Movie Review: “Despicable Me 4”

Movie Review: “Despicable Me 4”

By Bob Garver              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 for me. I couldn’t stand the first one, loved the second one, thought the first “Minions” spinoff...
Movie Review: “The Bikeriders”

Movie Review: “The Bikeriders”

By: Bob Garver             Watching “The Bikeriders,” the word “inauthentic” kept driving through my mind. For example, I wasn’t buying pretty-boy Austin Butler as a tough biker. There is a planet where Butler can come off as intimidating and that planet is called...
Movie Review: “Inside Out 2”

Movie Review: “Inside Out 2”

By Bob Garver Back in 2015, Disney and Pixar introduced us to 11-year-old Riley and the squabbling emotions inside her prepubescent head. To make a long story short, Joy (Amy Poehler) tried to retain dominance over the girl, but Sadness (Phyllis Smith) kept creeping...
Movie Review: “Bad Boys: Ride or Die”

Movie Review: “Bad Boys: Ride or Die”

By Bob Garver             I’m not going to go into a lot of depth about the story in “Bad Boys: Ride or Die.” Miami detectives Mike Lowery (Will Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) are back to have another cop adventure. They do some investigating, clash with...
Movie Review: “The Garfield Movie”

Movie Review: “The Garfield Movie”

By Bob Garver             “Garfield and Friends,” based on comic strips by Jim Davis, was one of my favorite cartoons growing up. With all due respect to the show’s talented writers and other voice actors, the best thing about the show was Lorenzo Music’s performance...