Movie Reviews8.7/10
Billy Beane’s roster-building gamble still holds up 15 years later
Moneyball review: Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill turn sabermetrics into drama as Billy Beane rebuilds the Oakland A's on a $41 million budget.
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Movie Reviews4.1/10
Nicolas Cage Gets a Number That Means the World Ends, and the Movie Never Recovers
A review of Alex Proyas's 2009 thriller Knowing, starring Nicolas Cage as an astrophysicist decoding a time capsule's deadly numbers.
Movie Reviews5.3/10
Cystic Fibrosis Romance Can’t Trust Its Own Audience
Five Feet Apart review: a CF romance with a strong premise, excellent Haley Lu Richardson, and a script that can't stop explaining itself. Score: 5.3/10.
Movie Reviews7.7/10
Scorsese’s Howard Hughes Biopic Is 22 Years Old and Still Doesn’t Know What It’s About
A review of Martin Scorsese's The Aviator, starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Howard Hughes, covering its 170-minute runtime, awards, and flaws.
Movie Reviews6.6/10
A Portrait That Flatters Its Subject
The Danish Girl review: Eddie Redmayne and Alicia Vikander shine in a well-acted 2015 drama about a marriage, but the history never holds up.
Movie Reviews8.3/10
Turning Red Review: Pixar’s Red Panda Coming-of-Age Tale Earns Its Weird Premise
Pixar's Turning Red review: Domee Shi's 2022 film about Mei Lee, a 13-year-old who turns into a giant red panda in 2002 Toronto, scored 8.3/10.
Movie Reviews5.7/10
Mars Attacks! at 5.7/10: Tim Burton’s Sci-Fi Satire Never Commits
Mars Attacks! hit theaters December 13, 1996. Tim Burton's $80M sci-fi satire, reviewed: Jack Nicholson's double role, ILM's Martians, and a 5.7/10.
Movie Reviews5/10
Michael Bay’s Clone Thriller Runs Out of Ideas Once Its Characters Escape
Michael Bay's 2005 clone thriller The Island: a strong first act, a great moth scene, and a second half that never earns its own reveal.
Movie Reviews8.1/10
The World’s End (2013) Review: Edgar Wright’s Pub-Crawl Apocalypse Closes the Cornetto Trilogy
Edgar Wright's The World's End (2013) sends Gary King on a 12-pub crawl that ends the world. A review of the Cornetto trilogy's final, saddest film.
Movie Reviews6.5/10
Salt Review: Jolie Runs, the Plot Stumbles
Angelina Jolie runs and fights through a muddled script in Salt, Phillip Noyce's 2010 film about a CIA officer accused of being a Russian agent.
Movie Reviews2.9/10
Bright Review: A Wand, an Orc, and a Very Tired Will Smith
Netflix's Bright (2017) review: Will Smith and Joel Edgerton in an orc-cop buddy film that squanders its magic-LA premise. Score: 2.9/10.
Movie Reviews5.8/10
Frank Darabont’s Stephen King adaptation finds its real horror in a grocery store full of people
A review of Frank Darabont's The Mist (2007), a monster movie that's really about people turning on each other in a grocery store. Score: 5.8/10.