Rob's Movie Vault

Rob Gonsalves Rob's Movie Vault Jan 14, 2026 D ...best described as a hard-R splatter movie, with Ben drooling and screeching as he rips faces and jaws off or beats people to death. People have been testifying to how 'fun' it all is, but I found it repulsive and unpleasant... Go to Full Review Primate (2025) 77% - -

Rob Gonsalves Rob's Movie Vault Jan 8, 2026 C- I felt as hustled as Marty’s various marks must feel; Safdie never stops agitating on behalf of Marty, pleading his case that he’s a worthy subject of a film. He didn’t convince me. Go to Full Review Marty Supreme (2025) 93% - -

Rob Gonsalves Rob's Movie Vault Jan 3, 2026 F It seems to want to be a cross between 'Tropic Thunder' and 'Be Kind Rewind,' both of which, like this film, starred Jack Black, and both of which were far funnier. For that matter, so was the original 'Anaconda'... Go to Full Review Anaconda (2025) 49% - -

Rob Gonsalves Rob's Movie Vault Dec 16, 2025 A- The movie is valuable to me, but if it doesn’t sound worthwhile to you, I’m not about to try convincing you otherwise. You know whether you’re up for this. Go to Full Review Die My Love (2025) 74% - -

Rob Gonsalves Rob's Movie Vault Dec 8, 2025 C The movie would be nowhere without Jessie Buckley, to whom they may as well hand the Oscar now and save the fuss. Go to Full Review Hamnet (2025) 86% - -

Rob Gonsalves Rob's Movie Vault Dec 3, 2025 A- At this point, Craig’s legacy deserves to rest at least as much on Benoit as on James Bond, possibly more so. Certainly he was never this much fun to watch as Bond... Go to Full Review Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) 92% - -

Rob Gonsalves Rob's Movie Vault Nov 25, 2025 A The film may sound like a high-toned bummer, but there’s a surplus of pleasure in its visual beauty, in its underplaying, in the hushed but firm way it takes the measure of the intractable facts of the world. Go to Full Review Train Dreams (2025) 93% - -

Rob Gonsalves Rob's Movie Vault Nov 18, 2025 B+ Some dialogue in 'The Running Man' is a little obvious, but in general Wright uses the plot to illustrate the peril of prizes awarded for winning the corporate/government game. Go to Full Review The Running Man (2025) 61% - -

Rob Gonsalves Rob's Movie Vault Nov 12, 2025 B Ansari, as a filmmaker, is as good-hearted as Gabriel; he makes pretty much everyone onscreen likable. Go to Full Review Good Fortune (2025) 79% - -

Rob Gonsalves Rob's Movie Vault Nov 5, 2025 B- At best it’s a new ensemble of good to great actors asked to convey how they might react to an impending existential lights-out. If you approach it without looking for more than that, it might offer more satisfaction. Go to Full Review A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE (2025) 75% - -

Rob Gonsalves Rob's Movie Vault Nov 5, 2025 C- The gothically inclined who love doomed dark romance may appreciate this 'Frankenstein,' and I wish I could join them. I wish it worked for me. Go to Full Review Frankenstein (2025) 85% - -

Rob Gonsalves Rob's Movie Vault Oct 22, 2025 B+ Tina Romero has made a fun, flashy tribute to her father’s work, and it packs the usual scares and flesh-eating while incorporating a bit of autobiography. Go to Full Review Queens of the Dead (2025) 84% - -

Rob Gonsalves Rob's Movie Vault Oct 15, 2025 A+ Whale wanted to deliver a 'hoot,' something heavily gay-coded and lightly disdainful of hetero normies. The result is a proto-goth, proto-punk slice of dark chocolate cake with purple and green icing. Go to Full Review Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 97% 86%

Rob Gonsalves Rob's Movie Vault Oct 8, 2025 B Feels like a project that warrants applause for having been accomplished at all, and expecting some of the more challenging technical spots to be more clearly rendered, or expecting Indy to have the range of a trained dog actor, sounds a little churlish. Go to Full Review Good Boy (2025) 90% - -

Rob Gonsalves Rob's Movie Vault Sep 29, 2025 A The compositions and lighting always enthrall; the editing takes us forward sometimes faster than we want to go, yet never confusingly. The action set pieces always seem to pop out of nowhere... Go to Full Review One Battle After Another (2025) 94% - -

Rob Gonsalves Rob's Movie Vault Sep 24, 2025 B- Actors, and especially actors who dream of working with Coppola, may get more out of 'Megadoc' than the rest of us could. Go to Full Review Megadoc (2025) 98% - -

Rob Gonsalves Rob's Movie Vault Sep 15, 2025 B+ It’s probably as sharp and alert a movie as could be made from this legendarily “unfilmable” King book. But films about endurance tests like the Walk have one big problem: we’re not at all sorry to see them end and to escape into the fresh air. Go to Full Review The Long Walk (2025) 88% - -

Rob Gonsalves Rob's Movie Vault Sep 9, 2025 A The director and star bring the confidence and relaxation of maturity to their work here; they keep things perking along while not denying the pull of the story’s gravitas. Go to Full Review Highest 2 Lowest (2025) 83% - -

Rob Gonsalves Rob's Movie Vault Sep 2, 2025 B+ What’s weird about this latest film from a director known for weirdness is that word I’ve used twice now and will again: fun. Go to Full Review Caught Stealing (2025) 85% - -

Rob Gonsalves Rob's Movie Vault Sep 2, 2025 B- The tone and the themes are, and end up, at odds, and we’re not sure what our ultimate feelings should be. Maybe Coen and Cooke intended that. If so, hats off. Go to Full Review Honey Don't! (2025) 44% - -