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Bob Grimm

Bob Grimm

"I think it was in Ebert's "North" review where he said "I hated this movie. Hated hated hated hated hated this movie." That was a beautiful thing. You're gonna need a bigger boat-Roy Scheider in Jaws Where is Pancakes House? Peter Stormare in Fargo That's me...I'm me! Michael Rappaport in True Romance Look to me...I'll show you the life of the mind! John Goodman in Barton Fink"

Agrees with the Tomatometer 80% of the time.

Biography:
Grew up in New York, moved to Reno in 1992, and can't believe I still live here. Been writing reviews since 1989.
Favorites:
Some of my favorite movies are Jaws, Barton Fink, Taxi Driver, and Monty Python and the Holy Grail. My favorite 2006 film was The Fountain.
Publications:
Big Island Weekly , Las Vegas CityLife , Las Vegas Mercury , Reno News and Review , Sacramento News & Review , Tucson Weekly
Critics' Group:
Las Vegas Film Critics Society
Total Reviews:
488
Total QuickRatings:
202
Location:
Reno, Nevada, home of the frightening pedestrian.

Listing Of All Reviews & Articles

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Rating T-Meter Title | Year Add Date
4.5/5 77% The Grey (2012) " The first great movie of 2012." — Tucson Weekly
Posted Jan 26, 2012
2.25/5 87% The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) " A waste of a great director's time." — Tucson Weekly
Posted Jan 1, 2012
2.25/5 25% Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (2011) " Almost sort of liked it." — Sacramento News & Review
Posted Nov 24, 2011
3.75/5 69% A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas (2011) " Lots of fun." — Reno News and Review
Posted Nov 12, 2011
1.5/5 67% Paranormal Activity 3 (2011) " Sorry...ghosts dropping spoons just don't scare me anymore. " — Reno News and Review
Posted Oct 27, 2011
2/5 36% The Thing (2011) " Almost liked it!" — Tucson Weekly
Posted Oct 20, 2011
2/5 59% Real Steel (2011) " I don't like fighting robot movies. " — Tucson Weekly
Posted Oct 12, 2011
4/5 94% Moneyball (2011) " Brad Pitt is having a really good year. " — Reno News and Review
Posted Oct 1, 2011
4.75/5 93% Drive (2011) " One of the year's best. " — Tucson Weekly
Posted Sep 21, 2011
3/5 74% Fright Night (2011) " Colin Farrell is a super freaky vampire." — Tucson Weekly
Posted Aug 25, 2011
2/5 44% 30 Minutes or Less (2011) " A truly bad idea for a comedy." — Reno News and Review
Posted Aug 19, 2011
3/5 44% Cowboys & Aliens (2011) " Fun to watch, yet relatively disposable. " — Tucson Weekly
Posted Aug 3, 2011
3/5 79% Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) " This one is okay, but I'm a little burnt out on the whole superhero thing. " — Reno News and Review
Posted Jul 31, 2011
4/5 96% Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 (2011) " Ralph Fiennes is AWESOME in this movie. " — Reno News and Review
Posted Jul 21, 2011
4/5 91% Winnie the Pooh (2011) " A wonderful little sweetheart of a movie. " — Tucson Weekly
Posted Jul 20, 2011
1.5/5 35% Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) " Transformers...mucking up my eyes...Transformers...robots I despise!" — Tucson Weekly
Posted Jul 7, 2011
2/5 27% Green Lantern (2011) " Green Lantern is a moronic superhero. Ryan Reynolds is too cool to play such a lame character. There...I said it. " — Tucson Weekly
Posted Jun 22, 2011
2/5 82% Super 8 (2011) " Will probably stand as one of the film year's biggest letdowns." — Reno News and Review
Posted Jun 16, 2011
1.75/5 35% The Hangover Part II (2011) " Man, did they blow it with this one." — Tucson Weekly
Posted Jun 2, 2011
2/5 78% Fast Five (2011) " While this is the best in the franchise since the first film, I still don't like it because watching Vin Diesel in anything makes me want to punch myself in the face...and that's just not healthy. " — Reno News and Review
Posted May 5, 2011
4/5 77% Thor (2011) " The superhero genre is suited to Branagh's grandiose sensibilities. " — Tucson Weekly
