ReelBob: ‘Monrovia, Indiana’ ★★★½
By Bob Bloom “Monrovia, Indiana,” is a cinematic postcard — a paean to small-town America — lovingly created by master documentarian Frederick Wiseman. Wiseman has […]
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ReelBob: ‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’ ★★★½
By Bob Bloom A show-biz adage claims that within every comedian is the desire to play Hamlet. Well, Melissa McCarthy has found her prince of […]
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ReelBob: ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ ★★½
By Bob Bloom The challenge of a biopic is distilling a person’s life down to a 120- or 135-minute time slot. Compromises must be made, […]
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Giveaway: ‘BlacKkKlansman”
The story of Ron Stallworth, an intelligent and ambitious young black man who dreamed of a career in law enforcement, was powerfully brought to the […]
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