By Bob Garver I wasn’t the biggest fan of the first installment of director Denis Villeneuve’s take on the Frank Herbert sci-fi classic...

By Bob Garver Prior to “Hashira Training,” my exposure to the “Demon Slayer” anime series was limited to the 2020 film “Mugen Train.”...

By Bob Garver It was a good idea for “Bob Marley: One Love” to open on Valentine’s Day. Not just because there hadn’t been a decent box...

By Bob Garver I had high hopes for “Lisa Frankenstein,” whose trailers promised a lead performance from Kathryn Newton (of the gleefully...

By Bob Garver As much as I enjoyed the fun, exciting trailers for “Argylle” that made excellent use of the film’s eclectic cast, there...

By Bob Garver Not every week brings a shiny new blockbuster for me to review. Sometimes I need to look to the holdovers. Sadly, I’m not...

By Bob Garver Last week I wrote about “Mean Girls” and the problem of having seen a version of the movie before, which made it too...

By Bob Garver Of all the pop culture institutions to be cancelled, ended, or otherwise shut down by the pandemic in 2020, the permanent...

By Bob Garver For the first time since the pandemic, January means the release of a terrible horror movie in “Night Swim.” Actually, the...

By Bob Garver With the holiday season coming to an end, I can only talk about what “made” a movie like “Migration” a relative hit, as...

By Bob Garver 2023 has not been good for the DC Extended Universe. The year will end without “The Flash” as one of the top 20 highest...

By Bob Garver A bit of autobiography here at the start: I grew up a stone’s throw from Hershey, Pennsylvania and my current full-time...

By Bob Garver NOTE: This Japanese film is available in both “Subbed” and “Dubbed” versions. This review will focus on the “Dubbed”...

By Bob Garver When the writers’ and actors’ strikes of 2023 forced several movies off the fall schedule, it was a pair of musicians that...

By Bob Garver Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon” did rather well for itself over Thanksgiving weekend, opening in the #2 position at the domestic...

By Bob Garver I’ve been referring to this movie as “Hunger Game of Thrones.” It’s a prequel to “The Hunger Games,” but the influence of a...

By Bob Garver The fall from glory of the Marvel Cinematic Universe continues with “The Marvels.” This is not to say that this movie is...

By Bob Garver Last month, I wrote about “The Exorcist: Believer” actually working pretty well as a taut kidnapping thriller until the...

By Bob Garver Taylor Swift is the single most powerful force in pop culture at the moment. Every other musical artist is eating her dust...

By Bob Garver The creative, commercial, and overall cultural impact of 1973’s “The Exorcist” cannot be overstated. Every Halloween,...