Posted May 5, 2011
1/5 23% Sucker Punch (2011) " A great movie if you are a psychotic fan of Emily Browning's bellybutton." — Tucson Weekly
Posted Apr 1, 2011
4/5 46% Brother (2001) Sacramento News & Review
Posted Mar 29, 2011
3/5 71% Paul (2011) " Moderately funny, satisfying tribute to sci-fi." — Reno News and Review
Posted Mar 24, 2011
1/5 35% Battle: Los Angeles (2011) " More like "Battle: Indistinguishable, Concrete Laden Locales."" — Tucson Weekly
Posted Mar 17, 2011
0/5 5% Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son (2011) " Oh, come on now! Knock it off!" — Reno News and Review
Posted Feb 24, 2011
2.75/5 64% Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (2011) " I like Justin Bieber. There...I said it. " — Reno News and Review
Posted Feb 17, 2011
2/5 44% The Green Hornet (2011) " An admirable yet underwhelming attempt at something a little different. " — Reno News and Review
Posted Jan 20, 2011
1/5 10% Season of the Witch (2011) " Nicolas Cage=Modern Day Bela Lugosi in Declining Years" — Reno News and Review
Posted Jan 15, 2011
2/5 21% Gulliver's Travels (2010) " Jack Black used to be so cool." — Reno News and Review
Posted Jan 9, 2011
1/5 10% Little Fockers (2010) " Oh Mr. De Niro...it hurts to see you like this." — Tucson Weekly
Posted Jan 1, 2011
5/5 96% True Grit (2010) " Coens capture lightning in a bottle with Steinfeld." — Reno News and Review
Posted Dec 23, 2010
4/5 87% Black Swan (2010) " Another fine film from Aronofsky. " — Reno News and Review
Posted Dec 19, 2010
5/5 93% 127 Hours (2010) " The finest film Danny Boyle has made...time to throw an Oscar at James Franco." — Reno News and Review
Posted Dec 2, 2010
2.75/5 54% Morning Glory (2010) " Harrison Ford has turned into a screen master of supreme grumpiness...and he makes it pretty funny." — Reno News and Review
Posted Nov 20, 2010
1.25/5 53% The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2010) " While Rapace remains a strong and captivating actress in the title role, the film is remarkably bad. In fact, it's easily one of the year's worst movies. Boring beyond belief. " — Tucson Weekly
Posted Nov 20, 2010
3/5 39% Due Date (2010) " Plenty to laugh, and cringe, at. " — Reno News and Review
Posted Nov 11, 2010
0/5 10% Saw 3D (2010) " Hate...HATE!!!" — Reno News and Review
Posted Nov 4, 2010
2.25/5 46% Hereafter (2010) " It's hard to get girls when you are a psychic, even if you look like Matt Damon." — Tucson Weekly
Posted Oct 27, 2010
4.8/5 96% The Social Network (2010) " We have Facebook because some dude got dumped. I can believe that." — Reno News and Review
Posted Oct 8, 2010
3.75/5 94% The Town (2010) " That Affleck guy is a pretty decent director." — Reno News and Review
Posted Sep 25, 2010
3/5 73% Machete (2010) " The spirit of "Grindhouse" lives on." — Tucson Weekly
Posted Sep 11, 2010
1.5/5 73% The Last Exorcism (2010) " Oh come on now...this is garbage." — Reno News and Review
Posted Sep 5, 2010
2.75/5 73% Piranha 3-D (2010) " While stretches of the movie are terrible, there's enough gory goodness to put it over the top." — Reno News and Review
Posted Aug 26, 2010
2/5 40% The Expendables (2010) " Quit it with the CGI blood spurts. " — Reno News and Review
Posted Aug 19, 2010
4.25/5 93% The Kids Are All Right (2010) " Some of the year's best performances. " — Tucson Weekly
Posted Aug 12, 2010
3.75/5 78% The Other Guys (2010) " Ferrell and Wahlberg act like feuding children, and it's a great thing. " — Reno News and Review
Posted Aug 12, 2010
4.25/5 81% Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) " Michael Cera makes for a fine action hero. And while I'm at it, keep Brandon Routh as Superman!" — Reno News and Review
Posted Aug 12, 2010
2.25/5 43% Dinner for Schmucks (2010) " It has some good laughs, but much of this film falls flat on its face." — Reno News and Review
Posted Jul 29, 2010
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