Movie Reviews5.6/10
Gru’s Villain Origin Story Gets Lost in the Minion Show
Minions: The Rise of Gru review: the 2022 prequel made $940 million but scores 56 on Metacritic. A messy plot, a great Alan Arkin, and a franchise that coasts.
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Movie Reviews6.9/10
Babel at 20: Iñárritu’s Death Trilogy Closer Is a Good Film With a Great One Buried Inside
Babel review: Iñárritu's 2006 Death Trilogy finale braids four stories across Morocco, Japan, Mexico and the US, with Rinko Kikuchi its best thread.
Movie Reviews4.7/10
This Teen Sex Comedy Keeps Siding With the Stalker It Calls a Villain
A 2004 teen comedy that turns into a porn-industry thriller and never settles the argument. Emile Hirsch and Elisha Cuthbert star. Score: 4.7/10.
Movie Reviews7.2/10
3:10 to Yuma Review: A Western About Obligation, Not Gunplay
James Mangold's 3:10 to Yuma stars Russell Crowe and Christian Bale in a Western about an outlaw, a broke rancher, and a train that waits for no one.
Movie Reviews6.1/10
Sicario: Day of the Soldado Review: A Competent, Well-Acted, Frequently Hollow Sequel
Sicario: Day of the Soldado review: del Toro and Brolin return in a bigger, blunter sequel that trades the original's dread for firefights. Score: 6.1/10.
Movie Reviews3.4/10
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance Review: A Sequel That Costs More and Still Can’t Stage a Fight
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance review: Neveldine and Taylor's sequel wastes Nicolas Cage, Idris Elba and a bigger budget on a 3.4/10 mess.
Movie Reviews5.7/10
Finch Review: Tom Hanks Builds a Robot to Raise His Dog in a Post-Apocalyptic Road Movie
Tom Hanks plays a dying engineer who builds a robot to raise his dog in Finch, a post-apocalyptic Apple TV+ drama that charms but plays it safe.
Movie Reviews7.7/10
Romance Outweighs the Monsters in This 2025 Action Vehicle
Apple TV+'s The Gorge, starring Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy as snipers guarding a secret chasm, is a romance wearing a monster movie's coat.
Movie Reviews6.9/10
Revolutionary Road: A Good Film About Two People Who Cannot Say What They Mean
Revolutionary Road review: DiCaprio and Winslet reunite as the Wheelers, a 1950s couple whose Paris escape plan dies quietly. Score: 6.9 of 10.
Movie Reviews6.3/10
Matt Damon shrinks himself to save the planet, and the movie loses its nerve
Alexander Payne's Downsizing, starring Matt Damon and Hong Chau, is a sci-fi satire with a brilliant premise and a muddled second half. Our review.
Movie Reviews4.2/10
Two dying men tour the world’s wonders, and the film never asks what either one is afraid of.
A review of Rob Reiner's The Bucket List, a buddy comedy about terminal cancer that trades real fear for postcards, landmarks and a tidy ending.
Movie Reviews6.2/10
Saw IV Keeps Its Traps but Loses the Tension That Made Them Work
Saw IV (2007) review: Jigsaw is dead but his games continue. The autopsy tape, Rigg's 90 minutes, and why the franchise's fourth film feels like a checklist.