Articles by Robert Bell

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  Dial M for Murder: 3D [Blu-Ray]

  Alfred Hitchcock

  PUBLISHED Nov 6, 2012

  In the wonderful, and mostly pretentious, world of film theory, Alfred Hitchcock is the standard go-to for introductory auteur concept, hav...

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  Safety Not Guaranteed

  Colin Trevorrow

  PUBLISHED Nov 6, 2012

  Typically, within the lexicon of the Western narrative, the city represents the cultural freedom and fiscal opportunity the country lack, w...

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  Chernobyl Diaries [Blu-Ray]

  Bradley Parker

  PUBLISHED Nov 6, 2012

  Included with the Blu-Ray release of the unremarkable and exceptionally mediocre law and order admonitory, Chernobyl Diaries, is a self-tit...

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  Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted [Blu-Ray]

  Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath & Conrad Vernon

  PUBLISHED Nov 6, 2012

  When the third Madagascar film opens, Alex (Ben Stiller) has a flash-forward moment of mid-life crisis malaise, seeing himself and his thre...

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  Fire with Fire [Blu-Ray]

  David Barrett

  PUBLISHED Nov 6, 2012

  Not to be mistaken with the mid-'80s Fire with Fire, a Romeo & Juliet tale of a randy Catholic schoolgirl (Virginia Madsen) and boy from th...

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  Moonrise Kingdom [Blu-Ray]

  Wes Anderson

  PUBLISHED Nov 6, 2012

  In an effort to articulate my extreme ambivalence towards Wes Anderson, I should point out that The Fantastic Mr. Fox is one of my favourit...

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  Savages: Unrated [Blu-Ray]

  Oliver Stone

  PUBLISHED Nov 6, 2012

  Though well into his 60s, Oliver Stone still hasn't outgrown the typically undergraduate need to tackle controversial issues with maximum i...

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  Floating City

  Yim Ho

  PUBLISHED Nov 5, 2012

  New Wave Hong Kong director Yim Ho has a wide array of titles under his belt. Having come to prominence in the '80s, he's racked up film f...