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.

‘Kingsman’ success a balanced blend of humor, action

By Bob Bloom “Kingsman: The Secret Service” plays as if it were the love child of a ménage á trios among a vintage James Bond […]

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‘Birdman’ takes flight for home viewers

By Bob Bloom The following Blu-rays and DVDs are being released on Tuesday, Feb. 17: Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (Blu-ray + Ultraviolet) […]

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My Monster Mashes: Lee’s ‘Dracula’ etched in my memory

Some movie experiences are etched into your mind, no matter how many years pass. Thus is the case with “Horror of Dracula,” which was my […]

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More cops-and-robbers than science fiction in ‘Purple Monster’

Leave it to Republic Pictures to stage an invasion from Mars on the cheap. That basically is the premise of “The Purple Monster Strikes” (1945, […]

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