Every Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie From 1990-2023, Ranked

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The latest incarnation of Eastman and Laird’s adolescent terrapin martial artists are wonderful characters. Watching them in action is a ball. Unfortunately, the rest of the flick does not quite match them.

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The Super Mario Bros. Movie plays on easy mode

By: Sean Price

Nintendo collaborates with Illumination Entertainment for an animated Super Mario film that’s faithful to the look of the games, but not the fun.

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The Fabelmans sees Steven Spielberg go introspective and incisive to stunning effect

By: Justin Harrison

The great director draws upon his life, and the lives of his late parents in a masterfully crafted and performed dramedy whose affection for its subjects is as clear-eyed as deep.

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Pam & Tommy is as messy as the era (and scandal) it covers

By: Tim Stevens

The Hulu dramedy gets plenty wrong and plenty right in its chronicling of this mid-'90s celebrity royalty couple.

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“An American Pickle” is an odd mix of salty and sweet

By: Matt Cipolla

Brandon Trost's directorial debut finds two Seth Rogens balancing old, new, and distant family, to largely mixed results.

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“This is the End” predicted how boring the apocalypse would be

Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg's armageddon comedy feels strangely familiar in a world where celebrities are stuck in quarantine like the rest of us.

Good Boys Review: Kids Say the Raunchiest Things

Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky's edgy tween comedy finds an unexpected sweetness among the swears.

Preacher Season 4 Review: Seeking a Fart Joke for the End of the World

AMC's droll comic book adaptation saddles up for an apocalyptic final season whose juvenile antics bring diminishing returns.

The Boys Review: Amazon’s Superhero Series Struggles to Grow Up

Karl Urban and crew strike back at asshole superheroes in Amazon's grimly atonal series.

The Lion King Review: This Pride Is a Sin

Never has something looked so photorealistic and felt so fake.

Long Shot Review: Rogen and Theron Spin the Stoner Rom-Com Into Gold

Against all odds, Jonathan Levine manages to transform a stoner comedy with Seth Rogen and Charlize Theron into a charmingly sweet political romance.

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