Movie Reviews6.9/10
Cold Mountain Review: Jude Law’s Wounded Soldier Deserves the Patience It Demands
A wounded soldier walks home through war and ruin, pursued by fate, while his wife waits upon a lonely farm.
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Movie Reviews5.8/10
Stoker Review: Slow-Burning Mystery Loses Focus Midway Through
A slow-burning Southern Gothic tale of murder and family ruin, marred by excess and lost thread.
Movie Reviews5.3/10
‘Australia’: Baz Luhrmann’s Epic Cattle Drive Can’t Decide Between Romance, War and Politics
A vast cattle drive, a burning station, a stolen child — Baz Luhrmann's Australia tries to be everything, and succeeds at nothing.
Movie Reviews7/10
Dogville Review: Lars von Trier’s Town of Lies Still Deserves Your Attention
A tale of a town built upon white lines, wherein a stranger finds her value turned into a price.
Movie Reviews7.3/10
Yorgos Lanthimos Turns a Greek Myth Into a Revenge Story Without a Hero
The Killing of a Sacred Deer review: Yorgos Lanthimos' 2017 Cannes-winning thriller with Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman and Barry Keoghan.
Movie Reviews5.1/10
The Golden Compass Review: A $180 Million Fantasy That Never Feels the Cold
A review of 2007's The Golden Compass: Nicole Kidman, armored bears, and a $180 million budget that never makes you feel the cold.
Movie Reviews6.6/10
Baz Luhrmann’s Pop-Pilfering Musical Still Sings, 25 Years On
Baz Luhrmann's 2001 jukebox musical Moulin Rouge! reviewed: Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor, two Oscars, and a maximalism that buries the love story.
TV Reviews6.4/10
HBO’s Weekly Release Schedule Made The Undoing’s Weaknesses Impossible to Ignore
HBO's The Undoing, starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant, was 2020's most-watched HBO show. We review the six-episode limited series and its pacing problems.
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 Reviews6.9/10
Eyes Wide Shut at 27: Kubrick’s Marriage Story in a Mask
Eyes Wide Shut at 25: Kubrick's 400-day shoot, Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman's real marriage, and why the masked orgy matters least.
Movie Reviews7.6/10
Alejandro Amenábar’s haunted-house film still refuses to explain itself, 25 years on
Alejandro Amenábar's The Others (2001) with Nicole Kidman: a light-shy mother, a dark house on Jersey, and a twist that still holds up. 7.6/10.
TV Reviews7.5/10
Big Little Lies: A Great First Season Attached to a Good Second One
Big Little Lies ran two seasons with a third coming. A review of the HBO drama's cast, its Emmys, Meryl Streep, and why season one still wins.