Movie Reviews4/10
Warner Bros. admitted the sequel was a rehash — and the tagline says so
Horrible Bosses 2 review: the 2014 sequel repeats the first film's crime with a bigger cast, and wastes Chris Pine and Christoph Waltz on a thin script.
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Movie Reviews8.5/10
Park Chan-wook Built The Handmaiden’s Deception Into Its Sets
Park Chan-wook's The Handmaiden turns a 1930s Korean con story into a shifting-vantage romance. A review of the twists, the cast and why it still holds up.
Movie Reviews9.6/10
Rosemary’s Baby at 58: Mia Farrow, Ruth Gordon and the Horror of Not Being Believed
A spoiler-rich review of Rosemary's Baby, Roman Polanski's 1968 classic with Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes and Ruth Gordon's Oscar-winning turn.
Movie Reviews1.7/10
Underworld: Evolution: A 1.7/10 Sequel That Explains Instead of Dramatizes
Underworld: Evolution review — the 2006 sequel explains its own backstory instead of dramatizing it, scoring 1.7 of 10 despite Kate Beckinsale.
Movie Reviews5.6/10
The DUFF Review: Mae Whitman Shines in a Near-Miss Teen Comedy
A review of The DUFF (2015), the teen comedy starring Mae Whitman, and why its sharp premise never becomes the movie it deserved.
Movie Reviews4.3/10
American Wedding: The Franchise Runs Out of Reasons to Exist
American Wedding review: Jim and Michelle finally marry in the 2003 franchise finale, a thinner, lower-grossing comedy that runs out of reasons to exist.
Movie Reviews4.7/10
In the Heart of the Sea Review: Ron Howard’s Whale Tale Never Earns Its Tagline
Ron Howard's In the Heart of the Sea sank $100M into the Essex whale story and grossed $94.3M. A review of the 2015 film's failures.
Movie Reviews6.7/10
Tom Hardy’s Symbiote Saga Ends With a Whimper, Not a Roar
Venom: The Last Dance ends Eddie and Venom's story with a road trip, a Xenophage, and Knull. A review of the 2024 finale, its cast, and its box office.
Movie Reviews4.4/10
Seth MacFarlane’s Western spoof wastes a strong cast on jokes that never land
A Million Ways to Die in the West review: Seth MacFarlane's 2014 comedy Western wastes Charlize Theron and a great cast on a script that never lands.
Movie Reviews5.1/10
The Grinch is watchable, well-scored, and entirely unnecessary
Review of Illumination's 2018 The Grinch: Benedict Cumberbatch voices Dr. Seuss's green character in an 85-minute film that earned $553 million.
Movie Reviews4.9/10
Vin Diesel’s Riddick Returns to the Character’s Horror Roots, 13 Years On
Riddick review: Vin Diesel returns as the Furyan outlaw in David Twohy's lean, uneven third chapter — strong solo survival, bloated bounty-hunter siege.
Movie Reviews4.8/10
The Judge (2014): Duvall Carries a Family-Legal Drama That Overreaches
Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Duvall play an estranged father and son in The Judge, a 2014 legal drama that never earns its explosions.