ReelBob: ‘The Nice Guys’

By Bob Bloom The long-honored adage that practice makes perfect seems appropriate for screenwriter-director Shane Black. Black specializes in buddy-action films, a genre that focuses […]

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ReelBob: ‘The Meddler’

By Bob Bloom Susan Sarandon gives a performance that is as maddening as it is endearing in “The Meddler.” As the film opens, Sarandon’s Marnie […]

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ReelBob: ‘Money Monster’

By Bob Bloom “Money Monster” is a thriller hiding behind a curtain of social critique on capitalism, the easy manipulation of money and the corruption […]

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ReelBob: ‘Captain America: Civil War’

By Bob Bloom Principle vs. pragmatism is the root of a schism that pits superheroes against each other in “Captain America: Civil War.” Instead of […]

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