Annalee Newitz

Annalee Newitz io9.com May 26, 2018 Even with hives of cool-looking vampires, cowboys on motorcycles, and ninja priests, there are some stories that are just too dumb to live. Go to Full Review Priest (2011) 16% 46%

Annalee Newitz io9.com May 26, 2018 Here's the thing about this version of Conan. Even if you're regretfully sober when you venture into the theater, it is imminently forgettable. Go to Full Review Conan the Barbarian (2011) 25% 30%

Annalee Newitz io9.com May 26, 2018 The other aspect of Bound by Flesh that works so well is its compassionate portrait of two women who were, briefly, famous for their beauty despite their unconventional bodies. Go to Full Review Bound by Flesh (2012) 93% 55%

Annalee Newitz io9.com May 26, 2018 Moving and intense, Men, Women, and Children manages to make us confront uncomfortable realities about ourselves, while also reassuring us that we can also be good people. Go to Full Review Men, Women & Children (2014) 33% 44%

Annalee Newitz io9.com May 25, 2018 It's a compelling vision, but the movie never quite lives up to its own designs. Go to Full Review The Zero Theorem (2013) 49% 43%

Annalee Newitz io9.com May 25, 2018 Even good actors in sexy clothes can't make this movie compelling. Go to Full Review Dream House (2011) 7% 36%

Annalee Newitz io9.com May 25, 2018 It's a fun, clever thought experiment, but not one that's going to leave you shivering late at night the way a good horror film should. Go to Full Review Apollo 18 (2011) 24% 23%

Annalee Newitz io9.com May 25, 2018 Packs a punch on so many fronts - original story ideas, creatively gross fight scenes, acting that's hammy in a fun way - that you'll leave the theater feeling soundly entertained. Go to Full Review Daybreakers (2009) 69% 49%

Annalee Newitz io9.com May 25, 2018 Satanism never gets old. Go to Full Review The House of the Devil (2009) 86% 63%

Annalee Newitz io9.com May 25, 2018 It's the perfect goofy romance if you need a night off from zombies and tense space battles. Go to Full Review Love in Space (2011) 63% 37%

Annalee Newitz io9.com May 25, 2018 All over the place and bland at the same time. Go to Full Review The Wolfman (2010) 32% 33%

Annalee Newitz io9.com May 25, 2018 [It's] like a bad holiday fruitcake that somebody tried to spruce up with a zillion lumps of neon-colored, soggy jellybean guts. Go to Full Review The Darkest Hour (2011) 12% 25%

Annalee Newitz io9.com May 25, 2018 Producer/writer Zack Snyder has recreated the depth of King Lear, only elevated to the sophisticated level of a YouTube comment thread. Go to Full Review 300: Rise of an Empire (2014) 44% 51%

Annalee Newitz io9.com May 25, 2018 It also has one thing that Lord of the Rings never did: A story that is human-scale, even if it's about hobbits and dwarves. Go to Full Review The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) 64% 83%

Annalee Newitz io9.com May 25, 2018 Eclipse is a movie about rejecting adulthood, not just as a person but also as a culture. It's about never crossing boundaries, never leaving home. Go to Full Review The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010) 46% 60%

Annalee Newitz io9.com May 25, 2018 This is a movie that's packed with sexy metaphors. But it's missing the emotional connective tissue required to hold them all together. Go to Full Review Antiviral (2012) 65% 40%

Annalee Newitz Wired May 25, 2018 This movie is stupid in the best possible way. I cheered all the way through - my shrieks of glee echoing off the walls. Go to Full Review Ghost Rider (2007) 28% 48%

Annalee Newitz io9.com May 24, 2018 [Let Me In] won't make you jump out of your seat in fear, but it will leave you with a lasting impression of what it feels like to become so unhinged that a life of murder is better than anything else. Go to Full Review Let Me In (2010) 88% 76%

Annalee Newitz io9.com May 24, 2018 Blood is a nice antidote to your Twilight blues. No shiny vampires here, and all the girls have traded their mopey diaries for samurai swords. Go to Full Review Blood: The Last Vampire (2008) 23% 33%

Annalee Newitz io9.com May 24, 2018 Kelly is at his best when he's making mind-melting science fiction with allegorical underpinnings, but unfortunately The Box is more like a morality play with a few science fiction characters hanging around in the background. Go to Full Review The Box (2009) 42% 24%