Movie Reviews6.1/10
The Boxtrolls Review: Craft and Heart Outweigh a Baffling Satire
A tale of subterranean trolls and a boy raised among them, rendered in exquisite detail, though its jests are not always apt.
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Movie Reviews5.9/10
Hutch Mansell Can’t Escape Violence on Vacation in Nobody 2
A man named Hutch, once an assassin, tries to rest in a small town called Plummerville, but violence follows him wherever he goes.
Movie Reviews4.7/10
Twenty Years On, Failure to Launch Still Proves That a Talented Cast Can’t Save a Bad Script
A man refuses to leave his parents' home, hiring an interventionist to force him out, in this review of Failure to Launch.
Movie Reviews6.5/10
Jim Carrey Escapes Prison Four Times to Be With Ewan McGregor in I Love You Phillip Morris
A man of many names, a lover he would not betray, though his crimes grew ever stranger.
Movie Reviews6.6/10
Two Worlds, One Collision: Another Earth Review Weighs the Cost of Knowing Another You Exists
A quiet science fiction tale of two worlds, one guilt, and a bond tested by a journey beyond this earth.
Is Brad Pitt’s New Dog Movie ‘Heart of the Beast’ Based on a True Story?
Is Brad Pitt's 'Heart of the Beast' true? No. A writer's love letter to his dog became a big survival tale.
Movie Reviews0.8/10
365 Days: This Day Repeats Its Formula and Loses the Tension
A bride is betrayed by her groom, a rival seeks her, and a gardener promises her every pleasure. A tale of terror and desire.
Movie Reviews1.6/10
Billy Madison Review: Stupid Isn’t Funny, It’s Just Annoying
A tale of a man who would remain a child, though all the world bids him grow up. A wretched jest, scarcely worth the hour.
Movie Reviews2.6/10
‘Planes’ Knows How to Look at Planes but Not at People: 2.6/10
A dusty crop-duster dreams of racing, yet dares not rise above the clouds — a tale of wings, betrayal, and a hollow triumph.
Movie Reviews5.8/10
Ethan, Isaac and Chris Go Down One Last Christmas Eve in The Night Before
Three lifelong friends spend one final chaotic Christmas Eve in New York City, chasing parties and drugs before their bond breaks.
Movie Reviews6.7/10
A Man Asks for a Southerner’s World — and Finds It Comes With Two Tears
A man fakes a disability to escape his town and instead lands in a southern village where he cries twice: once arriving, once leaving.
Movie Reviews4.1/10
‘What to Expect When You’re Expecting’: Five Pregnancies, One Thin Joke
A comedy of pregnancy wherein five couples await children, yet the jests prove too thin for the tale.