charlie groll.

Movie Journal

Oh, Hi! (2025)
★★★ ½

Dec 15, 2025
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Genuinely unique and well executed, good balance of humor and seriousness, and oddly believable? Hard time rating this one…

The Smashing Machine (2025)
★★★

Dec 15, 2025
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Very solid performance by The Rock with a middling script and direction.

The Goonies (1985)
★★★★

Dec 14, 2025
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Always a fantastic adventure

Roofman (2025)
★★★ ½

Dec 13, 2025
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Really nice vibes and storytelling.

Wake Up Dead Man (2025)
★★★ ½

Dec 13, 2025
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Much more fun than Glass Onion, and definitely a large dose of satisfaction when I called it early on.
I really enjoyed the camera and lighting work throughout, what with all them transitions between warmth and ultra-cool tones.

Happy Gilmore 2 (2025)
★★ ½

Dec 11, 2025
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Typical Adam Sandler. Not in a bad way, but not in a great way. Somehow the longest less-than-two hours ever.

The Replacements (2000)
★★★

Dec 11, 2025
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Feel good, fun time with some stuff that didn’t age too well.

My Cousin Vinny (1992)
★★★★

Dec 11, 2025
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Can’t tell you why, but this will always hold a special place in my heart.

Godzilla Minus One (2023)
★★★ ½

Dec 07, 2025
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Loved the human elements, but I haven’t seen a Godzilla movie in like 20 years to know how it stands apart.

Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989)
★★ ½

Dec 05, 2025
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Seriously… how do you not choose your daughter as your heir?