Movie Reviews5.7/10
Crank at 20: Jason Statham’s Adrenaline Clock Still Ticks
Crank review: Jason Statham plays hitman Chev Chelios, who must keep his adrenaline pumping or die. Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor's 88-minute debut.
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Movie Reviews6.3/10
A 6.3 Out of 10
A review of the 2005 Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy film, honoring Douglas Adams with Martin Freeman, Alan Rickman and Stephen Fry.
Movie Reviews7.3/10
Lasse Hallström’s Gilbert Grape Finds Leonardo DiCaprio and Johnny Depp Adrift in Small-Town Iowa
A look back at Lasse Hallström's 1993 drama What's Eating Gilbert Grape, starring Johnny Depp and a 19-year-old Leonardo DiCaprio.
Movie Reviews4.7/10
Me, Myself & Irene: Carrey’s Split Personality, and a Joke That Wears Out
Me, Myself & Irene review: Jim Carrey's split-persona comedy with Renée Zellweger, directed by the Farrelly brothers. 4.7/10.
Movie Reviews6.7/10
Rambo (2008): Stallone’s Lean, Brutal Return to the Killing Fields
Rambo (2008) review: Stallone returns as John Rambo in a lean 92-minute war film set in Burma, with brutal action, a thin plot, and a real moral argument.
Movie Reviews6.6/10
Martin McDonagh’s Seven Psychopaths Wastes a Killer Premise on Meta Detours
Review of Martin McDonagh's 2012 crime comedy Seven Psychopaths, with Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell and Christopher Walken, and why it falls short of In Bruges
Movie Reviews6.4/10
The Road Review: Faithful to McCarthy, Thinner Than the Book
A review of John Hillcoat's The Road (2009), starring Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee, a faithful Cormac McCarthy adaptation that lacks the book's grip.
Movie Reviews8.5/10
Knocked Up: Apatow’s Blunt Question About Maturity, Answered in Nine Months
Apatow's Knocked Up turns a one-night stand into a blunt test of maturity, as Rogen and Heigl ask whether a slacker can grow up in nine months
Movie Reviews6.4/10
DreamWorks took on Exodus and produced a musical that still divides viewers 28 years later.
The Prince of Egypt review: DreamWorks' 1998 animated Exodus epic, its all-star cast, the Moses and Rameses brother story, and why the songs hold it back.
Movie Reviews7.4/10
Invictus Review: Morgan Freeman’s Mandela and the Long Game of Rugby
Clint Eastwood's Invictus stars Morgan Freeman as Mandela and Matt Damon as Springboks captain Pienaar in a 134-minute film about a nation's bet on sport.
Movie Reviews3.9/10
Resident Evil: Retribution: A Feature-Length Corridor With a Countdown Attached
Resident Evil: Retribution (2012) review: Paul W. S. Anderson's fifth franchise film, its sunken Umbrella base, returning cast and 39/100 Metacritic score.
Movie Reviews2.5/10
Gods of Egypt Review: A $140 Million Spectacle That Never Earns Its Scale
Gods of Egypt review: Alex Proyas's $140M Egyptian god epic, its whitewashed casting backlash, and how it lost $90M despite grossing $150.7M.