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For 698 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 59% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 36% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 3.1 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 68
Highest review score: 100 Sentimental Value
Lowest review score: 0 Melania
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 436 out of 698
  2. Mixed: 219 out of 698
  3. Negative: 43 out of 698
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  1. Obsession
    A deliriously pointed cautionary tale about the perils of getting what you want, and an instant contender for classic midnight-movie status.
  2. Hokum
    This creepy nerve-rattler confirms that the director’s excellent 2024 breakout Oddity was no fluke.
  3. Apex
    A no-frills survival thriller that’s as rugged as its wilderness setting.
  4. Ready or Not 2: Here I Come
    Thanks to a host of colorful performances and an emphasis on over-the-top violence, they mostly pull off their double-dip trick.
  5. Project Hail Mary
    A stirring celebration of bravery, camaraderie, and human ingenuity that goes big in every respect, not least of which by recognizing and foregrounding the majesty of larger-than-life movie stardom.
  6. Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
    A rousing elegy to an underworld saga par excellence and, in particular, to a ruthless and tormented gangster whom, in Murphy’s expert hands, stands as an undisputed crime-fiction icon.
  7. Paul McCartney: Man on the Run
    An uplifting portrait of the possibility of rebirth—even for the most famous person on Earth.
  8. EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert
    A superb companion piece to the director’s 2022 biopic Elvis, it’s a feat of showmanship both by Presley on stage and Luhrmann behind the camera.
  9. How to Make a Killing
    It might not deliver hilariously fatal blows, but it’s smart and spikey enough to leave a pleasurably painful mark.
  10. Honey Bunch
    An audacious indie that plumbs the depths of passion, loyalty, and sacrifice with beguiling earnestness and intensity.
  11. Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
    No matter the out-of-this-world nature of their adventure, they remain an amusing and endearingly down-to-Earth doofus duo.
  12. Crime 101
    A film that lives up to its title by being, in every way, basic—and, in the process, confirms that there’s a reason some clichés endure.
  13. Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die
    With Oscar-winner Sam Rockwell as its tempestuous engine, it’s a captivatingly silly saga about the pitfalls of our modern techno-obsessiveness.
  14. Pillion
    Pillion is often very funny without ever kinkshaming, thanks to the wry script, Skarsgård’s deadpan, and Melling’s guilelessness.
  15. Send Help
    A joyous return to form for the Evil Dead auteur, whose no-holds-barred verve is equaled by that of Rachel McAdams.
  16. The Weight
    Electrifying a taut tale of tough times and the desperate men they breed, [Hawke] makes sure that, even when it could stand to be a tad weightier, this genre film packs a wallop.
  17. Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie
    A stirring testament to both [Rushdie's] resilience and to freedom as a vital bulwark against the forces of extremism and evil.
  18. The Wrecking Crew
    Never quite as funny as it wants to be, but making up for that in the violence department, it’s a healthy serving of slam-bang cinematic comfort food.
  19. undertone
    A medley of fears, anxieties, and regrets that repeatedly messes with the senses, it exists at the nexus of sanity and madness, life and death, Heaven and Hell, and sound and image.
  20. The Invite
    A hysterical, insightful, and ultimately moving portrait of the difficulties of keeping long-term relationships alive.
  21. Union County
    Follows festival tradition by featuring a stellar breakthrough performance from a well-known actor—in this case, Will Poulter’s sterling turn as a junkie caught in a prison of his own making.
  22. Josephine
    This intensely empathetic film—co-starring Channing Tatum and Gemma Chan—has a tendency to tip into strident affectation. But thanks to newcomer Reeves, it still lands more than its fair share of punches.
  23. I Want Your Sex
    Consistently funny and erotic, if ultimately a bit too straightlaced for the incendiary subject matter at hand.
  24. Idiots
    A delightful film about the dim-witted and the disreputable. And though its humor ultimately wanes, it compensates with a surprising measure of tenderness.
  25. The Incomer
    A winningly weird comedy—premiering at this year’s Sundance Film Festival—about isolation and community.
  26. The History of Concrete
    With his maiden cinematic venture, Wilson doesn’t break new ground so much as continue his idiosyncratic artistry on a larger scale.
  27. Buddy
    A horror-comedy that takes a scalpel—or, more accurately, several weapons—to its jaunty protagonist, all while reveling in his darkly disturbed spirit.
  28. The Rip
    A rugged affair that’s canny and concussive enough to compensate for a somewhat deflating ending, it proves that its headliners remain cinema’s preeminent BFF duo.
  29. 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
    As the fourth entry in a long-running franchise (written, like its ancestors, by Alex Garland), it is, to borrow a phrase uttered by its protagonist, “miraculous”—and marks this zombie saga as a nightmare with few equals.
  30. Young Mothers
    Understated, graceful, and moving, it’s the first great film of 2026.
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