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: ‘Indignation’

By Bob Bloom Marcus Messner is a very intense young man. The son of middle-class Jewish parents from Newark, N.J., Marcus (Logan Lerman) is given […]

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ReelBob: ‘Anthropoid’

By Bob Bloom During World War II, two films were made that centered on the 1942 assassination of high-ranking SS official Reinhard Heydrich, the Reich […]

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New to View: Aug. 16 Update

By Bob Bloom The Angry Birds Movie (Blu-ray + DVD + Ultraviolet) Details: 2016, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Rated: PG, rude humor and action The […]

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ReelBob: ‘Sausage Party’

By Bob Bloom I don’t know what Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and Jonah Hill were smoking when they were bouncing around ideas for “Sausage Party,” […]

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