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Inherent Vice Review: Anderson’s Slow-Burn Adaptation Earns Its 8.1/10
A review of Paul Thomas Anderson's Inherent Vice, a slow-burning, drug-soaked mystery adapted from Thomas Pynchon's novel.
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Movie Reviews3/10
Daddy’s Home 2 Stacks the Family With a Father-in-Law and a Stepdad — and Still Misses the Mark
A sequel that doubles down on its own excess: more daddies, more trouble, less laughter.
Movie Reviews3.8/10
‘No Escape’: A Good Premise Wasted on a Messy, Scattered Chase Through Gunfire
A family fights to survive in a foreign land during a bloody coup, in a tale of terror that never fully takes hold.
Movie Reviews6.8/10
‘Richard Jewell’: Paul Walter Hauser Carries a Hero’s Betrayal
A security guard finds a bomb at the Atlanta Olympics, saves lives, and becomes a suspect. A tale of a man's name made a story to be broken.
Movie Reviews2.7/10
Johnny Depp’s Goya Heist Chase in Mortdecai Still Earns a D-
A review of Mortdecai, a comedy-thriller about a stolen Goya and Nazi gold, which fails to cohere and wastes its cast.
Movie Reviews8.6/10
Rushmore Review: Wes Anderson’s Debut Still Earns Its Sad Laughter 28 Years On
A tragic comedy about a brilliant boy named Max who cannot stop trying, and the man who teaches him to fail.
Movie Reviews5.6/10
Dinosaur Review: A Stunning Look, a Shallow Story
A young Iguanodon survives a terrible wave and joins a herd bound for safety, in a tale of loss and new kinship.
Movie Reviews6.3/10
‘Alpha’: Kodi Smit-McPhee’s Prehistoric Survival Story Earns Its Place
A boy lost his tribe, found a wolf named Alpha, and lived through a flood. A tale of ancient days, told in quiet terror.
Movie Reviews6.2/10
Set It Up Review: Netflix Rom-Com Sets Up a Premise Better Than Its Ending
A tale of two assistants, each to a boss of wealth and power, who contrive a scheme wherein their masters shall meet and fall into love.
Movie Reviews5.7/10
Neeson Takes Out the Cartel in Cold Pursuit, a Grim Hunt Anchored by His Own Literate Revenge
A snowplow driver avenges his murdered son in a relentless chain of killings in this grim, violent tale.
Movie Reviews2.7/10
‘The Three Musketeers’: Anderson’s Bloated, Pointless Mess
A tale of three musketeers betrayed, a duke's schemes, and a young man who seeks to restore honor to a disbanded order.
Movie Reviews6.4/10
Café Society Review: Woody Allen’s 1930s Hollywood Farce Is Clever But Rarely Moving
A review of Woody Allen's romantic comedy Café Society, starring Jesse Eisenberg, Blake Lively, and Steve Carell.