ReelBob: ’45 Years’

By Bob Bloom Viewing “45 Years” is like watching a car accident unfolding in slow motion. You see it coming, but you can’t do anything […]

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ReelBob: ‘The Finest Hours’

By Bob Bloom “The Finest Hours” is an engrossing feature that fails to completely captivate you because of its generic storytelling and lack of characterization. […]

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ReelBob: ‘Anomalisa’

By Bob Bloom “Anomalisa” is filmmaker Charlie Kaufman’s reflection on alienation and loneliness, told through a stop-motion animation world of his own creation. In this […]

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ReelBob: ’13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi’

By Bob Bloom Movies about men under siege seem to strike a responsive chord in filmgoers. Whether it’s “The Alamo,” “Lone Survivor” or “Blackhawk Down,” […]

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