Movie criticism, with prejudice 2026-08-10T00:00:00.000Z https://two-thumbs-down.com/ 2026-08-10T00:00:00.000Z https://two-thumbs-down.com/reviews/malcolm-x-throwback/

Norm calls it the greatest performance ever robbed of an Oscar. Matt deploys a word he refuses to define. The Crossfire is a massacre.

2026-08-09T00:00:00.000Z https://two-thumbs-down.com/reviews/chrome-dynasty/

A $250M robot movie with the emotional depth of a toaster manual. The robots deserved better. So did we.

2026-08-07T00:00:00.000Z https://two-thumbs-down.com/reviews/heat-of-the-moment/

Matt calls it "taut." Norm calls it "a screensaver with gunfire." The feud continues below.

2026-08-02T00:00:00.000Z https://two-thumbs-down.com/reviews/the-last-reel/

It pains them both to agree, but here we are — an actual movie, made by adults, for adults.

2026-08-10T00:00:00.000Z https://two-thumbs-down.com/vault/rain-man-norms-pick/

Norm's August pick: a Tom Cruise drama that burned through four directors, survived a writers' strike, and won Best Picture — precisely because Spielberg walked away.

2026-08-10T00:00:00.000Z https://two-thumbs-down.com/vault/tom-cruise-greatest-actor/

Norm settles it with four decades of evidence: the range, the robberies, the broken ankle, and the man who dragged the movie theater itself back from the dead.

2026-08-08T00:00:00.000Z https://two-thumbs-down.com/vault/jaws-broken-shark/

A broken mechanical shark forced a 27-year-old Spielberg to invent modern suspense. The best film school lesson ever taught by a malfunction.

2026-08-05T00:00:00.000Z https://two-thumbs-down.com/vault/die-hard-unwanted-sequel/

From a contractual obligation to Frank Sinatra to the perfect action film — the unlikely paper trail behind Nakatomi Plaza.