own Mystery
A review of The Da Vinci Code, wherein a professor and a woman chase secrets through Paris and Rome, and the music carries the weight the script cannot.
Movie Reviews7.4/10
‘Saw’ Review: The Trap Still Works — 7.4/10
A man wakes chained in a bathroom, a wrench in his hand, and must choose between life and death in a trap that tests his will.
Movie Reviews7.3/10
In Into the Wild, Emile Hirsch’s McCandless Walks Away From Everything — and Dies Trying
A review of Into the Wild, Sean Penn's moody drama about a young man who abandons civilization for the Alaskan wilderness.
Movie Reviews7.3/10
Temple of Doom Review: A Thrilling, Flawed Middle Chapter of the Indiana Jones Trilogy
A review of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, a darker, faster entry in the franchise with a memorable train escape.
Movie Reviews7.5/10
Encanto Review: We Don’t Talk About Bruno Carries a Solid, Sincere Musical
A review of Disney's animated musical Encanto, a tale of a magical Colombian family whose house falls apart and a heroine rises to save it.