Movie Reviews4.7/10
The Secrets of Dumbledore Buries Its Best Story in the Subplot
The third Fantastic Beasts film finally admits Dumbledore loves Grindelwald, but buries its best idea under blood troths, qilins and a messy retcon.
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Movie Reviews5.2/10
Atlantis: The Lost Empire Review: A Handsome, Cold Curiosity That Keeps Sinking
A review of Disney's 2001 animated adventure Atlantis: The Lost Empire, starring Michael J. Fox, with its Mignola design, lost language, and sunken script.
Movie Reviews8.2/10
The Northman: Eggers’s Viking Revenge Epic Holds Its Nerve
Robert Eggers' Viking revenge epic The Northman, starring Alexander Skarsgård, retells the Amleth legend with a stacked cast and a 137-minute run.
Movie Reviews3.8/10
Meet the Fockers Review: A $522.7 Million Machine That Forgot the Misery
A retrospective review of Meet the Fockers (2004), the $522.7M sequel that turned a family comedy into a franchise machine louder and emptier than the original.
Movie Reviews5.7/10
Review: Journey to the Center of the Earth Wastes Its 3D Gimmick on a Thin Adventure
Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) review: Brendan Fraser's 3D thrill ride treats the planet's core as a theme park, not a place.
Movie Reviews4.1/10
Michael Bay’s 6 Underground: A $150 Million Blur That Never Finds Its Shape
Michael Bay's 6 Underground cost Netflix $150 million and scored 41 on Metacritic. A review of the Ryan Reynolds action film's noise, waste, and missed promise.
Movie Reviews4.5/10
Ghostbusters: Afterlife Review: A Franchise Doing Maintenance on Itself
Ghostbusters: Afterlife review: Jason Reitman's 2021 sequel rebuilds old gear and mourns Harold Ramis, but mistakes nostalgia for story. 4.5/10.
Movie Reviews2.1/10
Gerard Butler Tries to Outrun a Weather Satellite in a Thriller That Forgets to Be Thrilling
Geostorm review: Dean Devlin's 2017 disaster film buries a sabotage thriller under collapsing buildings, bad effects, and a broken script.
Movie Reviews4.4/10
Mortal Engines: A Waste of a Strange, Angry, Original Story
Mortal Engines lost Universal an estimated $175 million. A look at the 2018 steampunk flop's wasted cast, its one great idea, and why the world never landed.
Movie Reviews4.4/10
Bloodshot Review: A Dead Man Rebooted, and a Franchise That Never Had a Chance
Bloodshot review: Vin Diesel's nanite superhero movie, its memory-wipe plot, Guy Pearce's corporate villain, and a March 2020 release killed by COVID.
Movie Reviews6.6/10
Crimson Peak Review: A Beautiful, Uneven Haunted-House Film
Guillermo del Toro's Crimson Peak sinks into red clay: a gorgeous gothic romance haunted by ghosts it never fully believes in.
Movie Reviews7.5/10
‘Dead Reckoning’ Is a Mission: Impossible That Costs More and Risks Less
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One review: Tom Cruise vs. a sentient AI, Hayley Atwell's scene-stealing Grace, and why $571M still counted as a flop.