Movie review
The Last Sunrise
Familiar beats, played fresh. Carlson Young's Mallorca romance works on staging and cast even when the script gives them nothing new to do.
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Movie reviews
Every film we've scored, newest first.
The Last Sunrise
Familiar beats, played fresh. Carlson Young's Mallorca romance works on staging and cast even when the script gives them nothing new to do.Maia Reficco · Fernando Lindez
Over Your Dead Body
Funny, mean and forgettable. Samara Weaving and the gore carry it, the plot runs entirely on coincidence, and the humour will lose some viewers.Jason Segel · Samara Weaving
A Street Cat Named Bob
The real Bob plays himself, which is the film's best idea and its ceiling. Strong performances, memoir pacing, and $8m that never reaches the screen.Luke Treadaway · Bob the Cat
Insidious: Out of the Further
A horror film that would rather make you uncomfortable than scare you. It is good at that. The scale of the threat it keeps promising never arrives.Amelia Eve · Island Austin
Send Help
Sam Raimi's island thriller is funny, filthy and sharp about office power. It stops arguing the moment it works out it can escalate instead.Rachel McAdams · Dylan O'Brien
The End of Oak Street
David Robert Mitchell's dinosaur picture is fast, funny and genuinely nasty. It's also a family drama that gets solved by a plot device instead of by its family.Anne Hathaway · Ewan McGregor
The Last House
A superb locked-house premise and two good performances, undone by a final act that pays for none of it.
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
Nintendo's sequel raids the franchise junk drawer for a run of set pieces. Good fun, and doing exactly the job it was built for.Chris Pratt · Anya Taylor-Joy
No Reservations
Is No Reservations worth watching? The food is superb and the story is not. Our verdict on the 2007 Catherine Zeta-Jones kitchen romance.Catherine Zeta-Jones · Aaron Eckhart
Masters of the Universe
It flopped in cinemas and hit number one on Prime Video in a week. He-Man plays better on a sofa, and the innuendo does the heavy lifting.Nicholas Galitzine · Camila Mendes
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Nobody remembers Peter Parker, his own powers are getting away from him, and the last half hour will take you apart.Tom Holland · Zendaya
The Devil Wears Prada 2
Twenty years on, print is dying, Runway is losing, and Miranda Priestly is working from the weakest position of her career.Meryl Streep · Anne Hathaway
Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender
The first film from Avatar Studios has one genuinely beautiful idea buried inside it, and about ninety minutes of other things sitting on top.Eric Nam · Dave Bautista
The Odyssey
Gorgeous, overlong, and strangely unsurprising — because prophecy tells you what's coming. Better the second time.Matt Damon · Anne Hathaway
Obsession
A novelty toy grants one wish. What follows is the year's most uncomfortable horror — and the read it earns isn't the obvious one.Michael Johnston · Inde NavarretteSee more reviewsSee less
TV reviews
Series and seasons, scored on the same five bulbs.
Widow's Bay Season 1
A horror comedy that plays the impossible completely straight. Very good for eight episodes, thinner once it starts explaining itself.Matthew Rhys · Kate O'Flynn
Lanterns Season 1 Episode 2
A half-step up on the premiere: sharper craft, a genuinely good final ten minutes, and a highway chase that breaks the show's own rules.Kyle Chandler · Aaron Pierre
Lanterns Season 1 Episode 1
HBO's Green Lantern series opens on a murder in small-town Nebraska, two Lanterns who can't stand each other, and almost no ring at all.Kyle Chandler · Aaron Pierre
House of the Dragon Season 3
A slow middle, the best dragon work the show has done, and Emma D'Arcy's finest hour.Matt Smith · Emma D'Arcy
Boots
Netflix's 1990 Marine boot camp dramedy is kind, funny and strangely weightless. A 3 that keeps almost turning into a 4.Miles Heizer · Liam Oh
Musafir Cafe
Vikrant Massey runs a hilltop cafe in Mussoorie while a Bhopal romance eight years gone plays out alongside it. Patient, unshowy and unfinished.Vikrant Massey · Vedika PintoSee more reviewsSee less
Unscrewed
Longer pieces — theories, breakdowns and the questions a review can't hold.
Who Is Guy Gardner? Powers, Origin and Why He Matters to Lanterns
Guy Gardner qualified for the ring on the same day Hal Jordan did, and lost it on distance. Here is who he is and what he can do.
Who Is Sinestro in Lanterns? Powers, Origin and Why He Turned
Sinestro was the greatest Green Lantern who ever lived, and then he became the Corps' worst enemy. Here is who he is and what turned him.
What Are the Manhunters in Lanterns? Their Powers and DC Lore Explained
The Manhunters are the robot police the Guardians built before the Green Lantern Corps. Here is what they are, what they can do, and why they matter.
Lanterns Mystery Board: Every Unanswered Question
A running, numbered tracker of every unanswered question in HBO's Lanterns. Updated after each episode. Spoilers throughout.
Lanterns Episode 1 Ending Explained: Is Hal Jordan Dead?
Hal Jordan is found dead in the final scene of Lanterns episode 1 — or is he? What happened, what hail means, and what the 2026 jump sets up.
The End of Oak Street Ending Explained
The End of Oak Street ending explained: who made the wormholes, which dinosaurs turn up, what happens to the other Platts, and whether a sequel is coming.
What Happens Next to Hugh Hammer in House of the Dragon Season 4?
Hugh Hammer ends season 3 with Vermithor, a dead wife and the power he once wanted to protect his family. Now the reason he wanted it is gone.
Who Is Rhaenyra Up Against in House of the Dragon Season 4?
Ormund is dead, but Rhaenyra has no shortage of problems. Enemies, wild cards and angry allies could make season 4 harder than any war before it.
Why Alicent Hightower Lost Her Power in House of the Dragon?
Every office Alicent ever held came through a man. By season 3 that borrowed power is gone. Was her collapse the point, or did the writing lose her?
Why Rhaenyra Targaryen's Claim to the Iron Throne Was Never Enough?
Rhaenyra has the stronger claim and more dragons, but she never turns legitimacy into authority. Season 3 shows why being right was never enough.
What Does Alys Rivers Actually Want in House of the Dragon?
The HOTD season 3 finale reveals Alys Rivers' curse but not her endgame. Is Aemond her partner, her sacrifice, or the father of the son she means to use?
Who Is the Stupidest Dragon in House of the Dragon?
Every dragon in this show picks a rider for a reason you can name. Silverwing picked Ulf White, and only she knows what she saw.See more articlesSee less
Quizzes
Find out which one you are.
Which House of the Dragon Character Are You?
Fifteen characters, scored on how you act under pressure rather than which side you'd pick. Twenty-four questions, or eight if you're in a hurry.8 questions · House of the Dragon spoilers throughout
Which Dragon Will Claim You? (House of the Dragon Edition)
A resemblance quiz — how you handle power, risk and loyalty — matched to fourteen dragons or one egg. Spoilers through the Season 3 finale.8 questions · House of the Dragon spoilers throughout
Which House of the Dragon Dragon Are You?
Fourteen dragons of the Dance. Eight questions to find out which one you are, thirty to find out why.8 questions · House of the Dragon spoilers throughoutHow we score
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