Movie review: ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’
Bob GarverContributorFrom its ridiculous opening scene, there is little denying that “Five Nights at Freddy’s 2” is one of the stupidest movies of 2025....
Movie review: ‘Zootopia 2’
Bob GarverContributor2016 was a great year for animation. Disney gave the world a new musical masterwork in “Moana.” Pixar had its biggest hit up...
Movie review: ‘Wicked: For Good’
Previously, in “Wicked”Aspiring witches, green-skinned outcast Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) and pink-and-popular Glinda (Ariana Grande), started off as enemies at school, but then became friends....
Movie review: ‘Now You See Me: Now You Don’t’
Bob GarverContributorIt was all the way back in 2013 that audiences were first introduced to the Four Horsemen of Magic – J. Daniel Atlas...
Movie review: ‘Predator: Badlands’
Bob GarverContributor“Predator” and I got off on the wrong foot. I’m not talking about the new movie, but rather the 1987 original, and by...
Movie review: ‘Black Phone 2’
Bob GarverContributorHow is it that Halloween of 2025 couldn’t give us a better horror movie than “Black Phone 2”? It’s not that I’m shocked...
Movie review: ‘Tron: Ares’
Bob GarverContributorThe legacy of the “Tron” franchise is complicated. On a consistently positive note, the series has always been a feast for the eyes...
Movie review: ‘The Smashing Machine’
Bob GarverContributorA popular criticism I’ve heard about “The Smashing Machine” is that it tries too hard to subvert expectations. I assume that this is...
Movie review: ‘One Battle After Another’
Bob GarverContributorWriter/director Paul Thomas Anderson is known as a top-tier talent without top-tier recognition. None of his movies have made more than $50 million...
Movie review: ‘Him’
Bob GarverContributorJokes linking football and religion, especially Christianity, are common. “One gets Americans to sit attentively for hours every Sunday, the other is religion.”...