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Carrie Wittmer Business Insider Apr 21, 2025 A soulless, disjointed parade of clichés that took everything anyone loved about the "Star Wars" franchise and hid it behind wooden dialogue, junky visual effects, galaxy politics no one cares about, and forgettable characters who don't matter. Go to Full Review Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) 62% 56%

Palmer Haasch Business Insider Dec 10, 2024 "A Complete Unknown" is at its best when it lets the music, rendered vibrantly through live performances, stand on its own. However... the film glosses over character and history alike and loses the connective tissue that would truly make it sing. Go to Full Review A Complete Unknown (2025) 81% - -

Palmer Haasch Business Insider Nov 19, 2024 "Wicked" is expansive, indulgent, and a few minutes too long. It's also extraordinarily, immersively good. Go to Full Review Wicked (2024) 88% - -

Palmer Haasch Business Insider Nov 15, 2024 "Gladiator II" works better as an action flick than a focused historical drama. If you're here to watch Paul Mescal and Pedro Pascal go at it in the ring — or Denzel Washington gossip and plot his way through Roman court — you're in the right place. Go to Full Review Gladiator II (2024) 70% - -

Kirsten Acuna Business Insider Dec 19, 2023 A- The remake is a powerful message for a new generation, inspiring anyone who has felt undervalued and unloved to stand tall and forge their own path. If it fails to win an Oscar again, then the Academy has failed this movie twice. Go to Full Review The Color Purple (2023) 81% - -

Kirsten Acuna Business Insider Dec 4, 2023 C+ Director Paul King (who also made "Paddington") delivers a neither-great-nor-outright-awful musical that's slightly reminiscent of another Dahl entry, "Fantastic Mr. Fox." While it has a few delightful moments, it doesn't call for repeat viewings. Go to Full Review Wonka (2023) 82% 47%

Jason Guerrasio Business Insider Dec 18, 2019 It seems there was a strong idea of how to end the Skywalker saga, but they needed to fill in an hour before getting there. Go to Full Review Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) 51% 86%

Jason Guerrasio Business Insider Dec 10, 2019 Keeps things fresh by implementing more game elements, adding some new characters, and trusting that the strength of the existing cast would hold. Go to Full Review Jumanji: The Next Level (2019) 71% 87%

Jason Guerrasio Business Insider Dec 9, 2019 Paul Walter Hauser as Richard Jewell takes the movie to another level. Go to Full Review Richard Jewell (2019) 77% 96%

Jason Guerrasio Business Insider Nov 26, 2019 The artistry of how this movie is photographed will be marveled over for decades to come. Go to Full Review 1917 (2019) 88% - -

Kirsten Acuna Business Insider Nov 22, 2019 A "Guardians" is brash, it's bold, and it's not afraid to stray from what you typically expect from Marvel in terms of superheroes. Go to Full Review Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) 91% 92%

Jason Guerrasio Business Insider Nov 14, 2019 The sequel lives up to the incredibly large hype that's surrounding it. Go to Full Review Frozen II (2019) 77% 92%

Jason Guerrasio Business Insider Oct 30, 2019 The movie is nothing short of an experience. Go to Full Review The Irishman (2019) 95% 86%

Kirsten Acuna Business Insider Oct 27, 2019 B The space voyage is easily one of Nolan's most thought-provoking films yet. It's definitely his most ambitious. Go to Full Review Interstellar (2014) 73% 89%

Kirsten Acuna Business Insider Oct 27, 2019 A Cuaron's journey into space is a great achievement, pushing the limits of what we can do with technology on screen and hinting at where it can go in the future. Go to Full Review Gravity (2013) 96% 71%

Kirsten Acuna Business Insider Oct 27, 2019 A- "The Martian" is this decade's "Cast Away," but if "Cast Away" took place in a world that was constantly plugged in and online. Go to Full Review The Martian (2015) 91% 88%

Kirsten Acuna Business Insider Oct 27, 2019 A The entirety is a delicious assault on both your visual cortex and auditory system - a giant orchestral blend of machine engines roaring and wheels peeling combined with a booming overture of drums and guitar. Go to Full Review Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) 97% 85%

Kirsten Acuna Business Insider Oct 27, 2019 B "Furious 7" is probably one of the most ridiculous non-stop action rides you'll see this year. It's also probably one of the few action films which will also reduce you to tears by its end. Go to Full Review Furious 7 (2015) 81% 82%

Kirsten Acuna Business Insider Oct 27, 2019 C- It's definitely the weakest of the latest trilogy of "X-Men" movies (2011's "First Class" and 2014's "Days of Future Past"). Unless you're Michael Fassbender or James McAvoy, big talent is pretty squandered in the film. Go to Full Review X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) 47% 51%

Kirsten Acuna Business Insider Oct 27, 2019 D "Resurgence" is not better than its predecessor, and I don't think it will ever come to play repeatedly on television on July Fourth like "Independence Day." Go to Full Review Independence Day: Resurgence (2016) 29% 30%