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Capital Times (Madison, WI)

Capital Times (Madison, WI) is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Rob Thomas.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
Casanova (2015) Rob Thomas 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.
Posted Dec 12, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Echo Valley (2025) Rob Thomas “Echo Valley” is a well-made movie with some strong performances, but as I found myself admiring the visual compositions rather than getting emotionally invested in the characters, I knew something wasn’t working.
Posted Jun 13, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) Rob Thomas It’s a franchise that feels like it’s starting to tread water – even if that water is inside a sunken nuclear submarine that Ethan is trapped in that’s rolling towards the edge of a cliff.
Posted May 23, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
The Assessment (2024) Rob Thomas The idea is to deal with problems now. That’s true of a society, and that’s true of a marriage. “The Assessment” connects the two to eerie effect, making a film that works as both a sci-fi parable and a blistering drama.
Posted Mar 21, 2025  Edit critic review
2/4
Magazine Dreams (2023) Rob Thomas Writer-director Elijah Bynum’s film is a punishing piece of cinema, trapping the viewer inside the life of an unstable, violent man for over two hours.
Posted Mar 20, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
The Last Showgirl (2024) Rob Thomas Gia Coppola and screenwriter Jane Gersten seem determined to make their movie the anti-”Showgirls.”
Posted Jan 09, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Flow (2024) Rob Thomas “Flow” reminds us that the only way out is to work together and take care of each other, especially others who might seem different than us. Hey, if a cat and a dog can do it, we can too.
Posted Jan 03, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
Rumours (2024) Rob Thomas “Rumours” is a relatively restrained film for Canadian director Guy Maddin, in that the giant glistening brain the size of a Yugo doesn’t appear until a full hour into the film.
Posted Oct 25, 2024  Edit critic review
3/4
Only the River Flows (2023) Rob Thomas “Only The River Flows” reminded me of David Fincher’s “Zodiac” in the way it provides both the thrill of a police procedural while denying us the catharsis of a resolution.
Posted Oct 25, 2024  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Your Monster (2024) Rob Thomas The movie could have used a little more of that edge throughout. Why have a Monster in your movie if you’re going to keep his claws retracted?
Posted Oct 25, 2024  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Daughters (2024) Rob Thomas "Daughters” shows the humanity of people behind bars, and questions a prison system that tries to extinguish that humanity in the name of justice. And causes collateral damage to innocent families left behind.
Posted Aug 19, 2024  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Road House (2024) Rob Thomas The name of the road house in "Road House" is "The Road House."
Posted Mar 21, 2024  Edit critic review
3/4
The Origin of Evil (2022) Rob Thomas Watching “The Origin of Evil,” we keep changing our minds about who we should be rooting for, but in the end just root for a good time at the movies. And we certainly get one.
Posted Sep 22, 2023  Edit critic review
3.5/4
One Fine Morning (2022) Rob Thomas It's a subject matter that will resonate with a lot of viewers, and Hansen-Løve treats it with her usual gaze of empathy without sentimentality.
Posted Sep 21, 2023  Edit critic review
3/4
A Haunting in Venice (2023) Rob Thomas Amid the gloom, Green slips in some genuinely funny lines, such as when Poirot mutters, "The help always have motive. First, having to endure being called 'the help.'"
Posted Sep 14, 2023  Edit critic review
2/4
Rotting in the Sun (2023) Rob Thomas Like a Russian nesting doll full of entitled idiots.
Posted Sep 14, 2023  Edit critic review
3/4
Sitting in Bars with Cake (2023) Rob Thomas The movie manages to combine a sharp, well-written comedy with a touching drama about friendship under a nearly impossible stress test, with terrific performances and an appealingly understated authenticity.
Posted Sep 08, 2023  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Bottoms (2023) Rob Thomas The first rule about “Bottoms” is that you should always talk about “Bottoms.”
