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MOVIE REVIEW: 'Nosferatu'

13.01.2025 2

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Bob Garver Rrg251

MOVIE REVIEW: 'Mufasa: The Lion King'

MOVIE REVIEW: 'Mufasa: The Lion King'

Like many critics, I despised the 2019 CGI version of “The Lion King.” The new animation was ugly and the rehashing of the story from the 1994...

06.01.2025 9

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MOVIE REVIEW: 'Sonic the Hedgehog 3'

MOVIE REVIEW: 'Sonic the Hedgehog 3'

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

30.12.2024 5

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MOVIE REVIEW: 'Gladiator 2'

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

16.12.2024 10

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MOVIE REVIEW: 'Moana 2'

2016’s “Moana” is probably my favorite animated Disney movie of the modern era. I have plenty of nice things to say about “Frozen,”...

09.12.2024 6

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MOVIE REVIEW: 'Wicked'

It was in the spring of 2004 that I first saw Idina Menzel and Kristen Chenoweth perform the show-stopping “Defying Gravity” from the Broadway...

02.12.2024 3

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MOVIE REVIEW: 'Red One'

“Red One” desperately wants to be an “edgy” Christmas movie. Edgy Christmas movies throughout history have included everything from raunchy...

25.11.2024 4

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MOVIE REVIEW: 'The Best Christmas Pageant Ever' and 'Heretic'

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

18.11.2024 3

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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Terrifier 3’

Here’s a movie that certainly surpassed expectations. The low-budget “Terrifier” franchise is not usually one that makes big bucks. The first...

29.10.2024 5

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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’

Back in 2019, “Joker” managed to make more than $1 billion at the global box office and earn itself 11 Oscar nominations, including Best Picture...

21.10.2024 4

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MOVIE REVIEW: 'The Wild Robot'

For better or worse, late September this year is certainly the time for animated robot movies. Fortunately, we got the “worse” out of the way...

07.10.2024 4

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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Transformers One’

I actually had high hopes going into “Transformers One.” Not because I’m a big fan of the toys or really anything about the property, but...

30.09.2024 3

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MOVIE REVIEW: 'Speak No Evil'

“Speak No Evil” is a remake of a 2022 Danish movie with a famously vile twist. I went into this film expecting it to have the same twist. That’s...

24.09.2024 4

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MOVIE REVIEW: 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice'

In preparation for “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” I watched the original film from 1988. I found that I liked “some” things about it, like the set...

16.09.2024 4

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Bob Garver Rrg251