Movie Reviews3.3/10
Just Go with It: A 117-Minute Comedy with One Joke and Two Razzies
Just Go with It (2011) review: Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston fake a marriage, gross $214M, and win two Razzies. A 117-minute comedy with one joke.
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Movie Reviews4.4/10
Hotel Transylvania 2 Review: A Sequel That Raises Almost Nothing
Hotel Transylvania 2 grossed $474 million but raises no stakes, no laughs, no pulse. A review of Sony's 2015 sequel and its thin fang-growing plot.
Movie Reviews7.3/10
A Waitress, a Frog, and 1926 New Orleans
Disney's 2009 hand-drawn return, The Princess and the Frog, reviewed: a strong cast and beautiful bayou animation, but a script that sags.
Movie Reviews6.1/10
The Bourne Legacy: A Franchise Expansion That Mistakes More for Deeper
The Bourne Legacy review: Jeremy Renner's Aaron Cross needs pills, not answers, and Tony Gilroy's 2012 spinoff never earns the handoff from Matt Damon.
Movie Reviews5.2/10
Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Mars Saga Gets a Faithful, Unloved Adaptation
Disney's 2012 John Carter, directed by Andrew Stanton, runs on a plot it never explains. A review of the epic that never found its reason to care.
Movie Reviews5.7/10
Wrath of Man: Guy Ritchie and Jason Statham’s Cold, Precise Revenge Machine
Wrath of Man review: Guy Ritchie and Jason Statham reunite in a cold, four-act revenge thriller that's precise but hollow. Score: 5.7/10.
Movie Reviews7.7/10
I, Tonya Review: Margot Robbie and Allison Janney Anchor a Darkly Comic, Unreliable Story
I, Tonya review: Margot Robbie and Oscar winner Allison Janney anchor Craig Gillespie's darkly comic take on Tonya Harding and the 1994 Kerrigan attack.
Movie Reviews5/10
Jungle Cruise Review: A $200 Million Boat Ride Going Nowhere
Disney spent 17 years turning a boat ride into a $200M movie. Jungle Cruise grossed $221M and felt like a checklist, not a story.
Movie Reviews8.3/10
Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox Turns a Children’s Book Into a Study in Anxiety
Wes Anderson's first animated film opened the 2009 London Film Festival. A review of its stop-motion craft, Clooney's voice work, and its moral.
Movie Reviews8.1/10
Dr. Strangelove at 62: Kubrick’s War Room Still Runs the Machine
Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove at 95 minutes: Peter Sellers in three roles, Sterling Hayden's Ripper, and a war room comedy that still cuts.
Movie Reviews4.7/10
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb: A Tired Farewell to a Dying Magic
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb review — the 2014 farewell that runs on a dying tablet, good pieces and no assembly. 4.7 of 10.
Movie Reviews7.2/10
Eight Years Later, Love, Simon Still Lets Its Gay Teen Have a Happy Ending
Love, Simon review: Greg Berlanti's 2018 teen romance made history as the first major studio film built around a gay teenage love story.