Movie Reviews6.7/10
Hush (2016): A Sharp, Disciplined Slasher That Earns Its 82 Minutes
Hush, Mike Flanagan's 2016 home-invasion thriller starring Kate Siegel as a deaf author, reviewed: a lean, disciplined 82-minute siege that earns its runtime.
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Movie Reviews6.6/10
Baz Luhrmann’s Pop-Pilfering Musical Still Sings, 25 Years On
Baz Luhrmann's 2001 jukebox musical Moulin Rouge! reviewed: Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor, two Oscars, and a maximalism that buries the love story.
Movie Reviews7.2/10
Matilda (1996): A Review
Matilda (1996) review: Mara Wilson, Pam Ferris, and Danny DeVito's Roald Dahl adaptation, ranked by what works and what doesn't.
Movie Reviews4.9/10
Vin Diesel Became a Star in a Monster Movie That Runs Out of Ideas Before It Runs Out of Runway
Pitch Black review: Vin Diesel's 2000 sci-fi horror has a great premise and a wasted eclipse, but Riddick's eyes launched a franchise anyway.
Movie Reviews6.1/10
Rocky II at 47: Stallone’s Uneven Sequel Earns Its Final Act
Rocky II review: Stallone took the director's chair himself in 1979, and the Apollo Creed rematch still lands — even if the middle hour wanders.
Movie Reviews7/10
Public Enemies: Michael Mann’s Cold, Procedural Crime Drama Earns Its 7.0
Michael Mann's Public Enemies (2009) casts Johnny Depp as John Dillinger and Christian Bale as Melvin Purvis, chasing the FBI's first Public Enemy No. 1.
Movie Reviews7/10
The Old Guard Review: Immortality as a Debt That Keeps Compounding
Netflix's The Old Guard, reviewed: Charlize Theron leads Greg Rucka's immortal mercenaries in a bleak, well-made action film with a sad center.
Movie Reviews7.7/10
Donnie Brasco: Pacino’s Late-Career Peak in a Quiet Mob Tragedy
Donnie Brasco review: Al Pacino's Lefty Ruggiero and Johnny Depp's undercover agent in Mike Newell's 1997 mob tragedy about loyalty and being used.
Movie Reviews3.4/10
Ice Age: Collision Course Review: A 95-Minute Contractual Obligation
Ice Age: Collision Course (2016) review: Scrat causes an asteroid apocalypse, Buck returns, and the franchise runs out of ice. 3.4 of 10.
Movie Reviews6.7/10
The Suburban Backyard Satire in Over the Hedge Still Works, Even if the Film Pulls Its Punches
A review of DreamWorks' 2006 animated film Over the Hedge, starring Bruce Willis and Garry Shandling, a gentle con story about suburbia.
Movie Reviews5.5/10
A Christmas Carol (2009): Faithful, Expensive, and Cold
Robert Zemeckis's 2009 motion-capture A Christmas Carol gave Jim Carrey and Gary Oldman real roles under waxy digital masks. A cold, faithful misfire.
Movie Reviews5.6/10
Ghostbusters II sequel reassessment: a franchise revival that never finds its purpose
Ghostbusters II reunited the team five years after Gozer, but the sequel never decides what the comeback should mean. A review of the 1989 film.