Movie Reviews8.7/10
Mulholland Drive: 25 Years of a Film That Was Never Supposed to Be One
How David Lynch turned a cancelled ABC pilot into Mulholland Drive, the 2001 masterpiece that made Naomi Watts a star and won him Best Director at Cannes.
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Movie Reviews7.2/10
The monster in Super 8 is the least interesting thing about it
Super 8 review: J.J. Abrams' 2011 sci-fi film has a great train crash and Elle Fanning, but the monster movie buries the coming-of-age story. 7.2/10.
Movie Reviews7.1/10
The Hidden World Gives Toothless a Mate and Hiccup a Goodbye
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World closes Dean DeBlois's trilogy as Hiccup and Toothless face the hardest goodbye. A 7.1 of 10.
Movie Reviews4.3/10
Dark Phoenix Review: A Phoenix Rises, but the X-Men Just Shrug
Dark Phoenix ends the X-Men prequel era with Sophie Turner and James McAvoy carrying a saga the film never earns. A review of the 2019 misfire.
Movie Reviews4.6/10
The Conjuring Universe Spinoff Is Silly, Scary, and Worth Your Time
The Nun review: a $22M Conjuring spin-off that grossed $366M, but met with a 46 Metacritic score and a 4.6 rating despite Taissa Farmiga's presence.
Movie Reviews3.1/10
The 2014 Ninja Turtles Reboot Buries Its Best Characters Behind Motion Capture
A review of the 2014 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot: Megan Fox, Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes, and a movie that hides its heroes.
Movie Reviews6.5/10
Barry Levinson’s Rain Man Puts a Sentimental Gloss on Disability, 38 Years On
Rain Man won Best Picture and four Oscars, but its road-trip premise turns autism into a lesson for the able — a 6.5/10 review of the 1988 classic.
Movie Reviews7.5/10
Rango Review: A Lizard’s Lie Becomes a Self in Verbinski’s Dusty Western
Rango review: Gore Verbinski's 2011 Oscar-winning animated Western, with Johnny Depp as a chameleon playing a hero. 7.5/10.
Movie Reviews6.4/10
The 2009 Dog Movie That Asks Whether Loyalty Is Love or Just Waiting
A review of Lasse Hallström's 2009 film Hachi: A Dog's Tale, starring Richard Gere, about an Akita who waits for his owner at the train station.
Movie Reviews5.1/10
Ensemble Action Sequel Leans on Nostalgia Over Plot
The Expendables 2 review: Stallone, Statham, Van Damme and Norris in a 2012 sequel that wastes its stacked cast on a thin revenge plot.
Movie Reviews6/10
A Macaw Who Never Learned to Fly
Rio (2011) review: Blu, a Spix's macaw who never learned to fly, meets Jewel in Carlos Saldanha's bright but safe animated adventure.
Movie Reviews10/10
Hitchcock Made the Neighbors the Villain and the Window the Confession
Rear Window: Hitchcock traps James Stewart in one room with a murder across the courtyard. Cast, Oscar nods, and why it still earns a 10/10.