ReelBob: ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ ★½

By Bob Bloom “Avatar: The Way of Water” sinks under its own narcissism. James Cameron’s long-anticipated sequel is fundamentally a self-congratulatory excuse for the filmmaker […]

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ReelBob: ‘Emancipation’ ★★½

By Bob Bloom “Emancipation” is a muscular action thriller inspired by the 1863 photos taken during a Union Army medical examination of the mutilated back […]

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ReelBob: ‘The Whale’ ★★★

By Bob Bloom Before you even see Charlie, you hear his voice. He sounds empathetic, encouraging, soothing yet firm. Charlie teaches an online course in […]

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ReelBob: ‘White Noise’ ★½

By Bob Bloom Director Noah Baumbach’s “White Noise” is a self-indulgent, pretentious drama with dialogue that sounds as if it were cribbed from some early […]

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