New to View: Belles bring more a cappella onto home screens
By Bob Bloom The following Blu-rays and DVDs are being released on Tuesday, Sept. 22: Pitch Perfect 2 (Blu-ray + DVD + Ultraviolet) Details: 2015, […]
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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.
Depp gives you chills in ‘Black Mass’
By Bob Bloom Over his long career, Johnny Depp has portrayed many characters who were bizarre or lived on the fringes of society. From “Edward […]
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‘Everest’ impressive, but impersonal
By Bob Bloom “Everest” is like the mountain that looms over this intense drama — impersonal and foreboding. The 3-D movie, based on true events, […]
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Tomlin outstanding as ‘Grandma’
By Bob Bloom Lily Tomlin is rambunctious, pugnacious, cynical, aggressive, profane, vulnerable and lovable in screenwriter-director Paul Weitz’s “Grandma.” The film takes place over a […]
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