Mark Hughes
Mark Hughes's reviews (from any publication) always count toward the Tomatometer
because this critic is a Tomatometer-approved critic.
| Publications: | Forbes |
Movie Reviews Only
| Rating | T-Meter | Title | Year | Review |
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| 15% | Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) |
[A]t the end of the day it just wants to give you a couple of hours of pure escapism full of exciting action, cool visual effects, a bunch of corny jokes, and leave you feeling like you just stepped off a roller coaster.‐ Forbes
Read More | Posted Jun 21, 2017
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| 65% | Cars 3 (2017) |
[T]he best of the series, a sumptuous visual treat with great humor, a big heart, and surprisingly strong messages about inclusion and self-worth.‐ Forbes
Read More | Posted Jun 16, 2017
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| 92% | Wonder Woman (2017) |
[A]n electrifying, breathtaking cinematic achievement... Amazing performances, pulse-pounding action, and outstanding visuals make it one of the best superhero movies of all time.‐ Forbes
Read More | Posted May 30, 2017
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| 29% | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017) |
Fans of the originals will recognize enough connective tissue to make them mindful of the first trilogy, & average viewers will find more than enough to enjoy & make them glad they bought a ticket.‐ Forbes
Read More | Posted May 25, 2017
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| 71% | Alien: Covenant (2017) |
[S]cary as hell, and will give you a spectacularly bloody good time at the theater.‐ Forbes
Read More | Posted May 16, 2017
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| 28% | King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword (2017) |
[I]t fails to deliver a film worthy of [its] ambitions... There was a good movie in here somewhere, but only pieces of it were allowed to survive.‐ Forbes
Read More | Posted May 11, 2017
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| 36% | Snatched (2017) |
[It] will crack you up from start to finish, while also leaving you misty-eyed and wanting to hug your mom.‐ Forbes
Read More | Posted May 11, 2017
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| 81% | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) |
[A] grand and worthy sequel that packs an emotional wallop and brilliant visuals.‐ Forbes
Read More | Posted Apr 26, 2017
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| 71% | Beauty and the Beast (2017) |
[A] gorgeous, entertaining, amusing fairy tale come to vivid life, and is bound to please the vast majority of audiences‐ Forbes
Read More | Posted Mar 17, 2017
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| 76% | Kong: Skull Island (2017) |
Kong: Skull Island is a fast-paced adrenaline rush that gives us lots of CGI eye candy, lots of thrilling action sequences and scary moments, lots of laughs, and lots of charismatic performers...‐ Forbes
Read More | Posted Mar 6, 2017
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| 93% | Logan (2017) |
Operatic and also deeply personal, Logan is one of the true great films of the superhero genre, among the best films of 2017 to date, and a rousing send-off for the old guard while ushering in the future of the X-Men franchise.‐ Forbes
Read More | Posted Feb 17, 2017
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| 42% | A Cure For Wellness (2017) |
The sumptuous visuals and spiral into confusing dream-logic - or more accurately, nightmare-logic... sets the stage for a horror production driven by aesthetics and ideas more than pure plotting and character-driven narrative.‐ Forbes
Read More | Posted Feb 16, 2017
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| 90% | The Lego Batman Movie (2017) |
A visual treat that's terrific fun for the whole family... gloriously silly and wildly hysterical, but also unexpectedly faithful and remarkably emotionally perceptive.‐ Forbes
Read More | Posted Feb 9, 2017
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| 34% | Live By Night (2017) |
[A] smart, sultry, thrilling piece of gangster fiction in the best traditions of classic Hollywood gangster movies of the 1930s and 1940s while taking other inspiration from 1970s neo-noir crime cinema.‐ Forbes
Read More | Posted Jan 13, 2017
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| 80% | Patriots Day (2017) |
Patriots Day is ultimately a tale of hope and inspiration... The survivors live on and honor those who died, and the people from whom so much was taken came together, stood together, and healed together. Patriots Day honors them, as should we all.‐ Forbes
Read More | Posted Jan 12, 2017
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| 85% | Silence (2017) |
[V]isually breathtaking, passionate, and provocative. Its implications will stay with you long after you've left the theater...‐ Forbes
Read More | Posted Jan 4, 2017
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| 86% | Lion (2016) |
[A] tale of tragedy and loss, of pain and heartbreak -- but also a tale of hope and mercy, of faith & love, and of how sublime moments of grace in our lives can often come from the aftermath of suffering.‐ Forbes
