Rob Thomas

Rob Thomas Not That Rob Thomas (Substack) Oct 30, 2026 3.5/4 In its quiet, matter-of-fact way, "Fjord" leaves the viewer with a chill of recognition no matter where we land on the political spectrum. Go to Full Review Fjord (2026) 92% - -

Rob Thomas Not That Rob Thomas (Substack) Oct 29, 2026 1/4 Given the quality of the actors, "Christmas at the Kringles" should have been a lot funnier or more interesting than it is. Instead, it tastes like a glass of eggnog that was left out on the counter way too long. Go to Full Review Christmas at the Kringles (2026) 0% - -

Rob Thomas Not That Rob Thomas (Substack) Oct 23, 2026 3/4 The movie is full of flavorful, resonant small performances like Maslany’s, all supporting a rare lead role by Turturro, one of our great character actors. Go to Full Review The Only Living Pickpocket in New York (2026) 97% - -

Rob Thomas Not That Rob Thomas (Substack) Oct 19, 2026 3/4 While I found it a little difficult to untangle all the various love triangles of the plot, there’s something just so thrilling about Maddin’s singular vision, like a dream remembrance of an old movie you saw on late-night TV years ago. Go to Full Review Careful (1992) 83% 81%

Rob Thomas Not That Rob Thomas (Substack) Oct 12, 2026 3.5/4 It’s more akin to Jon Krakauer’s sobering "Into Thin Air" than an extreme sports documentary, and a story that comes to the troubling conclusion that, even in one of the most remote spots on Earth, human beings can’t escape themselves. Go to Full Review The Last First: Winter K2 (2026) 97% - -

Rob Thomas Not That Rob Thomas (Substack) Sep 30, 2026 3/4 Baruchel gives Carter an extra-gravy-on-your-fries Canadian accent, but he never turns Carter in a cartoon, playing both the insecurities and the blind spots of the man who wanted to be called the "Mad Canadian." Go to Full Review The Stunt Driver (2026) 74% - -

Rob Thomas Not That Rob Thomas (Substack) Sep 30, 2026 3.5 Despite having the most defiantly boring title for a documentary in recent memory, "The History of Concrete" is often laugh-out-loud funny, occasionally poignant, always thoughtful and, unexpectedly, information-rich about the history of concrete. Go to Full Review The History of Concrete (2026) 97% - -

Rob Thomas Not That Rob Thomas (Substack) Sep 26, 2026 3/4 The tone moves from the silly to the serious – I sensed a little Pedro Almodovar influence there, and a "Punchdrunk Love" poster on the wall of Haru’s living room seems to be another guidepost for the film. Go to Full Review Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! (2026) 91% - -

Rob Thomas Capital Times (Madison, WI) Sep 25, 2026 3/4 The joy of Nick Davis’ documentary "You Had To Be There" is that it brings out the theater kid inside these iconic celebrities and shows us that, whatever their fame and fortune might be, they're still those kids at heart. Go to Full Review You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution, Spread Love & Overalls, and Created a Community That Changed the World (In a Canadian Kind of Way) (2025) 94% - -

Rob Thomas Not That Rob Thomas (Substack) Sep 24, 2026 3/4 Meeropol films Carroll’s legal drama in a relatively straightforward style. But Carroll’s personal story is a more complicated, at times even contradictory one, and "Ask E. Jean" is a more intriguing film for that. Go to Full Review Ask E. Jean (2025) 97% - -

Rob Thomas Not That Rob Thomas (Substack) Sep 23, 2026 3/4 It’s got a bit of a Hollywood polish that made me appreciate the more authentic "The Weight" even more in retrospect. But in its best stretches it’s still a quietly gripping movie as well as an affecting buddy movie between man and beast. Go to Full Review Heart of the Beast (2026) 84% - -

Rob Thomas Not That Rob Thomas (Substack) Sep 22, 2026 3.5/4 "Forgotten Island" feels like somebody took a familiar but poignant story about the power of friendship and poured a four-pack of energy drinks all over it. Go to Full Review Forgotten Island (2026) 95% - -

Rob Thomas Not That Rob Thomas (Substack) Sep 17, 2026 2.5/4 Is "The Misconceived" worth 88 minutes of your time? It’s a fascinating experiment, but held back by its dramatic and technological limitations. Go to Full Review The Misconceived (2026) - - - -

Rob Thomas Not That Rob Thomas (Substack) Sep 16, 2026 3/4 It all makes for an exciting and fast-paced action-adventure with an unexpected amount of emotional resonance, historical authenticity, and well-observed character detail. Go to Full Review The Weight (2026) 94% - -

Rob Thomas Not That Rob Thomas (Substack) Sep 9, 2026 2/4 "Runner" itself is a bit of a mismatch, handcuffing an at-times brutal action movie (how on earth is this rated PG-13?) to a mushy inspirational drama that feels very on-brand for faith-based Angel Studios. Go to Full Review Runner (2026) 78% - -

Rob Thomas Not That Rob Thomas (Substack) Aug 28, 2026 3/4 In its best moments, "Idiots" updates the pell-mell grossout R-rated comedies of the ‘00s for our unsavory present. Go to Full Review Idiots (2026) 65% - -

Rob Thomas Not That Rob Thomas (Substack) Aug 26, 2026 3/4 It’s more of an existential thriller in the vein of Gus Van Sant’s "Gerry," where the suspense comes not from the fear that something is around the next corner, but the fear that nothing is around the next corner. Go to Full Review It Ends (2025) 93% - -

Rob Thomas Not That Rob Thomas (Substack) Aug 19, 2026 3.5/4 "Tony" is such a complete, nuanced portrait of a person, a place and a time that you don’t really even need to know who Anthony Bourdain was to appreciate it. And how many biopics can you say that about? Go to Full Review Tony (2026) 93% - -

Rob Thomas Not That Rob Thomas (Substack) Aug 14, 2026 3.5/4 Imagine a lump of coal, covered in soy sauce, floating at the heart of a black hole. That gives you a sense of how dark the satire is in "Our Hero, Baltazar." Go to Full Review Our Hero, Balthazar (2025) 94% - -

Rob Thomas Not That Rob Thomas (Substack) Aug 13, 2026 2.5/4 As a movie, it’s a pretty familiar and only fitfully entertaining road movie of the sort audiences have seen many, many times before. But the band’s raucous DIY spirit comes through loud and clear from time to time. Go to Full Review Nimrods (2025) 72% - -