Tag: movie review
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...
Movie review: ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’
Bob GarverSpecial to Valley NewsIf nothing else, “Deadpool & Wolverine” is Disney taking a victory lap for acquiring 20th Century Fox and the Marvel...
Movie review: ‘Twisters’
Bob GarverSpecial to Valley NewsIt’s usually at the end of the review that I talk about a film’s MPAA rating, but I’ll twist it...
Movie review: ‘Longlegs’
Bob GarverSpecial to Valley NewsThe gruesome horror movie “Longlegs” pulled something of an upset at this past weekend’s domestic box office. It wasn’t enough...
Movie review: ‘Despicable Me 4’
Bob Garver
Special to Valley News
For a franchise that has been fairly consistent with its style of PG animated humor, the “Despicable Me” movies are...
Movie review: ‘A Quiet Place: Day One’
Bob Garver
Special to Valley News
“A Quiet Place: Day One” made a grave miscalculation with its advertising. Scenes were filmed with the intention of putting...
Movie review ‘The Bikeriders’
Bob Garver
Special to Valley News
Watching “The Bikeriders,” the word “inauthentic” kept driving through my mind. For example, I wasn’t buying pretty-boy Austin Butler as...
Movie review: ‘Inside Out 2’
Bob GarverSpecial to Valley NewsBack in 2015, Disney and Pixar introduced us to 11-year-old Riley and the squabbling emotions inside her prepubescent head. To...