Movie Reviews3.7/10
Red Notice: Three Movie Stars, One Typo, and a 3.7 Out of 10
Red Notice review: Netflix's 2021 heist film with Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds and Gal Gadot scored 3.7/10. Three stars, one typo tagline, no script.
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Movie Reviews7.1/10
Ralph Fiennes Serves Dinner and Judgment in a Thriller That Won’t Stop Explaining Its Own Jokes
A review of The Menu (2022): Ralph Fiennes and Anya Taylor-Joy in Mark Mylod's comedy horror satire about a deadly tasting menu at Hawthorn.
Movie Reviews5.6/10
Ghost Rider’s Deal With the Devil Works Better on the Page Than in the 2007 Film
Ghost Rider (2007) review: Nicolas Cage sells his soul, Sam Elliott explains it, and the best idea sits in the first ten minutes. Score: 5.6/10.
Movie Reviews3.7/10
Annabelle review: a porcelain doll, a dead cultist, and 99 minutes of nothing
Annabelle review: the Conjuring prequel's porcelain doll does nothing for 99 minutes, yet grossed $257 million. A 3.7/10 verdict on the 2014 horror hit.
Movie Reviews6.5/10
Dirty Dancing: A Small Film That Became a Ritual, and Mostly Deserves It
Dirty Dancing review: Bergstein's own childhood, Cannes 1987, Lake Lure, and why a modest dance romance became a ritual. Score: 6.5 of 10.
Movie Reviews6.8/10
Apocalypto at 20: A Strong, Strange Action Epic That Outruns Its Own Ideas
Apocalypto review: Mel Gibson's Maya chase epic in Yucatec Mayan, with Dean Semler's camerawork, Rudy Youngblood, and a prophecy it can't quite carry.
Movie Reviews3.3/10
Paramount’s tagline sold the fantasy; the film itself is padding and a countdown clock.
A review of Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), the Angelina Jolie video game adaptation that grossed $274.7 million while getting the story all wrong.
Movie Reviews6/10
Paul Verhoeven’s Mars memory thriller still works as action, less so as Philip K. Dick
Total Recall (1990) review: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Paul Verhoeven and a Mars memory puzzle that never decides if it wants brains or brawls.
Movie Reviews6.1/10
Onward Review: Pixar’s Mid-Tier Quest with a Top-Tier Premise
Pixar's Onward has a top-tier premise about a world that lost its magic, but settles for a safer story, a review of the 2020 film's grief and missed chances
Movie Reviews5.3/10
A Murder Defense Blames a Demon, and the Warrens Take the Case
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It puts a demon on trial but forgets the trial — a review of the 2021 Warren case film and its missed courtroom story.
Movie Reviews6.1/10
Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith Trade Kung Fu for the 1984 Film’s Karate
The 2010 Karate Kid remake moves the story from California to Beijing and swaps karate for kung fu, starring Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan.
Movie Reviews8.5/10
Contagion Review: Soderbergh’s 2011 Procedural Still Holds Up
Steven Soderbergh's Contagion tracks a lethal airborne virus and the race for a vaccine. A review of the 2011 thriller starring Matt Damon and Kate Winslet.