Bob Grimm

It looks like a season of lackluster blockbusters. Bob Grimm’s got the details.

It’s summer, and it’s time for those big-budgeted, blessedly brain-dead blockbusters! LET’S ALL GO TO THE MOVIES! WHO’S WITH ME?

I’ve said it before, and I will probably keep saying it until I am no more: I am not a fan of The Beach Boys.

Disney+’s “The Beach Boys” presents the story well—but it leaves out a whole lot of interesting stuff.

Frank Oz and Jim Henson in a scene from Jim Henson: Idea Man.

“Jim Henson: Idea Man” covers the career of the great Muppet creator from his start as a teenager directing puppets at a local TV station, through the creation of his pioneering films &…

I owe Glen Powell a bit of an apology. I took a few digs at him a couple of weeks ago in my summer movie preview, saying I wasn’t all that fond of his work and did not have high hopes for his upcoming films. I was still a little sour after seeing him in the awful Anyone but You, and nothing he had done outside of Top Gun: Maverick had really impressed.

The original Bad Boys, directed by Michael Bay, was typical Bay trash, but the follow-up, Bad Boys II (also directed by Bay), was sick, sometimes hilarious fun.

The character calls for a lot of costumes, disguises and personas, and Glen Powell proves to be a versatile comedic actor with an impressive dramatic edge.

Will Smith (in his first major role since … well, you know) returns as Mike Lowrey, with Martin Lawrence still around as Marcus Burnett, two crazy, crazy detectives.