Read More | Posted Dec 30, 2016
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| 85% | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) |
[A]n eye-popping heart-stopping joyride that leaves you breathless... a grand and operatic vision...‐ Forbes
Read More | Posted Dec 15, 2016
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| 87% | Hacksaw Ridge (2016) |
The war is depicted as Hell incarnate, with a great deal of focus on apocalyptic eruptions of flame and people consumed in fire... [R]emarkably realized and recalls the finest moments of Gibson's earlier directorial work.‐ Forbes
Read More | Posted Nov 4, 2016
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| 90% | Doctor Strange (2016) |
[A] masterpiece of comic book cinema... part Iron Man, part The Matrix, part The Conjuring, and part Harry Potter [with] a dash of Inception, a pinch of Nightmare on Elm Street, [and] a hint of Hero...‐ Forbes
Read More | Posted Oct 27, 2016
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| 37% | Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016) |
It could've been and should've been a lot better - it's not terrible, it's just not particularly good either.‐ Forbes
Read More | Posted Oct 21, 2016
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| 52% | The Accountant (2016) |
Exciting, sometimes funny, and with several appealing performances in a story about human connection and loss and how we strive to feel complete and make sense of our lives...‐ Forbes
Read More | Posted Oct 14, 2016
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| 93% | Queen of Katwe (2016) |
[O]ften uplifting, often heartbreaking, & always absorbing, filled with impressive performances & a subversion of Western expectations that make it rise above the other entries in the genre over the last few years.‐ Forbes
Read More | Posted Sep 23, 2016
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| 85% | Sully (2016) |
[P]uts viewers right in the air with the crew and passengers of [the] events, making the overall impact unlike anything else this year in cinema...‐ Forbes
Read More | Posted Sep 9, 2016
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| 97% | Kubo and the Two Strings (2016) |
Whimsical yet mature, fantastically magical yet full of realistic emotions and a simple, earthly plea for redemption, it goes beyond childish notions of resolution and "victory" toward a far more moving and poetic destination.‐ Forbes
Read More | Posted Aug 19, 2016
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| 59% | War Dogs (2016) |
[F]ails to get to deeper ideas and truths that are ripe for exploration in precisely a film of this nature, and it winds up almost a caricature of the very sort of film it tries to emulate.‐ Forbes
Read More | Posted Aug 18, 2016
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| 97% | Hell or High Water (2016) |
Hell or High Water is one of the great modern westerns... the sort of substantive food for the soul we all need to experience.‐ Forbes
Read More | Posted Aug 12, 2016
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| 25% | Suicide Squad (2016) |
[T]akes the superhero genre in a new direction, letting the bad guys be bad guys even while they're forced into service for supposed "good." It's crowd-pleasing genre entertainment with delightful performances, [and] eye-popping visuals...‐ Forbes
Read More | Posted Aug 2, 2016
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| 87% | Pete's Dragon (2016) |
Pete's Dragon is an excellent entry in Disney's catalog of live-action remakes... [A]s American folktales go, it's the best I've heard in a long, long time.‐ Forbes
Read More | Posted Jul 27, 2016
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| 74% | The BFG (2016) |
With so much going for it, including being adapted from a best-selling children's book, it was a real surprise to me that the film overall was unsatisfying. The whole wound up being less than the sum of its parts...‐ Forbes
Read More | Posted Jul 1, 2016
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| 35% | The Legend of Tarzan (2016) |
[It] moves from one big action set piece to another, propelled by old-fashioned action-adventure sequences that are the stuff of solid summer popcorn fun... a rousing good story with thrills & laughs.‐ Forbes
Read More | Posted Jul 1, 2016
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| 80% | The Conjuring 2 (2016) |
The Conjuring 2 fail[s] to live up to its excellent predecessor... a horror movie should never, ever cause me to laugh when it's trying to scare me or attempting a serious emotional moment.‐ Forbes
Read More | Posted Jun 9, 2016
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| 92% | The Nice Guys (2016) |
Shane Black's best work yet... a smart, funny, sexy action movie... You can tell Black would be happy making films like this for the rest of his life -- and we should be so luck.‐ Forbes
Read More | Posted May 21, 2016
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| 48% | X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) |
