Movie Reviews7.3/10
The Beekeeper Review: Jason Statham, a Bandsaw, and a Straight Line to the President’s Son
The Beekeeper review: Jason Statham hunts phone scammers in David Ayer's lean revenge thriller. Score 7.3/10.
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Movie Reviews6.4/10
John Cusack Checks Into a Motel Where the Guests Keep Dying
James Mangold's Identity (2003) traps ten strangers in a Nevada motel as a killer counts down by room key. A 90-minute thriller that mostly works.
Movie Reviews6.9/10
Basic Instinct: A Shallow, Well-Made Thriller With One Great Performance
Basic Instinct review: Sharon Stone's career-making turn, Verhoeven's cold precision, and the $353M hit that a dozen actresses refused.
Movie Reviews4.7/10
Rom-com premise outlasts the film that squandered it
What Women Want gave Mel Gibson mind-reading powers and a hit $374M gross, but a script that never follows its own premise anywhere uncomfortable.
Movie Reviews5.8/10
Tim Burton’s Planet of the Apes Reboot Has the Pieces but Never Assembles Them
Tim Burton's 2001 Planet of the Apes remake: Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth and ape makeup shine, but the film never decides what it is about. 5.8/10.
Movie Reviews6.6/10
‘Wonka’ Plays It Safe, and That’s Exactly the Problem
Wonka review: Timothée Chalamet plays a young chocolatier in Paul King's 117-minute prequel, with Hugh Grant as an Oompa Loompa. Score: 6.6/10.
Movie Reviews6.8/10
Civil War Review: Alex Garland’s Road Trip Through a Broken America
Alex Garland's Civil War follows journalists through a fractured America. Our review weighs the camera-as-weapon idea against a slow middle and a blank president.
Movie Reviews7.3/10
Yorgos Lanthimos Turns a Greek Myth Into a Revenge Story Without a Hero
The Killing of a Sacred Deer review: Yorgos Lanthimos' 2017 Cannes-winning thriller with Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman and Barry Keoghan.
Movie Reviews5.3/10
DreamWorks spun off its penguin sidekicks, and the gamble paid off
Penguins of Madagascar cost $132M, grossed $374M, and still lost money. A review of DreamWorks' spin-off, its villain, and the studio it closed.
Movie Reviews5.3/10
Brian Percival’s adaptation of Markus Zusak’s novel keeps its narrator and loses its bite
A review of The Book Thief (2013): strong cast, John Williams score, but 131 minutes of respectable scenes that never add up. 5.3 of 10.
Movie Reviews6.3/10
Monster-apocalypse romance gets the tone right and the stakes wrong
Love and Monsters review: Dylan O'Brien fights giant mutant creatures to reunite with his girlfriend in a charming but forgettable apocalyptic love story.
Movie Reviews4.5/10
Rom-com that made a fortune by making its heroine impossible to like
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days review: Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey shine in a hit that never earns its premise. 4.5/10.