Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Movie review: ‘Mufasa: The Lion King’

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Bob GarverContributorLike many critics, I despised the 2019 CGI version of “The Lion King.” The new animation was ugly and the rehashing of the...

Movie review: ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 3’

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Bob Garver Contributor The “Sonic the Hedgehog” movie franchise has had quite the history. In 2019, jokes about the poorly-received first trailer were everywhere in pop...

Movie review: ‘Kraven the Hunter’

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Bob GarverContributorIn between the blockbusters of the Thanksgiving season and the blockbusters of the Christmas season comes “Kraven the Hunter,” a movie that was...

Movie review: ‘Gladiator II’

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Bob GarverContributor“Gladiator II” has some awfully big sandals to fill, both commercially and creatively. Its predecessor, 2000’s “Gladiator,” made $187 million at the domestic...

Movie review: ‘Wicked’

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Bob GarverContributorIt was in the spring of 2004 that I first saw Idina Menzel and Kristen Chenoweth perform the showstopping “Defying Gravity” from the...

Movie review: ‘Moana 2’

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Bob GarverContributor2016’s “Moana” is probably my favorite animated Disney movie of the modern era. I have plenty of nice things to say about “Frozen,”...

Movie review: ‘Red One’

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Bob GarverContributor“Red One” desperately wants to be an “edgy” Christmas movie. Edgy Christmas movies throughout history have included everything from raunchy comedies (“Bad Santa,”...

Movie review: Double feature

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Bob GarverContributorThe battle for second place at the domestic box office this past weekend (behind the fourth weekend of “Venom: The Last Dance”) was...

Movie review: ‘Venom: The Last Dance’

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Bob GarverSpecial to Valley NewsThe last time audiences saw superpowered alien symbiote Venom (Tom Hardy) and his human “host” Eddie Brock (also Hardy) on...

Movie review: ‘Terrifier 3’

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Bob GarverSpecial to Valley NewsHere’s a movie that certainly surpassed expectations. The low-budget “Terrifier” franchise is not usually one that makes big bucks. The...