Category: Rob Reviews
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Rob reviews “Men of a Certain Age“
How many middle-aged men are going to devote time to a weekly one-hour drama?
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Indiana Jones and the law of diminishing returns
Nostalgia has a way of magnifying greatness sometimes
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Rob reviews…Black Adam (and weighs in on the future of DC Films)
Last night, after missing it’s all-too-brief theatrical run, I watched Black Adam for the first time on HBO Max. That they’re calling the movie a commercial flop is hardly a surprise. It wasn’t terrible; but I’m glad that I waited until it started streaming to watch it.
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Rob reviews…Shoeless Joe
Is Shoeless Joe a better story than a Field of Dreams? I don’t know that it is. Furthermore, I don’t know if I can give an unbiased assessment of the two. I’ve been watching Field of dreams for the last 30 years and I’ve only read the novel once.
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Rob reviews…Eternals
Eternals does a great job of introducing roughly a dozen new characters in a relatively short amount of time. The movie is able to introduce the characters, their dynamic with the Celestials, their conflict with the Deviants all at the same time.
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Rob Reviews… Zack Snyder’s Justice League
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been a comic book junkie! As a young kid, I loved comic books because of the costumes and the larger than life superheroics. As an adult, I’ve come to realize that superhero stories are are modern day myths. That, and superhero stores…
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Rob Reviews: 11/22/63
A few weeks back, I finished reading 11/22/63 by Stephen King. Incidentally, this is the FIRST Stephen King novel I’ve ever read.
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Anything good in the theaters?
At the risk of of sounding like a totally pathetic fanboy geek loser, I can say with certainty that no single movie has had a more profound effect on my life than the original Star Wars. I’m a tad young to remember the first time I saw it (I was…
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Rob Reviews: Louie
Here’s one I’ve been waiting a while to write. A few months back, I decided to check out Louie on Netflix. For those unfamiliar with the show, Louie is written, edited, directed by and stars comedian Louis C.K. It is semi-biographical in that it tells the story an aspiring stand-up comedian juggling…
