Movie Reviews5.8/10
Elemental Review: Pixar’s Fire-and-Water Romance Never Quite Catches
Pixar's Elemental spends seven years and $200 million on a fire-and-water romance that never ignites. Our review scores it 5.8 of 10.
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Movie Reviews8.2/10
Isle of Dogs: Wes Anderson’s Garbage-Island Epic, Reviewed
Wes Anderson's stop-motion Isle of Dogs sends exiled dogs to Trash Island. Review of the 101-minute film, its voice cast, and its 82/100 Metacritic score.
Movie Reviews6.5/10
Panic Room at 24: David Fincher’s Immaculate, Hollow Siege Picture
David Fincher's Panic Room (2002), reviewed: Jodie Foster, Kristen Stewart, a $48 million siege, and a house that steals the movie.
Movie Reviews8.5/10
Ferris Bueller skipped school 40 years ago and the film still argues for the day off
Ferris Bueller's Day Off: John Hughes wrote it in a week, and the 1986 Chicago comedy still runs perfectly. A review of the film's craft, cast, and legacy.
Movie Reviews9.3/10
Uncut Gems: Adam Sandler’s Best Work in a Film That Refuses the Redemption Arc
Uncut Gems: Adam Sandler's career-best turn as a Diamond District jeweler who can't stop betting, in the Safdie brothers' relentless crime thriller.
Movie Reviews6.8/10
Paranormal Activity: The $15,000 Horror That Refuses to Look Away
Paranormal Activity: Oren Peli's $15,000 found-footage horror that became the most profitable film ever made, reviewed at 6.8 of 10.
Movie Reviews3.8/10
Ang Lee’s De-Aging Experiment Left Will Smith Fighting Himself in a Script That Never Caught Up
Ang Lee's Gemini Man is a 1997 script wearing 2019 technology: Will Smith de-aged, 120fps, and a cloning premise that never finds its story.
Movie Reviews6.3/10
Pitch Perfect 2 Review: Bigger, Louder, and Less Specific
Elizabeth Banks' directorial debut took the Bellas global with Das Sound Machine — a bigger, louder sequel that traded specificity for scale.
Movie Reviews2.3/10
Collateral Beauty Review: A 2.3/10 Wreck That Turns Grief Into a Caper
A review of Collateral Beauty: Will Smith's grieving ad exec, a gaslighting scheme, and a script that never earns its tears. Score: 2.3 of 10.
Movie Reviews5/10
Cowboys & Aliens Review: A $163 Million Genre Exercise That Mistakes a Premise for a Story
Cowboys & Aliens (2011): Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford in a $163M space Western that squanders its cast, its premise, and its own best scenes.
Movie Reviews6.6/10
Bridget Jones’s Diary: Zellweger Carries a Comedy That Knows Exactly What It Is
Bridget Jones's Diary review: Renée Zellweger's Oscar-nominated turn anchors a 2001 romantic comedy that made $282 million and still holds up.
Movie Reviews7.5/10
Darkest Hour: Gary Oldman’s Churchill Faces the Decision That Shaped the War
Darkest Hour review: Gary Oldman as Churchill in May 1940, weighing whether to talk to Hitler. A strong historical drama with a great lead performance.