ReelBob: ‘Viceroy’s House’ ★★½

By Bob Bloom For director Gurinder Chadha, the partition of India and Pakistan is personal. So, it is sad that her passion project is compromised […]

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ReelBob: ‘It’ ★★★

By Bob Bloom It’s no joke that coulrophobia — a fear of clowns — is an actual medical condition. So, as a public-health service to […]

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ReelBob: ‘Crown Heights’ ★★★

By Bob Bloom Movies about wrongfully incarcerated people usually emphasize the efforts to exonerate and free them. From “Calling Northside 777” to “The Hurricane,” the […]

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ReelBob: ‘Columbus’ ★★½

By Bob Bloom Something is intrinsically off-kilter with a movie in which the scenery dwarfs the story and the actors. Yet, that is the case […]

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