I am the former movie critic and Blu-ray/DVD reviewer at the Journal & Courier in Lafayette, Ind. Prior to that, I wrote movie reviews for The Dispatch in Columbus, Ohio, and The Sun in Springfield, Ohio. I am a film collector, who enjoys serials, B-Westerns, classic horror films as well as contemporary features.

ReelBob: ‘The Foreigner’ ★★★

By Bob Bloom I have said on several occasions that, with his athleticism and agility, Jackie Chan is the equivalent of a modern-day Buster Keaton. […]

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ReelBob: 2017 Heartland Film Festival: Short films roundup

By Bob Bloom For tickets and show times, please click here. “Just Go!” What can a 10-plus minute movie tell you about a person. In […]

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ReelBob: 2017 Heartland Film Festival: ‘The Maestro’ ★★

For tickets and show times, please click here. By Bob Bloom “The Maestro,” a period piece about talent and dreams, fails to hit all the […]

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ReelBob: 2017 Heartland Film Festival: ‘The Girl Who Invented Kissing’ ★★★

For tickets and show times, please click here. By Bob Bloom Writer-director Tom Sierchio does not make it easy for you to like “The Girl […]

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