Tag: movie review
Movie review: ‘Gladiator II’
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: ‘Red One’
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
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’
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’
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...
Movie review: ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’
Bob GarverSpecial to Valley NewsBack in 2019, “Joker” managed to make over $1 billion at the global box office and earn itself 11 Oscar...
Movie review: ‘The Wild Robot’
Bob Garver
Special to Valley News
For better or worse, late September this year is certainly the time for animated robot movies. Fortunately, we got the...
Movie review: ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’
Bob GarverSpecial to Valley NewsIn preparation for “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” I watched the original film from 1988. I found that I liked “some” things about...
Movie review: ‘Reagan’
Bob GarverSpecial to Valley NewsNobody is going to mistake cut-rate biopic “Reagan” for a great movie. At best, it’s a pretty standard greatest-hits collection...
Movie review: ‘It Ends with Us’
Bob GarverSpecial to Valley NewsI was on vacation two weekends ago, so I missed the chance to review this movie when it nearly took...