The exciting conclusion is admittedly quite successful in making the audience forget what a slog the movie was beforehand.

"Creative, stunt-filled action and a delightfully witty romance."

Where 'Challengers' fell apart for me was the utter un-likeability of the three main characters.

"'Abigail' isn’t necessarily a great movie by itself, but it works well as something to hold over certain horror fans."

What if Texas and California were to secede from the United States and join forces to wage war against their former home country?

It’s such a shame that there’s so much to detract from what “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” does right.

"I couldn’t latch onto anything enjoyable about 'Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire.'"

Mark Wahlberg stars as Michael Light, the captain of a team of “adventure racers,” teams that participate in multi-day races of over 500 miles across various treacherous terrains.

"As an overall effort this movie may be just as complacent as Po is in the first act, but the 'Kung Fu Panda' franchise knows what brings audiences comfort."

"This film is likely to fare even better than its predecessor at next year’s Oscars, and is frankly the first 'must-see' film that I’ve seen in a long time."

Fans will probably find much of value here, but the film was never able to capture my interest in a way that even “Mugen Train” could.

'Bob Marley: One Love falls into most of the familiar traps of the music biopic...'

"Ugh, what’s with all these movies going for the wrong ratings lately?"

'The confusing nature of the movie’s reality makes for a confused tone.'

Bob Garver: "'Anyone but You' is bland and corny and the characters are idiots."

"I know this movie probably wants me to give it the next letter grade up, but I’m afraid it will have to settle for a…"

Tina Fey and Tim Meadows reprise their roles without singing, and 'it’s less a welcome nostalgia act and more of an unflattering copy.'

"This is a bland, unoriginal horror movie with dull characters and even duller scares."

"'Migration' isn’t a particularly imaginative family film. It’s certainly cute and harmless enough that I don’t think anybody will truly detest it."

"This movie is the best argument yet for why this version of the DCEU in its entirety should just be cut adrift."

"It’s impossible to get too mad at a movie like this, one that the family can all agree to see together during the holidays."

"Maybe 'The Boy and the Heron' makes more sense to people well-versed in Miyazaki’s style."

"I’ll be honest, I had a hard time enjoying 'Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé,' despite Beyoncé being an incredible artist"

"Something tells me that Napoleon himself would have a hard time hiding a smirk over how badly I underestimated his biopic."

Bog Garver: "This movie is the unwelcome slog that I expected"

"I know that the MCU can produce hits for both the movies and home, but it needs to make better decisions about which properties should be which."

"I think the majority of people enjoy the movie for about half its runtime, and then it takes a downturn that sends them home unhappy."

From a technical standpoint, the movie does everything pretty much perfectly.

'The best thing I can say about The Exorcist: Believer is that some of the cast members are trying hard.'

Occasional mushy stuff aside, “PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie” is mostly fun and exciting, at least by PAW Patrol standards.

'The action is cheap and tedious, the script is a joke, the jokes aren’t funny, and a twist toward the end means that a team member committed a completely unnecessary murder.'

A Haunting in Venice is director/star Kenneth Branagh’s third go-around as Agatha Christie-penned detective Hercule Poirot.

"It’s easy to see the filmmakers’ desperation to squeeze scares out of this weak material."

It has been five years since we last saw Robert “The Equalizer” McCall, as played by the ever-arresting Denzel Washington.

"This movie comes just short of being the first video game movie to earn my recommendation."

"I was going to give this movie a non-recommendation grade of C for being too bland, but then Nana showed up and saved the day."

"My biggest complaint is that the movie generally seems to be aspiring to nothing more than 'so bad it’s good' appeal."

"I could go on and on about how much 'fun' this movie is, but I don’t want to spoil any of the many great jokes."

“Oppenheimer” is the movie of the summer, maybe the year.

'For all its flaws in world-building, Barbie is still an incredibly fun movie.'

"I spent most of this movie having a hard time deciding if it was worth recommending."

Bob Garver reviews 3 movies in this week's Movie Review.

Until the time-travel conclusion (which is at least handled with more dignity than those aliens from “Crystal Skull”), “Dial of Destiny” is just perfectly average for Indiana Jones.

"As for the multiverse surprises that make the fans go crazy, you’ll get them, don’t worry."

“Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” gives people exactly what they expect from a “Transformers” movie, but much less than what they should expect from a blockbuster.

"'Across the Spider-Verse' never officially loses its footing, but it ends weirdly."

"The kids at my screening loved it, though I may have just been hearing particularly high-pitched adults."

"If my interest is engine fuel, then this series has been leaking for the last three movies, and it’s just about out of gas."

"I hope you all had a happy Mother’s Day and did something more fulfilling than seeing this lousy movie."

"After a string of disappointments, the MCU has given us a decent outing with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3"