Movie Review: “Evil Dead Rise”
By Bob Garver It’s weird when a super-low-budget cult movie like 1981’s “The Evil Dead” gets a well-funded sequel. So many elements are...
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- Apr 18
Movie Review: “The Pope’s Exorcist”
By Bob Garver When I first heard that there was a movie called “The Pope’s Exorcist,” I thought maybe it was about a guy that performs an...
- Apr 11
Movie Review: “The Super Mario Bros. Movie”
By Bob Garver Last week, I wrote in my review of “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” that I wasn’t really familiar with the...
- Apr 3
Movie Review: “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves”
By Bob Garver Let me begin by saying that I did not go into “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” familiar with the source material....
- Mar 27
Movie Review: “John Wick: Chapter 4”
By Bob Garver There’s something about a fourth movie in a series that tends to be dangerous for a franchise’s legacy. “Batman and Robin”...
- Mar 20
Movie Review: “Shazam! Fury of the Gods”
By Bob Garver Whether because of the pandemic, the constant comings-and-goings of the DC Extended Universe, or the first movie from 2019...
- Mar 13
Movie Review: “Scream VI”
By Bob Garver I’m willing to argue that “Scream” is the greatest slasher movie franchise of all time. Not only is the 1996 original a...
- Mar 6
Movie Review: “Creed III”
By Bob Garver As popular as it is to complain about Hollywood’s lazy reliance on reboots, re-imaginings, spinoffs, and legacy sequels to...
- Feb 28
Movie Review: "Cocaine Bear"
By Bob Garver A lot of the reviews I’ve seen for “Cocaine Bear” contain some variation on the line, “This movie delivers exactly what it...
- Feb 20
Movie Review: “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania”
By Bob Garver I suppose it’s appropriate that movies starring Ant-Man aka Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) have always been rather “small” in the...
- Feb 13
Movie Review: “Magic Mike’s Last Dance”
By Bob Garver I had never seen a “Magic Mike” movie before “Magic Mike’s Last Dance.” The franchise’s first two installments both missed...
- Feb 6
Movie Reviews: "Knock at the Cabin" and "80 for Brady"
By Bob Garver This past weekend featured a weird toss-up between two new releases at the domestic box office. Horror thriller “Knock at...
- Jan 31
Movie Review: “Pathaan”
By Bob Garver Without a lot of new mainstream releases stepping up to the plate this past weekend, there was room for a surprise hit....
- Jan 23
Movie Review: “Missing”
By Bob Garver It never found enough of an audience to warrant a review from me, but I really liked “Searching” back in 2018. I would have...
- Jan 16
Movie Review: “A Man Called Otto”
By Bob Garver “A Man Called Otto” has not been a well-marketed film. The strategy of the film’s advertising seems to be, “You know how...
- Jan 9
Movie Review: “M3GAN”
By Bob Garver 2023 is certainly off to an impressive start, movie-wise. Usually the new year allows holiday releases to continue...
- Dec 26, 2022
Movie Review: “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish”
By Bob Garver We were first introduced to dashing animated feline Puss in Boots (Antonio Banderas) in “Shrek 2” all the way back in 2004....
- Dec 19, 2022
Movie Review: “Avatar: The Way of Water”
By Bob Garver Back in 2009, director James Cameron gave the world “Avatar.” The film about a human going undercover as a member of the...
- Dec 12, 2022
Movie Review: “Devotion”
By Bob Garver With “Avatar: The Way of Water” opening next weekend, no new wide release wanted to open this weekend and have only one...
- Dec 5, 2022
Movie Review: “Violent Night”
By Bob Garver “Violent Night” doesn’t have it in itself to be the best naughty Christmas movie ever made, so it tries to compensate by...
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