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A group of actors and a mercenary flee through a jungle while dodging explosions and a giant spider.

Tropic Thunder Spent Its Budget on Explosions and Its Contempt on Everyone Watching

Tropic Thunder (2008) review: Ben Stiller's war-film satire, Robert Downey Jr.'s method actor, Tom Cruise's Grossman, and where the joke lands.

By mitch·7 min readSeptember 15, 2026

A woman walks alone upon a misty street, her countenance unchanged though the years themselves have changed.

Movie Reviews5.1/10

Blake Lively Stays Young, the Movie Stays Shallow

A review of The Age of Adaline: Blake Lively plays a woman who stops aging at 29, but the film never asks what that costs her.

By mitch·5 min readSeptember 15, 2026

A Secret Service agent stands before a burning White House while drones fly overhead.

Movie Reviews4.1/10

Gerard Butler Holds the White House, but the Movie Around Him Doesn’t

Olympus Has Fallen review: Gerard Butler defends the White House in Antoine Fuqua's brutal 2013 siege thriller that hits hard but thinks little.

By mitch·6 min readSeptember 15, 2026

Two warriors stand before a shadowed forest, their faces set with grim purpose.

Movie Reviews2.3/10

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters: A Fairy Tale Turned Bloody, Dull Mercenary Romp

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters turned the Grimm fairy tale into a bloody 2013 action film with Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton. Our review scores it 2.3/10.

By mitch·2 min readSeptember 15, 2026

A weary soldier surveys a devastated city under a stormy sky, caught in the midst of mankind's desperate struggle against the machines.

Movie Reviews4.9/10

Terminator Salvation” Review: The Right Pieces, Assembled Into Something Inert”

Terminator Salvation review: Christian Bale as John Connor, Sam Worthington as Marcus Wright, and a post-Judgment Day war the film never quite delivers.

By mitch·4 min readSeptember 15, 2026

A small green creature lies beside a young girl upon a soft bed of grass beneath a vast and cloudless sky.

Movie Reviews7.3/10

Lilo & Stitch: A Small Story With an Alien in It

Lilo & Stitch (2002) review: Disney's Kauaʻi-set sci-fi comedy about an orphaned girl and her alien 'dog,' with its ʻohana heart and messy Federation plot.

By mitch·4 min readSeptember 15, 2026

A maid stands amid a field of stars, a queen's fate written across the heavens.

Movie Reviews4/10

The Wachowskis Cast Mila Kunis as a Toilet-Scrubbing Heir to the Cosmos, Then Waste Her

Jupiter Ascending review: the Wachowskis' 2015 space opera wastes a universe-sized idea on inheritance law. A cleaning woman inherits Earth, but the film never earns it.

By mitch·3 min readSeptember 15, 2026

A man in armor stands amid the ruins of a fallen city, clouds gathering above.

Movie Reviews4.1/10

Black Adam Review: A Franchise Launch That Mistakes Volume for Stakes

Black Adam (2022) review: Dwayne Johnson plays Teth-Adam in a DC film that mistakes volume for stakes. 4.1/10.

By mitch·4 min readSeptember 15, 2026

A starship floats above a desolate desert world beneath a field of distant stars.

Movie Reviews6.8/10

Star Trek Beyond: 6.8 of 10

Star Trek Beyond review: the Enterprise falls on Altamid, Krall hunts the Abronath, and the reboot crew faces what Starfleet is for. Score: 6.8 of 10.

By mitch·7 min readSeptember 15, 2026

A man in a suit stands amid broken glass and chaos in a bustling foreign street.

Movie Reviews4.5/10

Liam Neeson’s Kidnappers Get a Grenade Lesson in a Sequel That Repeats the First Film’s Moves

Taken 2 review: the 2012 sequel moves Bryan Mills to Istanbul, grosses $376M, and squanders a clever grenade trick on choppy action and a hollow villain.

By mitch·6 min readSeptember 15, 2026