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Rob Thomas

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Biography:

Film Critic, Capital Times, Madison, WI

Location:

Madison, WI

Official Website:

http://www.madison.com

Reviews

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Islands (2025) 94% 3/4 EDIT “More "L’Avventura" than "Evil Under the Sun," "Islands" is an existential mystery that shows even the brightest, sunniest places can hide the darkest secrets.” – Not That Rob Thomas (Substack) Mar 13, 2026 Full Review Slanted (2025) 69% 2/4 EDIT “I found myself nodding in agreement rather than laughing or cringing, which is not where you want to be in a movie that tries to combine "Mean Girls" with "The Substance."” – Not That Rob Thomas (Substack) Mar 11, 2026 Full Review Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man (2026) 92% 3/4 EDIT “The cinematography, worth experiencing on the big screen, is so enveloping that you’d swear you leave the theater with dirt under your fingernails.” – Not That Rob Thomas (Substack) Mar 9, 2026 Full Review Dreams (2025) 52% 3/4 EDIT “Fittingly for a film with so much ballet in it, the person and political move together in "Dreams" in an uneasy but gripping dance, buoyed by the strong, layered performances of its two leads.” – Not That Rob Thomas (Substack) Feb 27, 2026 Full Review The President's Cake (2025) 99% 3/4 EDIT “Shot in Baghdad, the film has the textures of a documentary, and while Nayyef's remarkable performance keeps us engaged in her quest, it’s really Baghdad itself that feels like the main character” – Not That Rob Thomas (Substack) Feb 26, 2026 Full Review Fiume o morte! (2025) 3/4 EDIT “One thing an authoritarian can’t stand is to be laughed at, so Bezinovic gets his revenge by cleverly highlighting the absurdity of this strange historical chapter without minimizing its horrific consequences.” – Not That Rob Thomas (Substack) Feb 25, 2026 Full Review A Poet (2025) 100% 3.5/4 EDIT “We end up feeling for this strange, off-putting man, even if we wouldn’t want to be sitting on the barstool next to him.” – Not That Rob Thomas (Substack) Feb 20, 2026 Full Review How to Make a Killing (2026) 44% 2/4 EDIT “"How to Make a Killing" is surprisingly genial and tidy, so confident that we hate the ultra-rich so much that it never needs to shock or challenge us. Come on, give us rabble a little credit.” – Not That Rob Thomas (Substack) Feb 20, 2026 Full Review Crime 101 (2026) 89% 3/4 EDIT “"Crime 101" is a crime thriller that gives fans a lot of what they want, with a stacked cast, well-orchestrated heist sequences, and a sprawling Los Angeles as its canvas. ” – Not That Rob Thomas (Substack) Feb 11, 2026 Full Review Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie (2025) 98% 4/4 EDIT “Even if you don’t know your Ottawa Rough Riders from your Saskatchewan Roughriders, I can’t imagine there will be a funnier comedy released in 2026.” – Not That Rob Thomas (Substack) Feb 10, 2026 Full Review Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2025) 83% 2/4 EDIT “Like a high school student who uses Grok to fact-check his essay, "Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die" isn’t nearly as clever as it thinks it is.” – Not That Rob Thomas (Substack) Feb 9, 2026 Full Review Night Nurse (2026) 76% 3/4 EDIT “Writer-director Georgia Bernstein keeps the film’s sexual tension on a low simmer, aiming for less of a feverish nightmare and more like a hazy afternoon daydream. ” – Not That Rob Thomas (Substack) Feb 2, 2026 Full Review The Incomer (2026) 91% 3.5/4 EDIT “With laugh-out-loud gags, lovely moments of sweetness and an empathetic spirit, it feels like a balm in troubled times.” – Not That Rob Thomas (Substack) Feb 2, 2026 Full Review Ghost in the Machine (2026) 73% 3.5/4 EDIT “It’s a funny, angry, and thoughtful puncturing of the AI boom, painstakingly showing how today’s hype about "superintelligence" is just a modern, dressed-up version of old-fashioned eugenics. ” – Not That Rob Thomas (Substack) Jan 31, 2026 Full Review The Musical (2026) 59% 3/4 EDIT “There are plenty of movies where an inspirational teacher aspires their young pupils to achieve greatness. And then there’s "The Musical."” – Not That Rob Thomas (Substack) Jan 29, 2026 Full Review A Private Life (2025) 81% 3/4 EDIT “It could have been something of a stunt to see one of America’s great actors do an entire film in another language (aside from the swears), but Foster seems right at home in France.” – Not That Rob Thomas (Substack) Jan 29, 2026 Full Review No Other Choice (2025) 97% 3.5/4 EDIT “After the relative restraint of his last film, the Hitchcockian "Decision to Leave," Park lets loose in "No Other Choice," a funny, violent and, above all, angry satire about the dehumanizing effect of the modern workplace.” – Not That Rob Thomas (Substack) Jan 14, 2026 Full Review The Chronology of Water (2025) 90% 3.5/4 EDIT “You don’t so much watch "The Chronology of Water" as drown in it.” – Not That Rob Thomas (Substack) Jan 7, 2026 Full Review Is This Thing On? (2025) 87% 2/4 EDIT “"Is This Thing On?" isn’t really a comedy. But, fatally, it’s not enough of a drama either, skimming over the surface of these roiling emotions and grasping for easy answers rather than hard truths. ” – Not That Rob Thomas (Substack) Jan 6, 2026 Full Review Marty Supreme (2025) 93% 3.5/4 EDIT “"Marty Supreme" is exhilarating entertainment, keeping us off-balance and riveted as we want to see if Marty will make it or not. And, to our complete amazement, finding ourselves on his side throughout.” – Not That Rob Thomas (Substack) Dec 23, 2025 Full Review Song Sung Blue (2025) 77% 3/4 EDIT “Craig Brewer’s "Song Sung Blue" is a hammy and heartfelt ode to the everyman musicians that are the lifeblood of any good local music scene, the mechanics, hairdressers and dentists who dream of their moment in the limelight.” – Not That Rob Thomas (Substack) Dec 22, 2025 Full Review Casanova (2015) EDIT “I think I get what showrunner Stuart Zicherman is going for, showing the ugliness underneath the elegant surfaces of the era. But it's handled so ham-handedly in execution that it's almost laughable.” – Capital Times (Madison, WI) Dec 12, 2025 Full Review Rebuilding (2025) 92% 3/4 EDIT “"Rebuilding" is a little gem that deserves to be seen, an ode to resilience and empathy, that lingers in the mind like a fond memory. ” – Not That Rob Thomas (Substack) Dec 12, 2025 Full Review The Secret Agent (2025) 98% 4/4 EDIT “The film grooves to its own beat over its 158-minute running time, moving from suspenseful sequences to surreal comedy, and Filho finds humanity in each of his characters, good or bad.” – Not That Rob Thomas (Substack) Dec 11, 2025 Full Review Sentimental Value (2025) 95% 3.5/4 EDIT “Reinsve and Skarsgard are both brilliant actors who can convey so much without saying a word, and von Trier knows how to give each actor time and space to do their work.” – Not That Rob Thomas (Substack) Nov 20, 2025 Full Review
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