Movie Reviews7.8/10
Jan de Bont’s bus thriller still runs on one clean idea, 32 years on.
Speed (1994) review: Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock and Dennis Hopper in a bus that can't drop below 50 mph. Casting history, awards, box office, verdict.
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Movie Reviews4/10
The Declaration of Independence Heist That Launched a Franchise Still Works
A review of National Treasure (2004), the Nicolas Cage heist film that turns the Declaration of Independence into a prop and never lives up to its own premise.
Movie Reviews6.9/10
Dev Patel Gets Lost, and the Movie Loses Its Way With Him
Lion review: Garth Davis's 2016 film has a faultless first hour with Sunny Pawar and a softer second half carried by Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman.
Movie Reviews6.2/10
The Crew Reunites to Rig a Casino, and the Fun Is in the Machinery
Ocean's Thirteen review: Soderbergh's 2007 Vegas heist sequel with Clooney and Pitt is slick and well cast, but the revenge con never finds real tension.
Movie Reviews5.8/10
The Nerve Games Are a Better Idea Than the Movie Built Around Them
Nerve review: Emma Roberts and Dave Franco play an online dare game in a 2016 techno-thriller that starts strong but loses its nerve. 5.8/10.
Movie Reviews6.1/10
Allegiant Review: A Stall Beyond the Wall
Allegiant takes Tris and Four past the wall, but the answer waiting there is a lobby, not a revelation. A review of the stalled Divergent sequel.
Movie Reviews4.8/10
300: Rise of an Empire Review: Eva Green Seizes the Glory, the Rest Is a Committee
300: Rise of an Empire review: Eva Green's Artemisia is the only spark in a competent but bloodless naval sequel that never seizes its glory.
Movie Reviews4.1/10
Bad Boys at 31: Michael Bay’s Debut Is a Franchise Built on an Unfinished Promise
Michael Bay's 1995 debut paired Will Smith and Martin Lawrence as Miami narcs chasing stolen heroin. A franchise-launching promise the film never keeps.
Movie Reviews8.3/10
A Curse Passed Through Sex, and the Horror Is That It Never Stops
It Follows review: Mitchell's 2014 horror classic, its $1.3M budget and $23.3M gross, Maika Monroe, the walking entity, and the They Follow sequel
Movie Reviews4.5/10
Uncharted’s tagline promises boldness the film never delivers
Uncharted review: Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg chase Magellan's treasure in a 116-minute adaptation that never finds its heart.
Movie Reviews5.1/10
Mamma Mia! Is 18 Years Old and Still Refusing to Be Good
Mamma Mia! made $706.4 million and scored 5.1/10 with critics. A close read of the ABBA jukebox musical's cast, plot, and strange double life.
Movie Reviews4.4/10
Pearl Harbor at 4.4/10: Michael Bay’s War Film Keeps Stopping for a Romance
Michael Bay's Pearl Harbor runs 183 minutes, split between a love triangle and the Dec. 7, 1941 attack. Critics disliked it; audiences showed up anyway.