[A] film with much promise that it cannot quite live up to... [B]etter than Origins, better than The Last Stand, & actually almost (but not quite) on par with the first X-Men outing... ‐ Forbes
Read More | Posted May 12, 2016
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| 77% | Keanu (2016) |
[Y]ou're going to laugh, and laugh a lot. Keanu has heart in the form of Peele and Key, and in form of a cute kitten worth all the trouble the two men endure to rescue him.‐ Forbes
Read More | Posted Apr 29, 2016
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| 76% | Elvis & Nixon (2016) |
Emotional impact winds up victim to brisk pace and a desire to hurry and show us some other weird behavior by Elvis to get a laugh.‐ Forbes
Read More | Posted Apr 22, 2016
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| 90% | Captain America: Civil War (2016) |
[T]he best Marvel yet, with the greatest superhero action on film. It's immense, marvelous action-packed fun... [T]he single greatest pure superhero movie ever made.‐ Forbes
Read More | Posted Apr 14, 2016
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| 95% | The Jungle Book (2016) |
[A] remarkable film achievement. It's visually breathtaking, emotionally thrilling... [T]he best Disney live action adaptation...‐ Forbes
Read More | Posted Apr 14, 2016
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| 27% | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) |
[T]he follow-up to The Dark Knight that many viewers and fans wanted or hoped for... [V]isually stunning, with powerful emotional storytelling and awe-inspiring action spectacle.‐ Forbes
Read More | Posted Mar 22, 2016
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| 84% | Deadpool (2016) |
Deadpool is like Die Hard with Bruce Willis' character David Addison from his TV series Moonlighting, if he wore a mask & cursed more... It's silly, swaggering, & obscene, but I mean all of those words in the best possible way.‐ Forbes
Read More | Posted Feb 9, 2016
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| 63% | The Finest Hours (2016) |
[A] remarkable story of bravery and survival against all odds, with fine visual spectacle and good performances keeping us invested as the disaster spirals further into hopelessness.‐ Forbes
Read More | Posted Jan 29, 2016
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| 50% | 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers Of Benghazi (2016) |
[A]n excellent film and Michael Bay's finest achievement. ...[N]o matter your party affiliation you will probably find it to be compelling and emotionally engaging.‐ Forbes
Read More | Posted Jan 15, 2016
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| 60% | Joy (2015) |
[O]ne of the best things about Russell's pictures is the fact I don't want them to end, because I could spend hours more with the characters. That holds true again for Joy...‐ Forbes
Read More | Posted Dec 23, 2015
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| 74% | The Hateful Eight (2015) |
Wildly entertaining, visually awesome, and a feast of delightfully wicked performances... [with] hints of Cabin in the Woods, The Thing, Cabin Fever, Evil Dead, and other such tales...‐ Forbes
Read More | Posted Dec 23, 2015
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| 92% | Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) |
Star Wars has returned to us again, and it brings us a wonderful gift: a brand new chapter, mixing old and new elements, original and new cast, in [an] amazing picture.‐ Forbes
Read More | Posted Dec 16, 2015
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| 88% | The Big Short (2015) |
It's hard to like so much about a film... & yet to feel ultimately a little underwhelmed by it all... I look at all of these individual parts that I liked, & they don't come together to create a finely tuned whole that is greater than the sum.‐ Forbes
Read More | Posted Dec 11, 2015
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| 81% | The Revenant (2015) |
The Revanent is among the truly great films of 2015, and is Alejandro González Iñárritu's greatest film... by the end you share in the characters' exhaustion of heart and soul, and perhaps in their glimpse at something infinite, beautiful, and terrifying.‐ Forbes
Read More | Posted Dec 11, 2015
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| 42% | In the Heart of the Sea (2015) |
[V]isually spectacular... dramatic, engrossing, and terrific to behold on a big screen. It's lush, adventurous, [and] frighteningly realistic storytelling...‐ Forbes
Read More | Posted Dec 11, 2015
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| 80% | Chi-Raq (2015) |
[A]n important, engaging, heartbreaking, and enraging film -- but always entertaining, always visually striking, lyrically impressive, and filled with knockout performances.‐ Forbes
Read More | Posted Dec 3, 2015
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| 69% | The Danish Girl (2015) |
'The Danish Girl' is a beautifully presented personal story with probably the year's finest lead performance, and it is another significant step forward for transgender representation in mainstream cinema and society.‐ Forbes
Read More | Posted Nov 27, 2015
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