Articles by Robert Bell

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  The Gunman

  Pierre Morel

  PUBLISHED Jun 30, 2015

  Though the Blu-ray casing for the latest exercise in exploitative renegade enforcement, The Gunman, suggests that the film is "spectacular,...

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  Valerie and Her Week of Wonders

  Jaromil Jireš

  PUBLISHED Jun 30, 2015

  As noted in the interview with film scholar Pater Hames and film critic Jana Prikryl in the Blu-ray supplements for the Criterion release o...

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  The Fisher King

  Terry Gilliam

  PUBLISHED Jun 29, 2015

  As discussed on the commentary track with director Terry Gilliam and the extended "Making of" documentary included with the Criterion Blu-r...

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  Sleepaway Camp II & III

  Michael A. Simpson

  PUBLISHED Jun 29, 2015

  At the end of the exhaustive "Making of" documentary included with Shout! Factory's Blu-ray releases of Sleepaway Camp II and Sleepaway Cam...

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  Testament of Youth

  James Kent

  PUBLISHED Jun 19, 2015

  Testament of Youth, James Kent's adaptation of (most of) Vera Brittain's memoir of the same name, is quite possibly the most aptly titled m...

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  Inside Out

  Pete Docter and Ronaldo Del Carmen

  PUBLISHED Jun 18, 2015

  Something that the Pixar brand does astonishingly well — particularly with more introspective fare like Wall-E, Up and Toy Story 3 &#...

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  Run All Night

  Jaume Collet-Serra

  PUBLISHED Jun 15, 2015

  In a way, the working relationship between director Jaume Collet-Serra and Liam Neeson has produced three sequels to Taken that the actual...

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  Focus

  Glenn Ficarra and John Requa

  PUBLISHED Jun 15, 2015

  Focus is very much a conservative gamble. Will Smith, whose star status is wavering, hasn't had the best run of things of late; After Earth...