ReelBob: ‘Coast’ ★★

By Bob Bloom “Coast” follows a familiar path telling its story of teenage alienation, angst and rebellion. The film’s main character is Abby (Fatima Ptacek), […]

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ReelBob: ‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always’ ★★★½

By Bob Bloom Autumn, a 17-year-old high school girl in a small Pennsylvania town, finds herself pregnant. The local women’s clinic cannot give her any […]

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ReelBob: ‘Teen Spirit’ ★★½

By Bob Bloom “Teen Spirit” is one of those movies whose familiarity does not diminish its storyline. Violet, a young woman living with her mother […]

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ReelBob: ‘The Edge of Seventeen’

By Bob Bloom All of us can remember our teens and high-school experiences — some more fondly than others. For many adolescents, high school was […]

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