New to View: Feb. 23
By Bob Bloom The following Blu-rays and DVDs are being released on Tuesday, Feb. 23: Spotlight (Blu-ray + DVD + Ultraviolet) Details: 2015, Universal Studios […]
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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 Witch’
By Bob Bloom “The Witch” is like one of those spooky stories told around a campfire. It’s deliberate, building suspense and frights until it reaches […]
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ReelBob: ‘The Lady in the Van’
By Bob Bloom Maggie Smith gives a humorous and touching performance as a homeless woman who ensconces herself and her live-in van in the driveway […]
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ReelBob: ‘Risen’
By Bob Bloom The first half of “Risen” plays like a biblical mystery. In 33 A.D. in Jerusalem, prefect Pontius Pilate orders his military tribune, […]
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