Category: Rob Reviews
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Rob’s Retro Movie Review: This is Spinal Tap (1984) – The Movie That Scaled to Eleven
I thought I knew Rob Reiner’s work, but I was missing the ‘Big Bang’ of his career. From improvised brilliance to amps that go to eleven, I’m diving into why This Is Spinal Tap remains the undisputed king of the mockumentary 40 years later—and why it’s mandatory viewing for any…
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Rob’s Retro Movie Review: Logan‘s Run (1976)
Rob dives into the 1976 classic dystopian sci-fi film Logan’s Run. Does this movie, famous for its cultural impact, hold up in 2025? Find out in this retro revie
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Rob’s Retro Review: It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
If this plot sounds familiar, you’ve probably either caught a clip of the movie somewhere along the way, or watch one of countless TV sitcoms over the decades that have told their variation of it’s a wonderful life.
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Rob Reviews: Back to the Future: The Musical
One great thing about these musical adaptations of existing IPs is that they even give some of the minor characters a chance to shine.
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Rob Reviews : “Who killed the Montréal Expos?”
Seeing grown men and women brought to tears twenty years later was heart-breaking.
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Rob reviews: Fleishman is in Trouble (Hulu miniseries)
In Fleishman… just as in the real word, there are two sides to every story. In divorce, no one is innocent; neither is either party entirely guilty.
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Rob Reviews: Tron: Legacy (2010)
Tron: Legacy checked off all the proverbial boxes of a good sequel: it got viewers caught up with preestablished characters, expanded upon the world we had seen previously and left me wondering what happens next.
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Rob’s Retro Review: Tron (1982)
in 1982, the idea of a real person being sent into a computer program/video game resonated with a lot of people.
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Rob reviews: BlackBerry (2023)
In 2009, I worked for roughly a year in a Verizon wireless call center. I previously worked in retail where I had sold computers and wireless devices, so this wasn’t a big stretch for me. However, as soon as I got my employee discount and was able to get my…
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Rob reviews: American Family Field, Milwaukee, WI
The more ballparks I visit, the more I’m coming to the realization that one game or one stadium tour just is not enough to take in everything that I want to see.
Rebuilding Rob 