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BOB BLOOM

"When the legend becomes the fact, print the legend -- "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence""

Agrees with the Tomatometer 78% of the time.

Biography: I was born in New York and am a 1970 graduate of Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, was a bachelor's degree in journalism. I have been working at various newspapers since 1970 and have been writing about the entertainment industry and doing movie reviews since 1977. I am currently the movie critic at the Journal & Courier in Lafayette, Ind.
Favorites: All-time favorites: Field of Dreams, Singin' in the Rain, City Lights, Casablanca, Adventures of Robin Hood, The Masked Marvel, Adventures of Captain Marvel, 1776, The Maltese Falcon, The Matrix, Jason and the Argonauts and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.

Publications: Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN), rec.arts.movies.reviews

Total Reviews: 854
Total QuickRatings: 483

Location: Lafayette, Ind.

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Fresh
3.5/4

Fresh
78%

Invictus (2009)

" As directed by Clint Eastwood, "Invictus" is an inspirational story about fortitude, spirit and reconciliation." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Posted Dec 10, 2009

Fresh
3/4

Rotten
47%

Everybody's Fine (2009)

" A cynic may consider "Everybody's Fine" schmaltzy hogwash; others may want to call or write their fathers just to remind them that they are loved and not forgotten." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Posted Dec 8, 2009

Fresh
3.5/4

Fresh
94%

An Education (2009)

" The screenplay by author Nick Hornby is exceptional: Witty, observant and wise." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Posted Dec 1, 2009

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
94%

The Damned United (2009)

" Sheen gives a magnificent performance. His Clough is a character you can neither like nor admire. You watch this walking train wreck in amazement as he continually steps on his own feet with his overactive mouth." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Posted Dec 1, 2009

Rotten
1/4

Rotten
31%

Ninja Assassin (2009)

" As I left the theater, I found that my thumbs ached. I hadn't realized that, during certain parts of the movie, I was pressing imaginary buttons as if trying to control some video game." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Posted Nov 25, 2009

Rotten
1.5/4

Rotten
28%

The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)

" "New Moon" is basically a 130-minute chick flick during which the three main protagonists spend a lot of time looking with cow eyes at each other's faces." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Posted Nov 19, 2009

Rotten
2/4

Rotten
39%

2012 (2009)

" It is as if screenwriters Roland Emmerich, who also directed, and Harald Kloser simply screened earlier films and borrowed bits and pieces." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Posted Nov 13, 2009

Fresh
3/4

Rotten
18%

The Fourth Kind (2009)

" (Director) Olatunde Osunsanmi, his cast and crew work so hard to make it all seem so real that you spend more time debating with yourself whether what you are watching is truth or fiction ..." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Posted Nov 11, 2009

Rotten
1.5/4

Rotten
21%

Amelia (2009)

" The movie is like a plane you see off in the distance: You recognize it's a plane but its details are indistinct." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Posted Oct 31, 2009

Fresh
3.5/4

Fresh
73%

Where the Wild Things Are (2009)

" Like most classic fairy tales, "Where the Wild Things Are" offers hints of danger and a few scary moments. ..." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Posted Oct 18, 2009

Fresh
3/4

Fresh
82%

Whip It (2009)

" "Whip It" is simply an entertaining vehicle, not an in-depth examination of the sport of roller derby or the women who play it." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Posted Oct 4, 2009

Rotten
2/4

Rotten
18%

Love Happens (2009)

" Every situation in the movie is obvious; the foreshadowing is so blatantly telegraphed you'd think the film was produced by Western Union." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Posted Sep 30, 2009

Fresh
3/4

Rotten
28%

Fame (2009)

" What "Fame" lacks in originality, it makes up for in heart. And that tips the ledger in my book." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Posted Sep 30, 2009

Rotten
1/4

Fresh
63%

Extract (2009)

" If the film were a baseball player from "Bull Durham," it would be sent to the showers and harangued for lollygagging." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Posted Sep 3, 2009

