Movie Reviews

Movie Review: “Twisters”

Movie Review: “Twisters”

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 “Twisters.” Or rather, for its 1996 predecessor “Twister” and its...

Movie Review: “Longlegs”

Movie Review: “Longlegs”

          The gruesome horror movie “Longlegs” pulled something of an upset at this past weekend’s domestic box office. It wasn’t enough to upset “Despicable Me 4” for the #1 spot, but it did do the...

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...

Movie Review: “A Quiet Place: Day One”

Movie Review: “A Quiet Place: Day One”

By: Bob Garver “A Quiet Place: Day One” made a grave miscalculation with its advertising. Scenes were filmed with the intention of putting them in the trailers, but not the movie. This way, when...

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...

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...