Movie Reviews4.8/10
Angels & Demons Review: A Good Clock, No Pulse
Angels & Demons review: Tom Hanks returns as Robert Langdon in Ron Howard's Vatican countdown thriller, with Ewan McGregor and Stellan Skarsgård.
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Movie Reviews6/10
Tomorrowland Review: Brad Bird’s Ambitious Vision Falls Short
Tomorrowland review: Brad Bird's ambitious sci-fi with George Clooney and Britt Robertson dazzles early but loses its grip, losing Disney $120–150 million.
Movie Reviews6.9/10
Pokémon Detective Pikachu Review: Reynolds and Smith Make the Partnership Work
A review of Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019), the Ryan Reynolds-voiced live-action mystery with Justice Smith, directed by Rob Letterman.
Movie Reviews7.2/10
Easy A Review: Emma Stone Makes the Lie Hurt
Easy A review: Emma Stone's 2010 teen comedy about a rumor gone wild, its Scarlet Letter hook, standout cast, and a third act that wraps too neatly.
Movie Reviews7.1/10
Love Actually: Too Neat, Too Long, and Still Worth It
A deep dive into Love Actually, Richard Curtis's 2003 ensemble Christmas film: its ten stories, best arcs, weakest threads, and why it still endures.
Movie Reviews6.3/10
The Game at 29: Fincher’s Well-Made Puzzle With a Hollow Center
A close look at David Fincher's 1997 thriller The Game, from its wooden clown and fake offices to the Jodie Foster casting fight that never happened.
Movie Reviews4.6/10
Jim Carrey’s Yes Man preaches a covenant with none of the cost
Yes Man review: Jim Carrey plays a bank officer who says yes to everything in Peyton Reed's 2008 comedy, a premise that never becomes a story. 4.6/10.
Movie Reviews5/10
Nine Years On, The Boss Baby Still Can’t Justify Its Own Premise
The Boss Baby review: DreamWorks turned a picture book into a $528M spy comedy with an unreliable narrator it never doubts. A 5.0/10.
Movie Reviews5.2/10
The First Half of Insidious Is a Masterclass in Terror. Then the Demon Shows Up.
Insidious review: James Wan's 2011 haunted-house hit has a strong first hour, then trades dread for exposition. Lin Shaye shines. Score: 5.2/10.
Movie Reviews6.1/10
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa runs 89 minutes and never once sits still
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa moves the zoo animals to the African savanna. A fast, funny sequel that improves on the original but settles for less.
Movie Reviews7.2/10
Guillermo del Toro’s Hellboy Turns Pulp Comics Into a Superhero Movie With Actual Texture
Guillermo del Toro's 2004 Hellboy gave us Ron Perlman as a demon with a job — a strange, confident superhero film that still holds up.
Movie Reviews7.1/10
A Quiet Place Part II Review: Simmonds Takes the Lead as the Sequel Trades Dread for Scale
A Quiet Place Part II review: Krasinski hands the franchise to Millicent Simmonds, trading dread for scale. A confident sequel that earns its 7.1.