Movie Reviews8.4/10
Mystic River: Eastwood’s Patient Study of Damage and Debt
A look at Clint Eastwood's Mystic River (2003): its Charlestown abduction, the .38 Special mystery, Penn and Robbins' Oscar wins, and Eastwood's first score.
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Movie Reviews8.2/10
Captain Phillips: Greengrass Turns a Hijacking Into a Procedural
Captain Phillips review: Tom Hanks and Barkhad Abdi in Paul Greengrass's 134-minute hijacking drama, its $220.6M run and six Oscar nominations.
Movie Reviews5.5/10
Cloud Atlas: An Ambitious, Uneven Epic That Wins One Bet and Loses Five
Cloud Atlas at 172 minutes spans six eras and centuries. A review of the Wachowskis' ambitious independent epic, its cast, and what actually holds.
Movie Reviews8.2/10
Danny Boyle’s ‘127 Hours’ turns a canyon into a countdown
Danny Boyle's 127 Hours traps James Franco as Aron Ralston in a Utah canyon for five days — a review of the 2010 survival film.
Movie Reviews6.3/10
Megamind’s Third Act Undoes Its Best Idea
Megamind review: DreamWorks' 2010 villain-comedy won $322M and a cult following, but its third act trades melancholy for noise. Score: 6.3/10.
Movie Reviews7.1/10
DreamWorks built a caveman cartoon on a father’s fear of change, and it still holds up
DreamWorks' 2013 animated hit The Croods turns a cave family's journey into a sharp comedy about fear and fathers, earning $587.3 million and a franchise.
Movie Reviews8.7/10
Brokeback Mountain: A Love That Outlasts Everything Built Around It
Review of Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain: Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal as Ennis and Jack, a love that outlasts everything. 8.7 out of 10.
Movie Reviews5.5/10
Dark Shadows (2012): A Great Cast, a Witch, a Werewolf, and No Center
Dark Shadows (2012): Tim Burton and Johnny Depp's vampire comedy has style and jokes but no shape — seven leads in 113 minutes and no center.
Movie Reviews8.6/10
Project Hail Mary Review: Lord and Miller Turn Loneliness Into a Puzzle Worth Solving
Project Hail Mary review: Ryan Gosling and a puppet alien named Rocky carry Lord and Miller's smart, funny sci-fi epic to $685M and an 8.6/10 score.
Movie Reviews6.3/10
Click Review: The Sandler Comedy That Built a Trap Out of a Universal Remote
Adam Sandler's 2006 comedy Click hands an architect a remote that runs his life. A look at the rules, the cast, and why it still holds up.
Movie Reviews4.8/10
The Proposal” Review: A Competent Vehicle Carried by Bullock and Reynolds”
A review of The Proposal, the Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds rom-com about a forced engagement, its formulaic script, and why the chemistry still works.
Movie Reviews7/10
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Review: A Good Film Carrying a Great One Inside It
Wakanda Forever review: Coogler turns Boseman's death into the film's subject, with Wright and Bassett carrying the grief.