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Robert W. Butler

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House (1985) 49% 2/4 EDIT “What makes "House" an unexpectedly digestible experience for non-gorehounds is the tongue-in-cheek sense of humor screenwriter Ethan Wiley and director Steve Miner bring to the whole ludicrous affair.” – Kansas City Star Jan 30, 2026 Full Review North (1994) 12% 2/4 EDIT “"North" lacks the emotions and ideas to satisfy as a feature. You find yourself yearning for shorter, simpler, sweeter.” – Kansas City Star Jan 24, 2026 Full Review Misery (1990) 87% 3/4 EDIT “This is a film that makes you laugh with nasty glee, jump out of your skin and then laugh again.” – Kansas City Star Jan 22, 2026 Full Review The American President (1995) 90% 3/4 EDIT “Although it dares to embrace unabashedly liberal ideals, The American President manages to avoid strident excesses; in classic Hollywood fashion, it sucks us into an engaging and highly satisfying romance.” – Kansas City Star Jan 20, 2026 Full Review Stand by Me (1986) 88% 2.5/4 EDIT “It's one of those pictures you want to like more than you actually do.” – Kansas City Star Jan 13, 2026 Full Review Marty Supreme (2025) 94% C+ EDIT “Chalamet gives a breathless performance -- which is a problem because the film never slows down enough to let us catch our breath. It’s just one instance of bad behavior piled on another.” – Butler's Cinema Scene Jan 12, 2026 Full Review Dead Man's Wire (2025) 91% B EDIT “The key to Skarsgard’s performance is his ability to make us identify with Tony (haven’t all of us felt ripped off at some time by a big impersonal institution?) even as we squirm at the dangerous situation he’s created. ” – Butler's Cinema Scene Jan 12, 2026 Full Review A Few Good Men (1992) 85% 3/4 EDIT “... this courtroom drama succeeds as popular entertainment and as a thought-provoking examination of the nature and responsibilities of the military. ” – Kansas City Star Jan 8, 2026 Full Review The Princess Bride (1987) 93% 2.5/4 EDIT “Reiner's strength is his sincerity. He's able to skewer the conventions of the adventure genre while still celebrating them. Still, The Princess Bride suffers from some draggy moments. ” – Kansas City Star Jan 7, 2026 Full Review When Harry Met Sally... (1989) 90% 3/4 EDIT “Ephron's way with a zinger line, Reiner's directorial fluency and Barry Sonnenfeld's sumptuous photography, which makes New York look like an urban paradise, add up to a nifty 90 minutes at the movies.” – Kansas City Star Jan 6, 2026 Full Review Bugonia (2025) 88% B EDIT “A new film by Yorgos Lanthimos comes with a promise. It’ll be fascinating. Terrifically well acted. And very weird. “Bugonia” more than lives up to that standard.” – Butler's Cinema Scene Jan 6, 2026 Full Review Eden (2024) 58% C EDIT ““Eden” looks good (the cinematographer is Mathias Herndl) and there are some moments of involving physical action, but far from making a big statement the film seems satisfied with silliness.” – Butler's Cinema Scene Jan 6, 2026 Full Review Roofman (2025) 87% B- EDIT ““Roofman” features a whole bunch of heavy hitters in its supporting cast -- LaKeith Stanfield, Emory Cohen, Juno Temple, Uzo Aruba and Ben Mendelsohn -- but Tatum and Dunst are front and center giving the yarn its emotional oomph.” – Butler's Cinema Scene Jan 6, 2026 Full Review Blue Moon (2025) 91% B+ EDIT “Ethan Hawke has always been watchable, but in recent years his work has taken on near-legendary weight. “Blue Moon” cements his rep as one of our best actors.” – Butler's Cinema Scene Dec 30, 2025 Full Review Song Sung Blue (2025) 78% B EDIT “Laughter, song and tears. It’s a satisfying package.” – Butler's Cinema Scene Dec 30, 2025 Full Review The Secret Agent (2025) 98% B+ EDIT “There’s enough going on in “The Secret Agent” to warrant multiples viewings, but even a cursory glimpse will cement Moura’s place as one of the great actors of his generation.” – Butler's Cinema Scene Dec 20, 2025 Full Review Hook (1991) 37% 2.5/4 EDIT “Although overall Hook is just passable, it does have some redeeming elements. Foremost among these is Hoffman's Hook: The actor completely disappears inside this performance. ” – Kansas City Star Dec 19, 2025 Full Review Ballad of a Small Player (2025) 48% B EDIT “Toss in Tilda Swinton as a comically stuffy investigator hot on his trail and Fala Chen as the casino hostess who provides a love interest, and you’ve got a good-looking if not terribly deep outing.” – Butler's Cinema Scene Dec 17, 2025 Full Review Nobody 2 (2025) 76% C+ EDIT “It’s pretty much the same thing all over again… minus the sense of discovery that made the first film so enjoyable.” – Butler's Cinema Scene Dec 17, 2025 Full Review Sorry, Baby (2025) 97% A- EDIT “Every once in a while you encounter a film so achingly on target that you instinctively realize that it had to be torn from someone’s personal experience. So it is with “Sorry, Baby."” – Butler's Cinema Scene Dec 17, 2025 Full Review Eternity (2025) 77% C EDIT “Part of the problem is that “Eternity” is nearly 30 minutes too long; after a while it starts to feel like an eternity watching it.” – Butler's Cinema Scene Dec 12, 2025 Full Review After the Hunt (2025) 37% B EDIT “After the Hunt manages to be gripping even while withholding key pieces of information. This has not a little to do with Roberts’ performance, which gos from haughty to wretched wreck. ” – Butler's Cinema Scene Dec 12, 2025 Full Review Nouvelle Vague (2025) 92% B EDIT “Nouvelle Vague oozes youthful exuberance and intellectual precocity. It’s both lighthearted romp and a serious appreciation of an important moment in cinema history. In other words, it’s a lot of fun.” – Butler's Cinema Scene Dec 12, 2025 Full Review If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (2025) 91% B EDIT “I’m in awe of Byrne’s work here. It’s Oscar-level and then some. But the film itself is tough going.” – Butler's Cinema Scene Dec 12, 2025 Full Review Big Top Pee-wee (1988) 31% 1.5/4 EDIT “There are more laughs in 15 minutes of TV's "Pee-wee's Playhouse" than in this entire film.” – Kansas City Star Dec 11, 2025 Full Review
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