In-depth reviews of Hollywood movies, from big blockbusters to hidden gems.
The Snowman arrived in 2017 carrying everything a great crime thriller should need. It had a bestselling novel by Jo Nesbø, a respected director in Tomas Alfredson, and a cast led by Michael Fassbender. It also had Norway itself, all snow, silence, and long winter darkness, which should have been the perfect backdrop for a…
Rush is the rare sports film that works even if you know nothing about Formula 1. It is not really about cars, though the racing is thrilling. It is about two men who approach life in opposite ways and push each other to greatness. Director Ron Howard tells the story of James Hunt and Niki…
Recent Star Wars movies have inspired passionate debates, and that is part of their charm. Some fans fell in love with the new heroes right away, while others missed the tone of the older films. This roundup looks at the five major theatrical releases from the modern era with fresh eyes. We are ranking The…
Some family films age badly. The jokes date, the animation looks stiff, and the adults in the room start checking their phones. DreamWorks’ Home, released in 2015, has mostly avoided that fate. It is not the studio’s deepest or most dazzling film, but it is a warm, funny, brightly colored adventure that still works on…
Few blockbusters have had a second life quite like Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith. When it arrived in theaters in May 2005, it was welcomed as the strongest chapter of George Lucas’s prequel trilogy, yet it still carried the baggage of the two films before it. Many viewers liked it without…
Picking a movie should be the easy part of your evening. In practice, it is often the hardest. You open one app, scroll past a hundred posters, read three conflicting opinions, and end up rewatching something you have already seen. This guide is here to cut through that noise. Below, we rank the recent releases…
You have done it a hundred times. You are deciding what to watch on a Friday night, you look up a movie, and you see a number next to it. Ninety-two percent. Or a 74. And then you wonder: does that number actually mean the movie is good? Movie critics reviews are everywhere now, and…
When a movie based on a toy was announced, plenty of people expected a feature-length commercial. What arrived in 2014 instead was one of the smartest family films of the decade. The Lego Movie is fast, funny, and surprisingly emotional, and more than a decade later it has lost almost none of its energy. Directed…
Some horror movies fade the moment the credits roll. Others move into your head and stay there. The 2017 film It belongs firmly in the second group. Almost a decade after its release, the image of a grinning clown in a storm drain still shows up in Halloween costumes, memes, and late-night conversations about the…
There is a particular kind of movie that Liam Neeson has made his own over the past fifteen years: the ordinary man in an extraordinary jam, usually a father, usually with a phone in his hand and danger closing in. Retribution, released in 2023, fits that mold almost perfectly. The entire story takes place over…