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 81% 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:
Las Vegas CityLife , Las Vegas Mercury , Reno News and Review , Sacramento News & Review , Tucson Weekly
Critics' Group:
Las Vegas Film Critics Society
Total Reviews:
549
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
2.75/5 46% Pain & Gain (2013) " While I will always hate Bay, this is actually an okay movie." — Reno News and Review
Posted May 2, 2013
2/5 56% Oblivion (2013) " Tom Cruise is CAPTAIN EO!" — Reno News and Review
Posted Apr 26, 2013
4/5 81% The Place Beyond The Pines (2013) " Gosling and Cooper in a movie? Yeah, you should go." — Tucson Weekly
Posted Apr 19, 2013
2.75/5 62% Evil Dead (2013) " Well...I didn't hate it. " — Reno News and Review
Posted Apr 11, 2013
1/5 9% The Host (2013) " Yeah...um...no...don't ever do this again please. " — Tucson Weekly
Posted Apr 4, 2013
1/5 66% Spring Breakers (2013) " Don't believe the hype...this movie is an awful mess." — Tucson Weekly
Posted Mar 31, 2013
1.5/5 38% The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013) " Now you see it, and now you wish you really hadn't. " — Tucson Weekly
Posted Mar 21, 2013
2.25/5 60% Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) " Kunis just doesn't cut it as a witch, and Franco makes for an unintentionally goofy wizard. " — Tucson Weekly
Posted Mar 14, 2013
2/5 52% Jack the Giant Slayer (2013) " Not a very good time...special effects kill this one. " — Reno News and Review
Posted Mar 10, 2013
2.75/5 58% Snitch (2013) " Dwayne Johnson actually almost emotes in this thing. " — Reno News and Review
Posted Mar 3, 2013
4.5/5 95% West of Memphis (2012) " Good to know these guys are finally free." — Tucson Weekly
Posted Feb 27, 2013
1/5 15% A Good Day To Die Hard (2013) " One of the great action franchises in movie history not only delivers its first bomb, it puts a crater in the franchise so large I fear it can't be rebuilt. " — Tucson Weekly
Posted Feb 22, 2013
1.5 20% Identity Thief (2013) " The latest movie featuring Chris Farley and David Spade really stinks. Oh...wait..." — Reno News and Review
Posted Feb 16, 2013
4/5 80% Warm Bodies (2013) " A credible zombie flick that is also sweet and adorable. " — Reno News and Review
Posted Feb 7, 2013
1.75/5 4% Movie 43 (2013) " The homeschooling segment is funny. The rest...not so much." — Reno News and Review
Posted Feb 3, 2013
2.25/5 59% The Last Stand (2013) " Cool to see Arnold back. I just wish the movie was a little better. " — Reno News and Review
Posted Jan 24, 2013
1/5 32% Gangster Squad (2013) " Painfully bad...Gosling and Penn embarrass themselves. " — Reno News and Review
Posted Jan 17, 2013
4.75/5 93% Zero Dark Thirty (2013) " At least two great movies in one...Bigelow Oscar snub is insane." — Reno News and Review
Posted Jan 10, 2013
2/5 51% Promised Land (2013) " I really don't know what this movie is trying to say. " — Tucson Weekly
Posted Jan 3, 2013
3/5 88% Django Unchained (2012) " Tarantino's worst movie is only good...not great. " — Reno News and Review
Posted Jan 3, 2013
5/5 70% Les Misérables (2012) " The best movie musical I have ever seen." — Tucson Weekly
Posted Dec 27, 2012
1/5 4% Playing for Keeps (2012) " Garbage." — Reno News and Review
Posted Dec 13, 2012
3.75/5 76% Killing Them Softly (2012) " Ray Liotta gets his butt super kicked in this one. It's actually quite scary. " — Reno News and Review
Posted Dec 6, 2012
