Edited sentence: " This glowing review coincidentally followed an "exclusive" cover feature on the sequel provided by the film's UK distributor.Empire also gave Speed 2 an endorsement, saying the first hour is "great fun," following another "exclusive" cover feature.In a strange rewriting of its own history, both reviews are no longer available to read on the magazine's website and instead, the more negative video reviews that were published many months after the theatrical releases are on the website's review database.It has most recently given The Simpsons Movie 2 stars, the same magazine that gave Batman & Robin a 3 star review in 1997, saying it was "great fun.Since 1997, the magazine has often cited Batman & Robin and Speed 2 as examples of terrible sequels and joined in the chorus of disdain and ridicule, while not acknowledging its own approval of the films after they had been granted "exclusive" coverage by the respective distributors.These films have been slated and ridiculed by critics and filmgoers the world over