Laramie Movie Scope
Laramie Movie Scope is an ongoing series of movie reviews, links and commentary, scoping out the film industry, penned by local film critic Robert Roten, who is a member of the Online Film Critics Society and his reviews are also linked at rottentomatoes.com and the Movie Review Query Engine web site. LARIAT is delighted to post them as a free public service to filmgoers everywhere.
News, essays, podcasts
This site is normally updated daily, click your browser's refresh or reload button to get the latest version. Click on the underlined movie titles below to read Robert Roten's reviews (links to external reviews, including Rottentomatoes reviews, of selected films marked by * are also underlined).
* Denotes a movie rating derived from calculations based on multiple critic ratings posted on one or more of the following web sites:
Movie Review Query Engine Metacritic.com Rottentomatoes.com
Click on the following movie title links to web pages with synopses, MPAA ratings, running times, critic ratings and movie review links for each of the following movies at the Movie Review Query Engine, Metacritic or Rottentomatoes web sites:
Coming Attractions:
Reviews or previews of movies not yet shown in Laramie theaters,
or that are available only on streaming services
Blitz
Nickel Boys
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Seeking Mavis Beacon
The Substance
Bob's review vault
Following are links to over 5,000 archived reviews
of movies starting with the following letters:
A through B C through D E through G H through I
J through L M through N O through Q R through S T through Z
Site Navigation:
Current Reviews, Coming Attractions, DVD Reviews, Review Archive
Essay archive, Top 10 movie lists, Critical Philosophy, Movie-related links
Member, Online Film Critics Society
Commercial links
(If you are going to buy or rent anything from the following sites, please click on the links below before doing so to help support this site. It doesn't cost you any extra money for your purchases)
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