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Bob Strauss

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Misery (1990) 87% EDIT “The shock effects are expertly timed, the humor deftly distributed so it relieves tension without undercutting it.” – Los Angeles Daily News Jan 21, 2026 Full Review The Testament of Ann Lee (2025) 88% 4/4 EDIT “It’s unlike any other ever put on screen, but definitely a song-and-dance show at regular, exhilarating intervals. ” – San Francisco Chronicle Jan 21, 2026 Full Review The Rip (2026) 79% 2.5/4 EDIT “Based on a true story and generic enough to make us believe it, this Joe Carnahan-directed and co-written thriller is sprinkled with enjoyable, genre-appropriate flourishes such as Clinton Shorter’s synth-pulse score. ” – San Francisco Chronicle Jan 16, 2026 Full Review When Harry Met Sally... (1989) 90% 3/4 EDIT “To his credit, Reiner pays subtle but rigorous attention to period detail.” – Los Angeles Daily News Jan 6, 2026 Full Review I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not (2025) 92% 3/4 EDIT “Interviews with numerous collaborators, friends former and new, his adoring but clear-eyed third wife Jayni Chase and their three daughters paint a complex portrait of a flawed but not always unlovable man.” – San Francisco Chronicle Jan 2, 2026 Full Review Song Sung Blue (2025) 78% 3/4 EDIT “These are not complex performances, but they do represent the kind of wistful, wishful passion that Diamond inspires... time and again “Song Sung Blue” visualizes the love millions of fans have for the singer-songwriter’s well-crafted kitsch. ” – San Francisco Chronicle Dec 23, 2025 Full Review Anaconda (2025) 48% 3/4 EDIT “Delivers moments of real terror in a smart comedy that deserves to be a bigger success than the original.” – San Francisco Chronicle Dec 23, 2025 Full Review True Lies (1994) 77% 2.5/4 EDIT “True Lies' real hero, believe it or not, is Tom Arnold. ” – Los Angeles Daily News Dec 10, 2025 Full Review The Abyss (1989) 76% EDIT “"The Abyss" is a somewhat unwieldy, intermittently gripping and visually awesome underwater fantasy.” – Los Angeles Daily News Dec 9, 2025 Full Review Predator: Badlands (2025) 86% 4/4 EDIT “Inhuman though it may be, this is far-and-away the most humane of “Predators,” expanding rather than skimping on the series’ blood hunt fundamentals. ” – San Francisco Chronicle Nov 6, 2025 Full Review Predator 2 (1990) 36% EDIT “Action-fantasy fans could do worse than "Predator 2."” – Los Angeles Daily News Oct 30, 2025 Full Review Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (2025) 61% 2/4 EDIT “An endless mope, occasionally interrupted by artistic breakthroughs and Springsteen’s stubborn insistence on maintaining his new work’s purity against pressure from all sides to strike while his commercial potential is hot.” – San Francisco Chronicle Oct 22, 2025 Full Review It Was Just an Accident (2025) 98% 4/4 EDIT “The superb cast of mostly new actors conjures distinct impressions of anguished souls.” – San Francisco Chronicle Oct 17, 2025 Full Review Casper (1995) 59% EDIT “...never before has anything fundamentally cartoony as "Casper" appeared like such an effortless, everyday interface with the outer limits of fantasy.” – Los Angeles Daily News Oct 3, 2025 Full Review The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue (2025) 81% 2.5/4 EDIT “All of the interviewed survivors, including those who lost loved ones, recall traumatic experiences with a straightforwardness that’s equal parts reassuring and unnerving.” – San Francisco Chronicle Sep 29, 2025 Full Review Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie (2025) 85% 3/4 EDIT “Songs and jokes and a surprisingly psychedelic sensibility make for a safe, kooky and sometimes even adult-amusing good time.” – San Francisco Chronicle Sep 24, 2025 Full Review Night of the Living Dead (1990) 57% 2/4 EDIT “Overall, this colorized but duller version of "Night of the Living Dead" isn't bad. It isn't necessary, either.” – Los Angeles Daily News Sep 17, 2025 Full Review Spinal Tap II: The End Continues (2025) 65% 3/4 EDIT “The film evokes the questionable comforts of rock dinosaur tours, always satirizing the commodified creakiness of such events yet respecting their emotional pull.” – San Francisco Chronicle Sep 11, 2025 Full Review Relay (2024) 82% 4/4 EDIT “In general, Mackenzie and screenwriter Justin Piasecki build dread in masterful ways, while Ahmed subtly fleshes out Ash from a serene, almost superhumanly competent professional into a flawed fellow with relatable issues.” – San Francisco Chronicle Aug 20, 2025 Full Review American Psycho (2000) 68% 2/4 EDIT “The whole thing, if you'll pardon the expression, cut deeper when you had to visualize it in your mind.” – Los Angeles Daily News Aug 20, 2025 Full Review Mission: Impossible (1996) 67% EDIT “The director's fertile visual imagination graces this soulless blockbuster with wit, suspense and personality.” – Los Angeles Daily News Aug 20, 2025 Full Review Nobody 2 (2025) 76% 3/4 EDIT “Funnier, sunnier and even more violent than its predecessor, “Nobody 2” ups the ante in the cinematic action department as well. ” – San Francisco Chronicle Aug 13, 2025 Full Review Weapons (2025) 93% 4/4 EDIT “[Zach] Cregger is a singular, distinctive talent. It might be too early to call him a visionary, but with his second film it's sure starting to look that way. ” – San Francisco Chronicle Aug 6, 2025 Full Review Together (2025) 89% 3/4 EDIT “Brie and Franco’s interplay persuasively cuts blood-curdling rawness with sensitivity and the civility people cultivate in order to live together. Their physical acting is just as incredible. ” – San Francisco Chronicle Jul 28, 2025 Full Review DuckTales, the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990) 66% EDIT “"Lost Lamp" is more Indiana Jones than Carl Barks, only not as exciting as that should be.” – Los Angeles Daily News Jul 17, 2025 Full Review
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