Posted Aug 30, 2023  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Afire (2023) Rob Thomas For a film with such ominous themes flickering offscreen, “Afire” is somehow Petzold’s funniest movie, from the comedic despair that plagues Leon (he’d be played by Paul Giamatti in an American remake) to moments of pure physical comedy.
Posted Aug 29, 2023  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Golda (2023) Rob Thomas “Golda” doesn’t trust that the story and performances alone will captivate the audience. It’s a strange loss of nerve in a biopic about a leader who never lost hers.
Posted Aug 25, 2023  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story (2023) Rob Thomas We’re told that the PlayStation version of Gran Turismo is actually an auto racing simulation, not a game. Which is fair, because much of “Gran Turismo” feels like a simulation of an actual sports movie.
Posted Aug 24, 2023  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Strays (2023) Rob Thomas Any comedy about dogs has a high standard to meet, in that it ought to be at least as funny as your actual dog just sitting there doing dog things.
Posted Aug 18, 2023  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Passages (2023) Rob Thomas In “Passages,” the American writer-director takes that fascination and dives headlong into the milieu of European art cinema, with a heady, sexy, messy film that may be his most entertaining
Posted Aug 17, 2023  Edit critic review
3/4
Shortcomings (2023) Rob Thomas “Shortcomings” is a witty and unsparing addition to the man-child canon.
Posted Aug 04, 2023  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Dreamin' Wild (2022) Rob Thomas It’s a warm-hearted and generous movie about the mystery of creativity and the elusive definition of success. And Donnie’s songs are great
Posted Aug 04, 2023  Edit critic review
3/4
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023) Rob Thomas While the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” TV show was not known for its groundbreaking animation, the new movie “Mutant Mayhem” is so much fun to look at in all its colorful, scribbly, unruly glory. It's one of the nicest surprises of the summer.
Posted Aug 01, 2023  Edit critic review
2.5/4
The Beanie Bubble (2023) Rob Thomas The performances are solid and husband-and-wife co-directors Kristin Gore and Damien Kulash infuse the film with a bright, zingy charm, but in the end “Bubble” feels like a box full of random toys with no relation to each other.
Posted Jul 28, 2023  Edit critic review
3/4
Black Ice (2022) Rob Thomas There are two things that are absolutely essential to Canadian identity. One is tolerance. The other is hockey. They come into sharp conflict in “Black Ice.”
Posted Jul 13, 2023  Edit critic review
2/4
The Miracle Club (2023) Rob Thomas The real miracle behind “The Miracle Club” is that a movie with Maggie Smith, Kathy Bates and Laura Linney somehow manages to be so unengaging.
Posted Jul 12, 2023  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) Rob Thomas This installment is a little light on the emotional elements that made “Fallout,” the best of the series. But given all the pleasures that “Dead Reckoning” has to offer, complaining about that feels like whining that Baskin Robbins only has 31 flavors.
Posted Jul 11, 2023  Edit critic review
3/4
Joy Ride (2023) Rob Thomas Once the bodily fluids are wiped off the screen, “Joy Ride” reveals itself to be a feel-good trip.
Posted Jul 07, 2023  Edit critic review
3.5/4
The Lesson (2023) Rob Thomas Twisty, engrossing and surprisingly funny, it’s a merry time for readers who secretly wonder if their favorite authors are as complex and twisted as their best characters.
Posted Jul 06, 2023  Edit critic review
3/4
Nimona (2023) Rob Thomas The Odd Couple chemistry between the noble Ballister and the anarchic Nimona is a lot of fun, like a character from an old Disney movie matched up with the Looney Tunes’ Tasmanian Devil
Posted Jul 03, 2023  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Prisoner's Daughter (2022) Rob Thomas “The Prisoner’s Daughter” works as an actors’ showcase, particularly in showing how Cox and Beckinsale can thrive in roles very different from what they usually get.
Posted Jun 30, 2023  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Falcon Lake (2022) Rob Thomas The film is a tender coming-of-age tale with the shimmering unease of a ghost story.
