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Jane Horwitz Washington Post Oct 14, 2026 It's gross, disgusting, predictable and yet rather better than it deserves to be. Go to Full Review Freddy vs. Jason (2003) 42% 50%

Jane Horwitz Washington Post Oct 14, 2026 Director Jim Isaac wastes handsome special effects on this miserable tale and a few cleverly self-aware bits of dialogue. Go to Full Review Jason X (2002) 27% 25%

Jane Horwitz Washington Post Aug 21, 2026 "Ghosts of Mars" is a cheesy, unconvincing sci-fi thriller. Go to Full Review Ghosts of Mars (2001) 22% 25%

Rita Kempley Washington Post Aug 19, 2026 Typically, movies about misguided punks are so scabrous and their characters so repellent that it's hard to look at them as anything but freak shows. But Stevo and Bob are appealingly puppyish underneath all that bravura. Go to Full Review SLC Punk (1999) 68% 89%

Gene Park Washington Post Aug 13, 2026 3/4 Brand New Day is a messy but largely successful attempt at remembering what makes Spider-Man special: that his greatest battle isn’t about villains, but the balance between his humanity and his job as a superhuman. Go to Full Review Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026) 90% - -

Paul Attanasio Washington Post Aug 10, 2026 "The Fly" isn't just Cronenberg's most polished work to date, it's also his most involving. Go to Full Review The Fly (1986) 82% 83%

Paul Attanasio Washington Post Aug 7, 2026 She's Gotta Have It has the rhythms and speech as it's actually spoken, and it's characters when they're not living through sex. are living through talk. Go to Full Review She's Gotta Have It (1986) 91% 72%

Jane Horwitz Washington Post Aug 3, 2026 Clever special effects and occasionally sharp satiric humor don't mask the fact that this belated sequel to "Escape From New York" is a dimly lit, overdesigned bore. Go to Full Review Escape From L.A. (1996) 45% 39%

Jane Horwitz Washington Post Aug 3, 2026 Terrific acting, a sharp, perceptive script and whimsical design make this a corker both children and adults can enjoy. Go to Full Review Matilda (1996) 90% 73%

Jane Horwitz Washington Post Jul 31, 2026 Using a sort of street poetry inspired by Irvine Welsh's novel, "Trainspotting" attempts to understand the attraction heroin holds for directionless youth. Go to Full Review Trainspotting (1996) 93% 93%

Rita Kempley Washington Post Jul 22, 2026 Trash or treat? "Halloween II" is as dumb as its prequel. The Great Pumpkin isn't going to be pleased with this one. Go to Full Review Halloween II (1981) 27% 63%

Paul Attanasio Washington Post Jun 25, 2026 "Aliens" is a wow, a sci-fi war movie that gets you in its grip very early, and never lets go. Go to Full Review Aliens (1986) 93% 95%

Desson Thomson Washington Post Jun 22, 2026 Dramatic film, shot in Tibet and Nepal, which puts you directly in Tibet, spends time with Tibetan characters, and gives you a deep sense of the country's rhythms and its atmosphere of political oppression. Go to Full Review Windhorse (1998) 67% 69%

Tom Shales Washington Post Jun 15, 2026 Thriller audiences may be the most willing suspenders of disbelief, but "The Omen" repeatedly blows the good will with rank implausibilities, farfetched horrors (baboons attack Remick's car at a jungle park) and unintentional jokes. Go to Full Review The Omen (1976) 76% 80%

Gene Park Washington Post Jun 10, 2026 3.5/4 Spielberg’s story isn’t conspiratorial. It’s a spectacular tale about what we see, what we hear, and how both can change what we believe and how we treat each other. By the final frame of this beautiful, immersive film, you realize it’s a plea. Go to Full Review Disclosure Day (2026) 79% - -

Tom Shales Washington Post May 21, 2026 A gorgeous thing to behold, full of awesome scenery, beautiful actresses and magnificent monsters. Go to Full Review The Odyssey (1997) 79% 60%

Richard Harrington Washington Post May 13, 2026 Just enough of it is brilliant. Go to Full Review Moonwalker (1988) 50% 69%

Gary Arnold Washington Post Apr 27, 2026 "The Bad News Bears Go to Japan" suffers from the same imaginative deficiencies apparent in "Omen II" and "Jaws 2." All three movies seem to presuppose an audience that demands duplication but remembers nothing. Go to Full Review The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (1978) 11% 29%

Gary Arnold Washington Post Apr 14, 2026 It struggles to justify itself as something more than a pale copy of resorting to exaggerated displays of ribaldry and lovability. Go to Full Review The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977) 42% 60%

Jane Horwitz Washington Post Apr 9, 2026 The spirit is bright and magical and some of the screen images are astoundingly beautiful. Go to Full Review James and the Giant Peach (1996) 91% 66%