Tag: movie review
Movie review: “Venom: Let There Be Carnage”
Bob Garver
Special to the Valley News
When we last saw reporter Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy), he had formed an uneasy alliance with Venom (also Hardy),...
Movie review ‘Cry Macho’
Bob Garver
Like last weekend, this weekend at the box office was underwhelming, especially for new releases. “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”...
Movie review: “Candyman”
Bob Garver
1992’s “Candyman” was ostensibly a horror movie about an urban legend come to life. Characters who uttered the name “Candyman” five times while...
Movie Review “PAW Patrol: The Movie”
Bob Garver
The animated “PAW Patrol” franchise doesn’t have the “for all ages” appeal of the best of Disney and Pixar. It’s from Nickelodeon, but...
Movie Review: “The Suicide Squad”
Bob Garver
“The Suicide Squad” has probably the most important “The” in movie title history, so important that it should be alphabetized under “T” instead...
Movie review: “Jungle Cruise”
Bob Garver
“Jungle Cruise” is the latest effort by Disney to turn one of its legendary theme park attractions into a movie. The gold standard,...
Movie Review: “Space Jam: A New Legacy”
Bob Garver
Watching “Space Jam: A New Legacy,” a question kept nagging me: Was “Space Jam” from 1996 this annoying? Both movies starred a professional...
Movie Reviews: Triple Feature
Bob Garver
“The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard,” the weekend’s No. 1 movie, was a colossal waste of my time. In the interest of not wasting too...
Movie Review: “In the Heights”
Bob Garver
“In the Heights” is based on the 2008 Tony winner for Best Musical that put Lin-Manuel Miranda on the map. It is not...
Movie Review: ‘The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It’
Bob Garver
Special to the Valley News
NOTE: One reason why I didn’t find this movie very scary is that I was on vacation this past...