Articles by Robert Bell

Picture Day

Kate Melville

PUBLISHED May 23, 2013

Claire (Tatiana Maslany) is repeating her senior year of high school. Having failed Calculus and remedial Phys-Ed, mostly due to attendance...

Epic

Chris Wedge

PUBLISHED May 23, 2013

Before Epic dives into its story, which is a serviceable, if redundant, mishmash of all things familiar within the lexicon of fantastical f...

Fast & Furious 6

Justin Lin

PUBLISHED May 23, 2013

Having directed the latter four of the six Fast & Furious movies, Justin Lin has the formula down to a science. First, quickly establish a...

Calibre 9

Jean-Christian Tassy

PUBLISHED May 23, 2013

Back when I was reading unsolicited screenplays for a moderately sized production company, we came across a lot of scripts like Calibre 9....

Four

Joshua Sanchez

PUBLISHED May 21, 2013

Like most films adapted from plays, the main struggle with Christopher Shinn's Four isn't in writing or characterization; the issue is maki...

Breaking the Girls

Jamie Babbit

PUBLISHED May 19, 2013

Knowing that director Jamie Babbit was behind the atmospheric, exceedingly cerebral and surprisingly moving psychological thriller, The Qui...

Lose Your Head

Stefan Westerwelle & Patrick Schuckmann

PUBLISHED May 19, 2013

Early on in the sexual submission thriller, Lose Your Head, Luis (Fernando Tielve), a Spanish party tourist enjoying the hostel experience...

8 Movie Pack: Explosive Cinema

PUBLISHED May 19, 2013

When evaluating the merits of a package such as this, it's important to note that each of the eight movies included in the 4-disc pack cost...