By Bob Garver It’s an odd choice to do a sequel to the 2018 heist movie “Den of Thieves” in 2025. The first film made less than $50 million at the domestic box office and to my …
By Bob Garver Robert Eggers is one of those directors that always puts out exactly the movie he wants. I’m not saying that as a comment on his …
By: Bob Garver Like many critics, I despised the 2019 CGI version of “The Lion King.” The new animation was ugly and the rehashing of the …
By: Bob Garver The “Sonic the Hedgehog” movie franchise has had quite the history. In 2019, jokes about the poorly-received first trailer were everywhere in pop culture. Paramount, …
By: Bob Garver In between the blockbusters of the Thanksgiving season and the blockbusters of the Christmas season comes “Kraven the Hunter,” a movie that was never going to be a …
By: Bob Garver “Gladiator II” has some awfully big sandals to fill, both commercially and creatively. Its predecessor, 2000’s “Gladiator,” made $187 …
By: Bob Garver 2016’s “Moana” is probably my favorite animated Disney movie of the modern era. I have plenty of nice things to say …
By: Bob Garver It was in the spring of 2004 that I first saw Idina Menzel and Kristen Chenoweth perform the show-stopping “Defying Gravity” …
By: Bob Garver “Red One” desperately wants to be an “edgy” Christmas movie. Edgy Christmas movies throughout history have …
By Bob Garver The battle for second place at the domestic box office this past weekend (behind the fourth weekend of “Venom: The Last Dance”) was awfully close, with two films …
By: Bob Garver The last time audiences saw superpowered alien symbiote Venom (Tom Hardy) and his human “host” Eddie Brock (also Hardy) on the …
By: Bob Garver Here’s a movie that certainly surpassed expectations. The low-budget “Terrifier” franchise is not usually one that makes big bucks. The first film from 2016 made …
By: Bob Garver Back in 2019, “Joker” managed to make over $1 billion at the global box office and earn itself 11 Oscar nominations, …
By: Bob Garver For better or worse, late September this year is certainly the time for animated robot movies. Fortunately, we got the …
By: Bob Garver Nobody is going to mistake cut-rate biopic “Reagan” for a great movie. At best, it’s a pretty standard greatest-hits collection of important moments in the …
By: Bob Garver “Speak No Evil” is a remake of a 2022 Danish movie with a famously vile twist. I went into this film expecting it to have the same twist. That’s not to say …
By: Bob Garver In preparation for “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” I watched the original film from 1988. I found that I liked “some” things about it, like the set and …
By: Bob Garver Nobody is going to mistake cut-rate biopic “Reagan” for a great movie. At best, it’s a pretty standard greatest-hits collection of important moments in the …
By: Bob Garver I was on vacation two weekends ago, so I missed the chance to review this movie when it nearly took down “Deadpool & …
By: Bob Garver “Alien: Romulus” started out at a disadvantage with me because I haven’t liked any of the “Alien” films that came before it. I’m not just …
By: Bob Garver With “Trap,” writer/director M. Night Shyamalan has given us a half-decent movie. By which I mean that half of it is… decent. The first half delivers the taut …
By: Bob Garver If nothing else, “Deadpool & Wolverine” is Disney taking a victory lap for acquiring 20th Century Fox and the Marvel properties it controlled. We got a taste of …
By: Bob Garver It’s usually at the end of the review that I talk about a film’s MPAA rating, but I’ll twist it up for …
The gruesome horror movie “Longlegs” pulled something of an upset at this past weekend’s domestic box office. It wasn’t enough to upset …
For a franchise that has been fairly consistent with its style of PG animated humor, the “Despicable Me” movies are kind of all over the place …
