By Bob Garver Last week, I wrote in my review of “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” that I wasn’t really familiar with the...

By Bob Garver Let me begin by saying that I did not go into “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” familiar with the source material....

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”...

By Bob Garver Whether because of the pandemic, the constant comings-and-goings of the DC Extended Universe, or the first movie from 2019...

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...

By Bob Garver As popular as it is to complain about Hollywood’s lazy reliance on reboots, re-imaginings, spinoffs, and legacy sequels to...

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...

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...

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...

By Bob Garver This past weekend featured a weird toss-up between two new releases at the domestic box office. Horror thriller “Knock at...

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....

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...

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...

By Bob Garver 2023 is certainly off to an impressive start, movie-wise. Usually the new year allows holiday releases to continue...

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....

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...

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...

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...

By Bob Garver Like the “World” of a certain movie, the holiday weekend at the domestic box office sure was “Strange.” It’s not so strange...

By Bob Garver Like the cozy restaurant setting of “The Menu,” the theater at my screening of the film this past Friday was sparsely...