‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’ Overtakes the Sleeper Hit That Revived a Dormant Sci-Fi Franchise at the Box Office

Five Nights at Freddy's 2 continues to defy horrible reviews, even surpassing the critically acclaimed Alien: Romulus at the ...
Absolute Geeks

Avatar: Fire and Ash review: a spectacular cinematic endgame that’s starting to slow its roll

Fire and Ash is a stunning, emotionally rich blockbuster that proves James Cameron still owns the theatrical experience, even ...
GamesRadar+

Five Nights at Freddy's 2 review: "We have waited two years for a Five Nights at Freddy's 1.5"

Despite Five Nights at Freddy's 2 slightly bettering its predecessor in terms of scares and impressive animatronics, the sequel fails to understand that less is more. By stuffing as many storylines ...
The New York Times

‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’ Review: The Robots Are Malfunctioning (Again)

The bigger-budget follow-up to last year’s abysmal cult horror hit about haunted animatronic puppets is, at best, marginally scarier. By Beatrice Loayza When you purchase a ticket for an independently ...
IGN

Five Nights at Freddy's 2 Movie Review

If there was a critic predisposed to enjoy Five Nights at Freddy's 2, you're reading him. I defended Emma Tammi's critically panned first adaptation. I've written about the overblown "curse" of video ...
Variety

‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’ Review: The Animatronic Killers Are Back, and So Is the Slapdash Filmmaking, in the Lousy Sequel to 2023’s Monster Hit

“Five Nights at Freddy’s 2” is a supernatural video-game slasher movie of astonishing clunky crudeness. No, the movie isn’t dumb fun. It’s flat-out bad, maybe even worse than the first film. The ...
The Hollywood Reporter

‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’ Review: Josh Hutcherson and Homicidal Animatronic Creatures Return for a Sequel That Should Be Skipped

The follow-up to 2023's surprise smash hit horror film also features Mckenna Grace, Matthew Lillard and Skeet Ulrich. By Frank Scheck I’ve never had the experience, but surely playing the Five Nights ...
TheWrap

‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’ Review: Horror Sequel Falls Flat, but Fulfills Fans

There are two lenses through which the horror sequel “Five Nights at Freddy’s 2” must be viewed. First, there’s the fandom’s perspective – the legions of followers of the video game franchise are the ...
Variety

‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ Season 2 Is Darker and Just as Compelling: TV Review

The eight-episode season (critics received four for review) opens one year after the events of the Season 1 finale. It’s the last day of school, and Percy is eager to return to Camp Half-Blood, but ...
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‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’ Review: Josh Hutcherson’s Horror Sequel Isn’t Perfect, but It's a Sillier, Fun Improvement

The 2020s are the era when video game adaptations finally found their footing in film and television. The latter has certainly become the most fruitful of the two mediums, at least from a quality ...
Polygon

Five Nights at Freddy's 2 gets lost in its own lore

We are smack-dab in the middle of the video game adaptation era, which has its moments: A thrilling series like Prime Video's Fallout or a silly, action-packed movie series like Sonic the Hedgehog not ...
IGN

Give them some space.

Alien: Earth creator Noah Hawley has publicly stated that the TV spinoff series will not feature a crossover with Predator, ruling out an appearance from the Yautja in Season 2 and beyond. Dan ...