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Robert W. Butler

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Jerry Maguire (1996) 86% 3/4 EDIT “If the narrative arc of Jerry Maguire follows a familiar master blueprint, the film's particulars are always a surprise. This movie runs for 2 hours 20 minutes but doesn't seem nearly that long.” – Kansas City Star Apr 10, 2026 Full Review James and the Giant Peach (1996) 91% 3/4 EDIT “Selick is a wiz at images, but he and screenwriters Karey Kirkpatrick and Jonathan Roberts haven't quite mastered the craft of effective story telling.” – Kansas City Star Apr 9, 2026 Full Review Victor/Victoria (1982) 85% 3/4 EDIT “As Toddy, Mr. Preston gives one of the best performances of his long career.” – Kansas City Star Apr 8, 2026 Full Review Grease 2 (1982) 22% EDIT “The motherlode of '50s nostalgia was played out years ago, as Grease 2 illustrates so painfully, and the characters are one-dimensional cliches. ” – Kansas City Star Apr 8, 2026 Full Review The Muppet Movie (1979) 89% EDIT “There may be somewhere an unfortunate soul who doesn't know who the Muppets are, but after "The Muppet Movie" he will have no excuse for his lamentably ignorant state.” – Kansas City Star Apr 6, 2026 Full Review Nuremberg (2025) 71% B EDIT ““Nuremberg” is most effective in hammering home the idea that the rise of Naziism was not some aberration but rather a sly exploitation of the fears, foible and prejudices that still afflict the human race.” – Butler's Cinema Scene Mar 25, 2026 Full Review Sisu: Road to Revenge (2025) 93% C+ EDIT “This time around it feels forced and phony -- not that the original was realistic, but it at least radiated originality. “Sisu: Road to Revenge” feels too calculated, too by-the-numbers.” – Butler's Cinema Scene Mar 25, 2026 Full Review Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man (2026) 90% B- EDIT “Oh, the atmosphere is as brooding as ever, and Murphy is always watchable. But the whole production seems to have been glued together from a bunch of pieces Knight had lying about.” – Butler's Cinema Scene Mar 25, 2026 Full Review The Howling (1981) 76% 3/4 EDIT “The Howling is the werewolf movie you always hoped Hollywood would make.” – Kansas City Star Mar 18, 2026 Full Review RoboCop 3 (1993) 20% 1.5/4 EDIT “The plot cooked up by director Fred Dekker and Frank Miller is strictly leftovers.” – Kansas City Star Mar 16, 2026 Full Review War Machine (2026) 69% C EDIT “Movies don’t get much sillier than “War Machine,” a fascist wet-dream mated to a “War of the Worlds” actioner.” – Butler's Cinema Scene Mar 12, 2026 Full Review Sirāt (2025) 90% B+ EDIT “Lopez is haunting as a Job-like Everyman being put through one horror after another.” – Butler's Cinema Scene Mar 12, 2026 Full Review Waiting for Guffman (1996) 91% 3/4 EDIT “It's really funny. And in its own perverse way, it casts an affectionate eye on its hopeless characters. ” – Kansas City Star Mar 11, 2026 Full Review RoboCop 2 (1990) 31% 2/4 EDIT “Rarely has a film started out so promisingly and ended up being so numbingly pedestrian as "RoboCop 2."” – Kansas City Star Mar 11, 2026 Full Review Sense and Sensibility (1995) 97% 3.5/4 EDIT “Although it packs a romantic wallop, Sense and Sensibility is also hugely amusing, populated by admirable and despicable characters whose respect or contempt for the pecking order of British society generates sharp insights and even sharper laughs.” – Kansas City Star Feb 26, 2026 Full Review Year 10 (2024) B- EDIT “I found “Year 10” surprisingly involving. I was especially taken with the film’s heavy, the cannibal leader (Luke Massy), a sort of unstoppable malevolent force.” – Butler's Cinema Scene Feb 24, 2026 Full Review Predator: Badlands (2025) 86% B- EDIT “I found “Predator: Badlands” intermittently amusing and enjoyed the way the yarn expands the whole Predator/Alien mythology. But... I found my interest waning with the repetitive mayhem.” – Butler's Cinema Scene Feb 24, 2026 Full Review Honey Don't! (2025) 45% C+ EDIT “It’s fun… until it wears out its welcome.” – Butler's Cinema Scene Feb 24, 2026 Full Review The Survivor (2021) 86% B+ EDIT “Ben Foster is simply shattering in the role.” – Butler's Cinema Scene Feb 24, 2026 Full Review The Postman (1994) 92% EDIT “The gangly, mumbling Troisi is tremendously appealing; you can't watch this film without being profoundly saddened by his passing. ” – Kansas City Star Feb 22, 2026 Full Review The Smashing Machine (2025) 71% B- EDIT “Dwayne Johnson gives what may be a career-high performance in Benny Safdie’s “The Smashing Machine.”” – Butler's Cinema Scene Feb 9, 2026 Full Review The Rip (2026) 79% C+ EDIT “Little by little “The Rip” devolves into a b-the-numbers action flick. The cast is strong, but they’re at the mercy of the material.” – Butler's Cinema Scene Feb 9, 2026 Full Review Secret Mall Apartment (2024) 98% B+ EDIT “His attitude permeates the film… playful, modest, unstoppably creative.” – Butler's Cinema Scene Feb 9, 2026 Full Review All of You (2024) 72% B EDIT “The Brit romance “All of You” is far from perfect, but it’s got some of the best dialogue heard in ages while depicting a love story that simmers at low heat.” – Butler's Cinema Scene Feb 9, 2026 Full Review F1 The Movie (2025) 82% B- EDIT “Given its gruel-thin content, F1’s 2.5-hour running time isn’t warranted. Still, I don’t regret the time spent on watching it.” – Butler's Cinema Scene Feb 9, 2026 Full Review
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