4.5/5 88% Life of Pi (2012) " Hooray!!!" — Reno News and Review
Posted Nov 29, 2012
2.25/5 89% Lincoln (2012) " This is a surprisingly bad movie. " — Reno News and Review
Posted Nov 22, 2012
1/5 48% The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (2012) " Not nearly enough shots of Taylor's abs. " — Reno News and Review
Posted Nov 22, 2012
4/5 92% Skyfall (2012) " Best...Bond...ever." — Reno News and Review
Posted Nov 16, 2012
3/5 79% Flight (2012) " I have to be honest...the plane crash is by far the best part of this movie. All of the other stuff is just okay. " — Reno News and Review
Posted Nov 8, 2012
3/5 68% Cloud Atlas (2012) " A goofy yet somewhat enjoyable film." — Reno News and Review
Posted Nov 1, 2012
1/5 25% Paranormal Activity 4 (2012) " Kids teleconferencing on their stupid computers=NOT SCARY!" — Reno News and Review
Posted Oct 25, 2012
3/5 63% Sinister (2012) " I'm uh-scared, I'm uh-scared!"" — Tucson Weekly
Posted Oct 17, 2012
4.5/5 82% Seven Psychopaths (2012) " Best movie about writing a screenplay since Barton Fink." — Tucson Weekly
Posted Oct 11, 2012
4.5/5 93% Looper (2012) " Very entertaining on many, many levels. " — Tucson Weekly
Posted Oct 4, 2012
3/5 86% The Master (2012) " The movie doesn't quite measure up to the great performances...worth seeing, but not on par with Anderson's masterpieces. " — Tucson Weekly
Posted Oct 1, 2012
1.5/5 22% The Words (2012) " Bleccch!!!" — Reno News and Review
Posted Sep 14, 2012
2/5 67% Lawless (2012) " Shia got on my nerves in this one. " — Reno News and Review
Posted Sep 9, 2012
2/5 56% The Bourne Legacy (2012) " A bloated waste of time." — Tucson Weekly
Posted Aug 17, 2012
2/5 31% Total Recall (2012) " Pfffffffffft!!!!" — Reno News and Review
Posted Aug 12, 2012
3.75/5 87% The Dark Knight Rises (2012) " The Bane voice drove me crazy, but I still liked it. " — Tucson Weekly
Posted Jul 25, 2012
1/5 37% Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012) " A useless money vacuum. " — Reno News and Review
Posted Jul 19, 2012
2/5 73% The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) " Spider-man goes all cutesy-pants on us." — Reno News and Review
Posted Jul 12, 2012
3.75/5 69% Ted (2012) " Make this bear a necessity...oh man that was terrible. I'm actually very sorry I wrote that. " — Reno News and Review
Posted Jul 5, 2012
2/5 35% Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012) " This one needed to have a sense of humor." — Tucson Weekly
Posted Jun 27, 2012
4.75/5 94% Moonrise Kingdom (2012) " This film contains some of cinema history's best lightning strikes." — Reno News and Review
Posted Jun 21, 2012
3/5 41% Rock of Ages (2012) " While the movie gets a little tedious at times, Tom Cruise absolutely makes it worth seeing. He is beyond great here...ALL HAIL TOM CRUISE!!!" — Tucson Weekly
Posted Jun 13, 2012
4/5 74% Prometheus (2012) " Anybody trying to tell you this is a bad movie is out of their mind...I say this lovingly. " — Reno News and Review
Posted Jun 7, 2012
1.5/5 34% Battleship (2012) " One of the dumbest ideas for a movie...ever." — Reno News and Review
Posted May 24, 2012
4/5 90% Bernie (2012) " Sometimes Jack Black is just the best darned thing on the planet." — Tucson Weekly
Posted May 23, 2012
2/5 38% Dark Shadows (2012) " Burton and Depp have gotten into the practice of making boring and stupid movies lately. Hope that particular trend ends soon." — Reno News and Review
Posted May 18, 2012
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