Articles by Robert Bell

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  The Hunt

  Thomas Vinterberg

  PUBLISHED Jul 18, 2013

  Having already tackled social issues like drug addiction (Submarino) and gun control (Dear Wendy), ex-Dogme proponent Thomas Vinterberg's T...

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  The Host [Blu-Ray]

  Andrew Niccol

  PUBLISHED Jul 18, 2013

  During the supplemental interview segments included with the Blu-Ray of The Host, writer Stephenie Meyer points out that this is her most c...

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  The Rambler [Blu-Ray]

  Calvin Reeder

  PUBLISHED Jul 18, 2013

  Structurally and stylistically, The Rambler is abstract from the get-go. The titular rambler's (Dermot Mulroney) prison sentence is present...

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  Stoker [Blu-Ray]

  Chan-wook Park

  PUBLISHED Jul 18, 2013

  Unfortunately for Stoker and its visionary, emotionally in tune director, Chan-wook Park, his earlier, exceptionally made, stylistically in...

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  The Conspiracy

  Christopher MacBride

  PUBLISHED Jul 18, 2013

  One of the biggest limitations of the faux-documentary genre is its inability to capture anything emotional or transpose any sort of tonal...

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  Red 2

  Dean Parisot

  PUBLISHED Jul 18, 2013

  When Red 2 opens, retired black-ops C.I.A. agent Frank Moses (Bruce Willis) is standing in a Costco discussing the benefits of buying a pow...

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  Only God Forgives

  Nicolas Winding Refn

  PUBLISHED Jul 18, 2013

  If nothing else, Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn is a master of lighting, or at least he employs someone that is a master of lighting....

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  The Conjuring

  James Wan

  PUBLISHED Jul 18, 2013

  In structure, tone and even characterization, James Wan's follow-up to surprisingly effective supernatural haunted house chiller Insidious...