Movie review: ‘Oppenheimer’
Bob GarverSpecial to the Valley NewsThe other half of this summer’s “Barbenheimer” phenomenon, “Oppenheimer” did so well in its second weekend that I will...
Movie review: ‘Barbie’
Bob GarverSpecial to the Valley News“Barbie” prides itself on inspiring a full range of feelings – both in its characters and its audience. The...
‘Barbie’ leads box office again with $93m weekend; ‘Oppenheimer’ second
There's no stopping "Barbie" at the box office. Director Greta Gerwig's live-action imagining of the iconic Mattel toy raked in $93 million in its...
Movie review: ‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One’
Bob GarverSpecial to the Valley NewsLast summer, when “Top Gun: Maverick” was making roughly all the money printed in the United States during that...
Movie reviews: ‘Elemental,’ ‘Insidious: The Red Door,’ ‘Sound of Freedom’
A quick explanation about this week’s movies: with an estimated $40 million at the domestic box office, “Sound of Freedom” had the most money...
Movie review: ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’
Bob GarverSpecial to the Valley NewsIt has been 15 years since famed archeologist/adventurer Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) was onscreen in “Indiana Jones and the...
Movie review: ‘The Flash’
Bob GarverSpecial to Valley NewsIt’s been a whole two weeks since “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” opened, so it’s about time we had another superhero...
Movie review: ‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’
Bob GarverSpecial to the Valley NewsFew blockbuster franchises are as reviled by critics as “Transformers.” The 2007 original and its 2009 sequel “Revenge of...
Movie review: ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’
Bob GarverSpecial to the Valley NewsHow wrong I was about 2018’s “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.” When I saw the first trailer, I remember groaning...
Movie Review: ‘The Little Mermaid’
Bob GarverSpecial to the Valley NewsBack in 1989, the animated version of “The Little Mermaid” ushered in what came to be known as the...