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Bob Bloom

Bob Bloom

""When the legend becomes fact, print the legend" — The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance"

Agrees with the Tomatometer 80% 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:
1505
Total QuickRatings:
484
Location:
Lafayette, Ind.

Worst Reviewed Films

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0/4 37% You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008) " The movie paints crude and insulting portraits of Israelis and Palestinians, going in for the basest stereotypes that would only bring a smile to the face of a Klansman." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
Posted Jun 5, 2008
0/4 21% Semi-Pro (2008) " What is most extraordinary about Semi-Pro is that someone actually provided money to produce it. The funding probably came from someone who did not - or could not - read the script." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
Posted Feb 28, 2008
0/4 40% Nacho Libre (2006) " The humor is strictly grade school. The movie is missing the wit and charm Hess, who directs, created for Napoleon Dynamite and White and Black used in School of Rock." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
Posted Jun 16, 2006
0/5 —— Holy Matrimony (1994) " A total embarrassment; not Nimoy's best work behind the camera." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
Posted Oct 19, 2004
0/5 0% King Kong Lives (1986) " Why?" — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
Posted Jun 26, 2003
0/5 0% They Saved Hitler's Brain (1963) " Too bad!!" — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
Posted Jun 26, 2003
0/5 81% Flash Gordon (1980) " a total bomb; an insult to the original serials; not even good camp." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
Posted Aug 20, 2002
0/4 15% Idle Hands (1999) " If an original thought found its way into this horror-comedy it would die of loneliness." — rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Jan 1, 2000
0/4 2% Battlefield Earth (2000) " It can stand as the quintessential example of big moviemaking ineptitude." — rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Jan 1, 2000
.25/4 6% Corky Romano (2001) " A sloppy, sophomoric feature." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
Posted Oct 12, 2001
0.5/4 26% Your Highness (2011) " "Your Highness" is ... built on a flimsy house of profane cards that begins crumbling with the opening narration and never recovers." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
Posted Apr 8, 2011
0.5/4 38% National Lampoon's Blackball (2005) " Blackball is a cinematic dirty bomb, a mediocre "comedy" that offers as many laughs as a dentist's drill. " — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
Posted Feb 11, 2005
0.5/4 38% Legally Blonde 2 - Red, White & Blonde (2003) " The screenplay ... is more a bunch of bromides, pronouncements and touchy-feely Dr. Phil-Oprah cliches randomly tossed together on sheets of paper." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
Posted Jul 11, 2003
.5/4 21% Ghosts of Mars (2001) " Sloppy and derivative." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
Posted Aug 22, 2001
0.5/4 16% The Astronaut's Wife (1999) — rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Jan 1, 2000
0.5/4 11% End of Days (1999) — rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Jan 1, 2000
0.5/4 25% Reindeer Games (Deception) (2000) — rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Jan 1, 2000
0.5/4 17% The Haunting (1999) — rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Jan 1, 2000
0.5/4 30% The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999) — rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Jan 1, 2000
0.5/4 12% My Favorite Martian (1999) " It is a movie that contains laughs, but they are more of the embarrassing type than ones created by humorous situations." — rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Jan 1, 2000
0.5/4 10% Head Over Heels (2001) " This is a movie that is totally forgettable. As a matter of fact, I've forgotten about it already." — rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Jan 1, 2000
0.5/4 31% Brokedown Palace (1999) — rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Jan 1, 2000
0.5/4 36% Blue Streak (1999) — rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Jan 1, 2000
0.5/4 33% The 13th Warrior (1999) " This stinker barks. It has been fermenting for a couple of years as the creative minds behind it continued to cut, recut then cut again, trying to make steak out of ground beef." — rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Jan 1, 2000
0.5/4 25% The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000) — rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Jan 1, 2000
0.5/4 55% Blade (1998) " [It] could have used lots of sharpening." — rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Jan 1, 2000
0.5/4 42% What Planet Are You From? (2000) — rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Jan 1, 2000
0.5/4 27% Hollow Man (2000) — rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Jan 1, 2000
1/5 7% Amityville II: The Possession (1982) " Should have torn down the house after the first movie." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
Posted Dec 11, 2007
1/5 18% Judge Dredd (1995) " A bomb; I dread having to ever see this turkey again." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
Posted Nov 21, 2007
1/5 0% Loose Cannons (1990) " Not one of the best efforts from either Hackman or Aykroyd." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
Posted Nov 16, 2004
1/5 50% Annie (1982) " Huston's biggest misfire; ponderous and sluggish." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
Posted Oct 19, 2004
1/5 —— Africa Screams! (1949) " And the continent probably would after viewing one of the weakest of the A&C comedies." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
Posted Jun 12, 2004
1/5 50% Hurricane (1979) " a terrible remake; a strong wind should have blown this production away before a foot of film was shot." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
Posted May 2, 2004
1/5 15% Striking Distance (1993) " Not one of Willis' best efforts; very formulaic and uninteresting." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
Posted Mar 20, 2004
1/5 40% The Fan (1996) " Strike three, you're out. A stinker that should have been postponed because of inept filmmaking." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
Posted Mar 18, 2004
1/5 31% The Cannonball Run (1981) " A movie that should have crashed at the starting line." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
Posted Feb 15, 2004
1/5 20% Queen of Outer Space (Queen of the Universe) (1958) " A s-f turkey that never should have blasted off." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
Posted Feb 12, 2004
1/5 33% Son of Kong (1933) " One of the worst sequels ever produced; a blot on the name of King Kong." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
Posted Jan 7, 2004
1/5 31% Airport 1975 (1974) " Another sequel that should have been grounded." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
Posted Dec 7, 2003
1/5 15% Orca - The Killer Whale (1977) " The whale should have sunk every reel of this silliness in the deepest part of the ocean." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
Posted Nov 29, 2003
1/5 45% Fade to Black (1980) " A film that gives movie buffs a bad name." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
Posted Oct 17, 2003
1/5 —— Scream, Blacula, Scream! (1973) " A unworthy sequel to a good idea." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
Posted Oct 12, 2003
1/5 13% King Solomon's Mines (1985) " A shallow and pale remake; stick with the 1950 version." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
Posted Oct 12, 2003
1/5 36% Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II - The Secret of the Ooze (1991) " This one should have oozed out of the can before it got into any theaters." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
Posted Sep 11, 2003
1/5 65% Earth Girls Are Easy (1989) " But this movie is hard to take. Sorry, go back to your own planet." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
Posted Sep 11, 2003
1/5 27% The Little Rascals (1994) " A travesty; not worthy of the original shorts." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
Posted Sep 11, 2003
1/5 50% A Song Is Born (1948) " the original Ball of Fire is 10 times better." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
Posted Jun 20, 2003
1/5 36% Shining Through (1992) " Griffith as an American spy posing as a German during WWII. Gimme a break!!!" — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
Posted May 21, 2003
1/5 —— The Slime People (1962) " Just slither away from this grade Z offering." — Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
Posted May 21, 2003
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