Fresh
3/4

Fresh
88%

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

" "Basterds" is very audacious with comic book-like characters and dialogue, a B-movie sensibility and a serial-like disdain for logic." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Posted Aug 25, 2009

Fresh
3/4

Fresh
68%

Funny People (2009)

" "Funny People" ... is a serious comedy, edgy and a bit dark with characters whom you find amusing most of the time and appalling at others." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Posted Jul 30, 2009

Fresh
2.5/4

Fresh
83%

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)

" The emphasis in the film ... is off-kilter, with too much time spent on the romantic entanglements of Harry and his friends Hermione and Ron." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Posted Jul 14, 2009

Rotten
1.5/4

Fresh
66%

Public Enemies (2009)

" "Public Enemies" had the potential of being one of the best adult films of the summer season. However, Mann's would-be gangster saga lacks personality. It fails to exploit its topic and its first-rate cast. And that is a crime." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Posted Jun 30, 2009

Rotten
1.5/4

Rotten
20%

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

" The movie is formulaic and routine, which suits (Michael) Bay's directorial style. Creativity is anathema to this by-the-numbers cinematic traffic cop." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Posted Jun 24, 2009

Fresh
2.5/4

Rotten
38%

Imagine That (2009)

" "Imagine That" is not a bad movie. It is inoffensive and innocuous." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Posted Jun 14, 2009

Rotten
2/4

Rotten
51%

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009)

" (Director Tony) Scott ... uses the camera like a little boy shouting, "Look at me, look at me," instead of simply telling the story." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Posted Jun 14, 2009

Fresh
3.5/4

Fresh
98%

Up (2009)

" If you feel down, a sure cure is to see "Up." It will lift your spirits and make your heart soar." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Posted May 28, 2009

Rotten
1.5/4

Rotten
32%

Terminator Salvation (2009)

" If this movie is any indication, this franchise needs a great deal of work to improve and salvage a series that the studio should have terminated after "Judgment Day." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Posted May 21, 2009

Fresh
3.5/4

Fresh
95%

Star Trek (2009)

" What Abrams ... has done is pay tribute to the legacy of "Star Trek," while taking it in a direction that will surely re-energize and resurrect a moribund property." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Posted May 7, 2009

Rotten
2/4

Rotten
36%

X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)

" Director Gavin Hood ... suffers from an ADD disorder when editing the action sequences. The cuts are too rapid, making it difficult to actually see who is doing what to whom." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Posted Apr 30, 2009

Fresh
3.5/4

Rotten
55%

The Soloist (2009)

" The movie, through the works of Beethoven, displays the power and passion of music." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Posted Apr 24, 2009

Rotten
2/4

Rotten
33%

Knowing (2009)

" Knowing" is one of those movies that when you get to the lobby, you begin asking yourself or others a lot of questions about why did they do this, or why was that required." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Posted Mar 19, 2009

Fresh
3/4

Fresh
64%

Watchmen (2009)

" Snyder has captured the look and feel of the novel, but that is not enough for a successful movie. It fails to totally engage its audience, somehow keeping them at arm's length." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Posted Mar 5, 2009

Rotten
2/4

Rotten
34%

Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)

" The film's drawback seems to be (Kevin) James' indecision on a tone as well as how to present Blart." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Posted Jan 17, 2009

Fresh
2.5/4

Rotten
56%

Defiance (2008)

" More than anything, "Defiance" is a celebration of survival against overwhelming odds." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Posted Jan 17, 2009

Fresh
3.5/4

Fresh
62%

The Reader (2008)

" Outstanding performances define "The Reader," but all pale in comparison with Kate Winslet's Hanna." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Posted Jan 6, 2009

Rotten
2/4

Fresh
61%

Valkyrie (2008)

" The movie is shallow and clinical. It rarely lets us inside its protagonists. We know that they despise Hitler, period, and that they consider themselves patriots. ..." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Posted Dec 24, 2008

