ReelBob: ‘The Woman King’ ★★★½
By Bob Bloom An underlying current of ferocity permeates many of Viola Davis’ performances. In such films as “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” “Widows,” “Fences,” her […]
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ReelBob: ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ ★★★★
By Bob Bloom A shroud of melancholy hangs over the film adaptation of August Wilson’s play “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.” But it is not the […]
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The Academy Awards: No, no to ‘La La Land’
By Bob Bloom I love musicals. Even as a kid growing up in New York, I secretly watched “Million Dollar Movie” when it aired the […]
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ReelBob: ‘Fences’
By Bob Bloom “Fences” is a splendid film adaptation of August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning and Tony Award-winning drama that, though “opened up” for cinematic purposes, […]
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