
The Planet of the Apes Reboot Has a Strong First Hour, Then Stops Trusting It
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes review: Wes Ball's 2024 sequel resets the franchise with Owen Teague as Noa, but a slow middle keeps it from greatness.


Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes review: Wes Ball's 2024 sequel resets the franchise with Owen Teague as Noa, but a slow middle keeps it from greatness.

Fracture review: Anthony Hopkins and Ryan Gosling in Gregory Hoblit's 2007 legal thriller, where a signed confession collapses and the case falls apart.

Downfall (2004): Bruno Ganz's frail, courteous Hitler and the Führerbunker's final days in Hirschbiegel's tense 155-minute chamber drama.

Angelina Jolie's Unbroken turns Louis Zamperini's WWII survival story into a well-made film that never finds its dramatic question.

Monster House (2006) review: the house eats people, the motion-capture kids don't hold up, and the villain is the best character. 6.8/10.

Danny Boyle's Steve Jobs, written by Aaron Sorkin, stages three product launches backstage with Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, and Seth Rogen.

The Tomorrow War review: Chris Pratt's $200M Prime Video alien-invasion film has a great premise, broken time-travel logic, and a 4.5/10 score.

A review of Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985), Stallone's Vietnam rescue sequel — its plot, cast, box office, and why it trades character for body count.

Into the Woods (2014): Disney's Sondheim musical with Meryl Streep and Emily Blunt, Rob Marshall directing. Review, plot, cast, and where the film stumbles.

GoldenEye review: Pierce Brosnan's 1995 Bond debut, Judi Dench as the first female M, Sean Bean as 006, and a franchise reboot that half works.

A courier's final delivery spirals into a nightmare of frost, fury, and the dead — a tale of terror, told with grim humor.

Roland Emmerich's The Patriot (2000) is a 165-minute revenge epic with a hollow center — Gibson, Ledger and Isaacs shine, but the history doesn't hold up.
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