Fresh
3/4

Rotten
43%

Yes Man (2008)

" "Yes Man" is enjoyable because Carrey, after making his fateful decision, instills such childlike exuberance in his character, whether it is learning to pilot a plane, play the guitar or speak Korean." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Posted Dec 19, 2008

Rotten
2/4

Rotten
27%

Seven Pounds (2008)

" "Seven Pounds" is like one of those little kids' puzzles with six or seven big pieces that once you fit a couple together, the others easily fall into place." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Posted Dec 19, 2008

Rotten
2/4

Rotten
49%

Twilight (2008)

" ... The movie is mostly a snoozer with Bella and Edward spending a lot of time merely exchanging glances or staring longingly at each other." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Posted Nov 21, 2008

Fresh
2.5/4

Fresh
64%

Quantum of Solace (2008)

" "Quantum of Solace" will satisfy most Bond fans. But (it) is more of a set-up for what is to come and more than anything it whets your appetite for future missions." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Posted Nov 16, 2008

Rotten
1.5/4

Rotten
34%

Pride and Glory (2008)

" To paraphrase Yogi Berra, "Pride and Glory" is deja vu all over again." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Posted Oct 24, 2008

Rotten
1.5/4

Fresh
60%

W. (2008)

" (Stone) presents a timid bio-pic about a regular, shiftless guy born into wealth who somehow stumbles into the presidency of the United States." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Posted Oct 18, 2008

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Fresh
85%

Bend It Like Beckham (2003)

Click here to read article — rec.arts.movies.reviews

Posted Oct 18, 2008

Fresh
3.5/4

Rotten
51%

Body of Lies (2008)

" "Body of Lies" is an intelligent geopolitical thriller that ... is really about the manipulation of people like chess pieces on a worldwide board." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Posted Oct 10, 2008

Fresh
3.5/4

Fresh
61%

The Duchess (2008)

" The Duchess is an intelligent and compelling period drama that offers a critical examination of the lot of women and the abuses of men in a time when such behavior was standard and acceptable." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Posted Oct 8, 2008

Rotten
2/4

Rotten
41%

Blindness (2008)

" This is one of those films in which no characters have names, a device used to emphasize the point that those locked up could be you or me." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Posted Oct 8, 2008

Rotten
2/4

Rotten
47%

Lakeview Terrace (2008)

" Like the fires creeping toward the Lakeview Terrace neighborhood, the film soon gets out of control and flies off the deep end." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Posted Oct 8, 2008

Fresh
3/4

Rotten
13%

The Women (2008)

" "The Women" is a grand old dame that shrugs off time as easily as signing a credit card receipt." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Posted Oct 8, 2008

Fresh
2.5/4

Rotten
38%

Henry Poole Is Here (2008)

" At times you feel as if you should raise your arms and shout "Hallelujah" or "Amen!"" — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Posted Aug 21, 2008

Rotten
2/4

Rotten
43%

Death Race (2008)

" The movie makes no demands on its audience, except to cheer in all the right places." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Posted Aug 21, 2008

Fresh
3.5/4

Fresh
82%

Tropic Thunder (2008)

" It spoofs the magic of movies, the narcissism, insecurities and ego-driven minds of actors, the cliches of action films and the bottom-line mentality of studio bosses." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Posted Aug 13, 2008

Fresh
3.5/4

Fresh
71%

American Teen (2008)

" Even as you watch, though, you begin to wonder how much is real life and how much of what you see was "staged" because the teens knew a camera was watching." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Posted Aug 10, 2008

Fresh
3.5/4

Fresh
64%

Brideshead Revisited (2008)

" It is all very civilized with people retaining their manners even as they verbally shred an individual's dignity or remind them of their station in the social order." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Posted Aug 10, 2008

Rotten
2/4

Rotten
13%

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)

" It is one of those movies for which you make a mental check list of familiar sequences you've seen in previous efforts ..." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Posted Jul 31, 2008
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