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Oct 11, 2022
Movie Review: “Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile”
By Bob Garver After several weeks of increasingly ineffective horror movies, “Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile” was a nice change of pace. Actually,...
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Oct 3, 2022
Movie Review: "Smile"
By Bob Garver I’ll start off this review with a compliment: the people tasked with advertising the new horror movie “Smile” did a really...
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Sep 26, 2022
Movie Review: “Don’t Worry Darling”
By Bob Garver “Don’t Worry Darling” is a film whose poor reputation precedes it. It’s going to be remembered not for anything that...
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Sep 19, 2022
Movie Review: “The Woman King”
By Bob Garver Last week I wrote that critics were a little too eager to embrace the random-twist horror movie “Barbarian” because the...
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Sep 15, 2022
Movie Review: "Barbarian"
By Bob Garver With “Barbarian,” writer/director Zach Cregger of “The Whitest Kids U Know” becomes the latest performer primarily known...
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Sep 6, 2022
Movie Review: “The Invitation”
By Bob Garver Last year, a longstanding tradition was bucked when the MCU’s “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” opened to an...
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Aug 23, 2022
Movie Review: “Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero”
By Bob Garver NOTE: This movie is available in both an English-dubbed version and a Japanese version with English subtitles. This review...
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Aug 16, 2022
Movie Review: “Nope”
By Bob Garver I had to take a week off from the column three weeks ago when “Nope” opened at #1 at the domestic box office. While I’m not...
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Aug 1, 2022
Movie Review: “DC League of Super-Pets”
By Bob Garver On more than one level, “DC League of Super-Pets” falls right between “The Secret Life of Pets” and “The Lego Movie.” Like...
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Jul 18, 2022
Movie Review: “Where the Crawdads Sing”
By Bob Garver “Where the Crawdads Sing” is being pushed as one of those literary adaptations that kicks off a whole litany of...
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Jul 11, 2022
Movie Review: “Thor: Love and Thunder”
By Bob Garver Thor (Chris Hemsworth) hasn’t been seen in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since 2019’s “Avengers: Endgame,” where he...
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Jul 9, 2022
Movie Review: “Minions: The Rise of Gru”
I believe the opening of “Minions: The Rise of Gru” represents an important milestone. If I’m correct, this is the last movie whose...
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Jun 27, 2022
Movie Review: "Elvis"
By Bob Garver A biopic of Elvis Presley is an absolutely perfect fit for director Baz Luhrmann. The filmmaker is known for a garish...
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Jun 13, 2022
Movie Review: “Jurassic World Dominion”
By Bob Garver Even among the crowded 2010’s box office, “Jurassic World” managed to be one of the most successful franchises of the...
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May 31, 2022
Movie Review: “Top Gun: Maverick”
By Bob Garver I watched the original “Top Gun” from 1986 to prepare for “Top Gun: Maverick.” The aerial stuntwork and action sequences...
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May 24, 2022
Movie Review: “Downton Abbey: A New Era”
By Bob Garver It might not be the epitome of blockbuster entertainment, but I do understand the appeal of “Downton Abbey.” The British...
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May 16, 2022
Movie Review: “Firestarter”
By Bob Garver It’s the week after a big blockbuster in “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” and you know that means: I’m going...
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May 10, 2022
Movie Review: “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness”
By Bob Garver After “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” I was a little apprehensive about the Marvel Cinematic Universe exploring more of the...
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May 2, 2022
Movie Review: “The Bad Guys”
By Bob Garver The animated comedy “The Bad Guys” has very quietly been the #1 movie at the domestic box office for the past two weekends....
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Apr 18, 2022
Movie Review: “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore”
By Bob Garver Unlike the 8-movie “Harry Potter” series, the “Fantastic Beasts” sector of J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World has never been...
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