Posted Jun 27, 2023  Edit critic review
3/4
The Last Rider (2022) Rob Thomas As thrilling as “The Last Rider” is, it’s just as interested in the interior life of LeMond, and the physical and emotional scars he bore on those long uphill races.
Posted Jun 23, 2023  Edit critic review
3/4
I'll Show You Mine (2022) Rob Thomas Both Jagannathan and Brown are excellent at this combination therapy session/verbal joust, conveying their characters’ intelligence and affection for each other while also their capacity to conceal and deceive — especially themselves.
Posted Jun 22, 2023  Edit critic review
2.5/4
The Blackening (2022) Rob Thomas The dialogue is clever and subversive, the performances are good, but it could have been stronger if director Tim Story and writers Tracy Oliver and Dewayne Perkins went in for the kill once in a while instead of the gag.
Posted Jun 16, 2023  Edit critic review
2/4
Maggie Moore(s) (2023) Rob Thomas Hamm and Fey, obviously old friends, have a sweet chemistry together onscreen that almost balances out the sourness of the rest of “Maggie Moore(s).” Almost.
Posted Jun 15, 2023  Edit critic review
3/4
It Ain't Over (2022) Rob Thomas The entertaining documentary “It Ain’t Over" brings the receipts and the scorecards to show that Yogi Berra wasn’t just a capital-C “character,” but one of the greatest ballplayers who ever played the game.
Posted Jun 09, 2023  Edit critic review
2.5/4
The Little Mermaid (2023) Rob Thomas “The Little Mermaid” wasn’t meant for me. It was meant for the little girl in my row who excitedly yelped “Dad! Mermaids! Dad! Mermaids!” over and over during the first few minutes of the movie.
Posted May 26, 2023  Edit critic review
3/4
Kandahar (2023) Rob Thomas Butler is like an old battered suitcase of an action hero — banged-up and rough around the edges, but dependable and durable. "Kandahar" plays to his world-weary strengths.
Posted May 24, 2023  Edit critic review
3/4
The Thief Collector (2022) Rob Thomas How the painting got there, and who the Alters really were, is the subject of Allison Otto’s sassy and lively documentary.
Posted May 21, 2023  Edit critic review
2/4
Master Gardener (2022) Rob Thomas Despite some good performances and a slightly more hopeful tone, “Gardener” offers diminishing returns on a well-traveled theme.
Posted May 19, 2023  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (2023) Rob Thomas Fox is such an engaging, honest, and frankly funny narrator of his own life that "Still” is lively and entertaining when it could be despairing. We always feel for Fox. But we never feel sorry for him.
Posted May 11, 2023  Edit critic review
3/4
What's Love Got to Do with It? (2022) Rob Thomas The film from Shekhar Kapur ("Elizabeth") is a winning update of a familiar formula, coasting on the considerable charm of its two leads, some gorgeous locations, and occasionally clever dialogue.
Posted May 05, 2023  Edit critic review
3/4
Beyond Human Nature (2023) Rob Thomas “Beyond Human Nature” doesn’t solve the notorious Monfils case and doesn’t try to. Instead, it’s a gripping documentary that looks fairly at all sides of a complicated case that has divided Green Bay for over three decades.
Posted May 02, 2023  Edit critic review
3/4
Sisu (2022) Rob Thomas We’re told “Sisu” is a Finnish word that roughly means “refusal to quit,” and “Sisu” will not quit delivering the goods.
Posted Apr 27, 2023  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023) Rob Thomas “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.” feels as warm and satisfying as rereading a favorite book on a summer afternoon.
Posted Apr 26, 2023  Edit critic review
3/4
Somewhere in Queens (2022) Rob Thomas With its emphasis on feeling and authenticity, ”Somewhere in Queens” is a feel-good comedy-drama that isn’t afraid to feel bad once in a while.
Posted Apr 21, 2023  Edit critic review
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