Robert Denerstein

Robert Denerstein Denver Rocky Mountain News 3 days ago 3/4 Kubrick's final opus proves strangely involving and, in its way, unique, but the movie is not without problems -- major ones. Go to Full Review Eyes Wide Shut (1999) 77% 74%

Robert Denerstein Denerstein Unleashed Oct 15, 2026 The movie tests one’s endurance — at least it did mine. But if you stick with Prayer, you may find that it gets under your skin. Go to Full Review A Prayer for the Dying (2026) 57% - -

Robert Denerstein Denerstein Unleashed Oct 15, 2026 Overall, Misty may not be the movie that delivers the definitive work on Hollywood's transactional ways. But it makes room for pungent moments about after-hours Hollywood, and it captures the way the odor of failure can drift into self-abasement. Go to Full Review Misty Green (2026) 60% - -

Robert Denerstein Denerstein Unleashed Oct 15, 2026 Musk may want to make himself the hero of his own story, but Gibney refuses to play along. That's hardly a groundbreaking approach, but Gibney molds his material with verve, insight, and a clearly made case. Go to Full Review Musk (2026) 96% - -

Robert Denerstein Denerstein Unleashed Oct 9, 2026 President or not, Jackson’s dialogue contributes to the movie’s solid “R” rating, but neither he nor Kinnaman can keep this one from becoming anything more than another blood-soaked grindhouse junker. Go to Full Review The Beast (2026) 52% - -

Robert Denerstein Denerstein Unleashed Oct 9, 2026 As is the case with many Sorkin efforts, Reckoning bolsters a talky screenplay that brims with the kind of clever repartee that distinguishes the Sorkin brand, but here can feel a bit formulaic. Go to Full Review The Social Reckoning (2026) 54% - -

Robert Denerstein Denerstein Unleashed Oct 6, 2026 ... the initial glamor loses its luster, and a plethora of melodramatic third-act plot twists wreck what's left of the movie's waning plausibility. Go to Full Review Verity (2026) 31% - -

Robert Denerstein Denerstein Unleashed Sep 30, 2026 Digger suggests that if we remove the protective scrim of illusion, we’ll see the dark truth about who we are and where we’re headed. Fair enough, but Inarritu can’t seem to push beyond cartoonish caricature that fails to pierce the conscience. Go to Full Review Digger (2026) 53% - -

Robert Denerstein Denver Rocky Mountain News Sep 28, 2026 0/4 Despite a bit of last-minute excitement, the movie is one more rehash of a slasher formula that has lost all of its perverse kick. Go to Full Review Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989) 8% 27%

Robert Denerstein Denerstein Unleashed Sep 24, 2026 Filmed in New Zealand, Heart of the Beast makes the most of forest and mountain scenery for a wilderness drama that should speak loudly to those of us who have experienced and valued canine friendship. Go to Full Review Heart of the Beast (2026) 85% - -

Robert Denerstein Denerstein Unleashed Sep 24, 2026 OK, at 109 overextended minutes, the whole thing is too complex, but the directors provide an emotional spine that keeps the richly realized, if sometimes unwieldy, helping of animation from blowing off the screen. Go to Full Review Forgotten Island (2026) 95% - -

Robert Denerstein Denerstein Unleashed Sep 24, 2026 I wouldn’t call Primetime a failed movie, but to be a better one, it would have had to push beyond its obviously presented issues or become a deeper character study... Go to Full Review Primetime (2026) 86% - -

Robert Denerstein Denerstein Unleashed Sep 24, 2026 Wladyka's playful tone keeps the story from digging too deeply, relying instead on Kikuchi's verve to propel a story that seems more eager to put on a show than plumb any emotional depths. Go to Full Review Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! (2026) 90% - -

Robert Denerstein Denerstein Unleashed Sep 21, 2026 I welcome movies that don't pound us with plot points, but Arsa becomes lethargic and, alas, dull. Oddly, the movie can seem as isolated from its audience as its main character is from the rest of humanity. Go to Full Review Arsa (2024) - - - -

Robert Denerstein Denerstein Unleashed Sep 18, 2026 It's almost as if Cregger approaches the movie like a dare. He bets that he’ll be able to top each chunk of mayhem with something that outdoes the last; it’s a bet he mostly wins. Go to Full Review Resident Evil (2026) 96% - -

Robert Denerstein Scripps Howard News Service Sep 17, 2026 David Lynch's "Blue Velvet" is offensive and dangerously misleading, a sick joke masquerading as an exploration of evil in the world. Go to Full Review Blue Velvet (1986) 87% 88%

Robert Denerstein Denerstein Unleashed Sep 17, 2026 Does The Weight measure up to its predecessors? Not quite, but it offers a serviceable helping of tension as its characters confront one danger after another. Go to Full Review The Weight (2026) 94% - -

Robert Denerstein Scripps Howard News Service Sep 14, 2026 It's all very transparent. Whenever someone has to go to the bathroom or has a sexual thought in this movie, you can be sure doom is close by. Go to Full Review Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning (1985) 11% 26%

Robert Denerstein Denerstein Unleashed Sep 10, 2026 ...Hope so often operates at peak levels that the movie establishes itself as a crazed entertainment with greatness in it. Go to Full Review Hope (2026) 79% - -

Robert Denerstein Denerstein Unleashed Sep 10, 2026 Despite dealing with witchcraft, Practical Magic 2 ...proves innocuous, a movie that unfolds pretty much as you'd expect, offering a cheerleading session for sisterhood and fan service for loyal followers of the original... Go to Full Review Practical Magic 2 (2026) 36% - -